Gathering of the travel writer's (Penulis Pengelana) community

It has always been extremely fun being around these people. chit chat, making the same old jokes and still laughing at them out loud.

This time is the fasting break gathering. It's Ramadhan, the fasting month. Many people use this Ramadhan to do gathering with their community or just close friends during the fasting break.

As for us PENA, we actually have traveled to Cibodas for the so called Echa's farewell. I guess that was not a farewell. That was only us that wanted to travel together again. The trip to Cibodas was only an excuse hahaha.
We love each other so much that is why we always want to meet each other. I guess the chemistry among us is quite big.

One of our PENA friends has a small resto or let's just say warung. Warung Soto. We could eat as much as we like and it's all for free hahaha. Lucky us.

Sometimes we talk about our traveling plans but most of the times we make fun of the others or sometimes we try to match the singles. Lately I have always been the victim. not good people not good hahaha.

We still love to travel but no articles nowadays hahaha.

PS: I dont own the copyrights of these fotos :-). The pictures belong to Echa, Mel, and mbak Didith.

Echa's farewell gathering

Echa, my dearest frriend and one of the founders of Penulis Pengelana is going to Tokyo to take her master degree. She will leave in September but since mid July will be the fasting month and in August is the Eid mubarak, so we decided to make this farewell gathering a bit earlier than her departure.

The trip to Cibodas National Park and from Cibodas to Jakarta were hell. It took us almost 5 hours to Cibodas and 7 hours from Cibodas to go back to Jakarta.

Fortunately we had so much fun in Cibodas.

the trek canopy trail was great. Echa works for the ministry of forestry so we had the privilege to experience the canopy trail which is actually only for researchers hehehe.

From the canopy, some friends went to Cibodas botanical garden and some including me went to the Cibeureum waterfall. Same name as the waterfall in sukabumi but different waterfall.

The trek was a lot easier. It took us only 1.5 hours to go there.

Every time I did the trekking I could not imagine that I could do the trekking. Back then I was against walking running and trekking. I am glad with my healthy life now as it makes me stronger and healthier.


All photos are taken by Echa.