We planned to have refreshment
after having TOEFL ITP test last week. Swimming was a good choice. However, for
some reasons, we canceled it and never thought to swim anymore. I did not
realize that it would be a long weekend, and as always, I did not come up with
any plans at all. It might be because I had something planned out beforehand –
attending an all-night prayer gathering (from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.) and going to
church afterwards at 10 a.m. On Friday, the weather was not really friendly
with us doing laundry. We were busy finding place to hang our clothes since
there were not much space available. We cooked, ate, washed dishes, had
conversations, baked cookies, went to the local market to get the almost-running-out-of-supplies
in the fridge, and many more little details. Those days were my productive ones
ever since I lived here. I felt lively :D
I supposed to go to my student’s
birthday party but I ended up sleeping for 15 hours after lunch from the
church. Kak Mici counted hours we stayed awake (which I didn’t even think of
doing :P). We stayed wide-awake for 11 hours; of course, our bodies were so
tired and needed extra sleep than usual. But 15 hours of sleeping were quite
scary too, ha-ha. Thank God, it was still holiday and nothing to be worried
about or else…
Long story short, the weather was
finally on our side on that sunny Saturday. We decided to get soak into the
clear water from the nature itself. We have many rivers in Papua, in Sentani
specifically. Talking about our destination, the wind brought us to Kali Dosay.
Kali Dosay is located in West
Sentani District closed to Kertosari area. There is no sign at all to point
specifically where Kali Dosay is. So, if you plan to pay a visit, make sure to
bring some friends along with you who knew or ever went to Kali Dosay before.
It was only around 20 minutes by motorcycle/car with at least 60 km/h. But, since the road was very bumpy, we decided
to play safe by driving between 20-40 km/hour. You will meet two not proper
bridges along the way. They were still using wood and the metals felt like they
almost loosen up.
Kak Mici said it was free when
the last time she visited Kali Dosay 17 years ago. And yes, I know what you are
thinking. Now, you need to pay 10,000 Rupiahs or around $1 for motorcycle-ride
to enter the place. When you arrived at the location, you are free to choose
whether you want to rent the cottage or not. The cottage itself costs 200k
Rupiahs or $15 with the recent currency. If you go with big groups and you need
more than one cottage, do not worry, because it will not cost you more than
200k Rupiahs. Instead, they will give you the largest one for your group to
stay at. Kak Mici and I decided not to rent any cottage since it was quite
expensive for us and we did not bring any money (what a confident we had!). I
only brought 100k Rupiahs and I planned to use it only to buy some fruits on
the way since it is cheaper to buy fruits there than in Sentani. We crossed the
river to get the spot that we thought safe enough since there were only two of
us and we did not get any cottage to keep our stuffs. When we got there, there
were not many people so it was nice that we could play around with the water
without need to worry with our belongings. I recommend you to come between 9 or
10 in the morning to get the best peaceful atmosphere, sun rays, and unpolluted
water. Not to mention, make sure you packed your own food because no one sell
food in the area. Luckily, we brought wafer, four pieces of banana, oranges,
and one liter of mineral water because we planned to eat lunch at home (we
cooked already). Some of the families that we met even grilled their own fish
or chicken and ate lunch there, which was so tempting (at least for me).
Well, after all, it was a good
day. I did not think that a river has ever moved me in such a way that I did
not want to leave. The whole greenish scenery along the way was like heaven on
earth. The beauty just touched my heart so deeply.
After all, Kali Dosay is
definitely worth another visit, again and again. The river is too long with
much more things to explore that 2 hours trip is not enough J
Ps: There is no place
where you can hang hammock, so better not to bring any. If you are sleepy and
want to sleep for a little, you can either rent the cottage or sleep on top of
big rocks. The view of the first sun ray in the morning between the leaves
are wonderful.
Feel free to ask me anything.
I might forget some info that you need to know. Simply comment down below!
Have an adventurous day,
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