Starting yet another blog post expressing how awesome
Indonesia is in the hopes it will convince my dad to pop eight sleeping
pills and make the flight over here. My most recent excursion was to a
small archipelago east of Kalimantan. Staying on Derawan, these string
of islands are referred to as the 'Maldives of Indonesia'. I didn't need
anymore convincing after hearing that.
By the time the trip was finalized, we had assembled
a....unique group. Three females whose rowdiness and overall party
experience, if combined, might equate to my first weekend in college.
And one other mustache-laden male colleague who I found out has the
laugh of an evil witch. Needless to say, many of the colleagues that
know all of us had a good laugh when they heard this crew was going on
break together.
Regardless, nothing could dampen or discourage us because
Derawan was awesome! Our first night was just dinner, catching the
sunset and staring in awe of the transparency of the crystal clear blue
water. The second day is when things got fun. After a choppy, hour and a
half boat ride to Matatua where we saw some incredible scenery, we went
to an inland that hosts stingless jellyfish. Yes, stingless jellyfish.
These little shits were everywhere and it led to some good selfies, as
loathe as I am to admit it.
After giggling shitless with these little marvels for an
hour, we made our way to the main attraction: manta rays. These things
were MASSIVE. I saw them from the boat and thought to myself 'Hey,
they're not so bad. I'm not scared. I'm a man'. So I swim up with my
swanky new underwater camera, see how big that stinger is and kept a
healthy distance. And when I say kept a healthy distance, I took the
picture then immediately swam away yelling 'Shit! These fuckers are
huge!' Sorry, I forgot to say at the beginning that viewer discretion is
advised.
Our last day was mostly spent swimming with sea turtles.
These guys were around our overwater bungalow the entire trip, so it was
cool to see them up close. I touched one before it zoomed off. Those
things could scoot. But I had to have physical contact so my special
bald roommate would be extremely jealous and, spoiler alert, he was.
Told me to fuck right off.
Such vulgar language this blog post, my apologies. But this
is just the way I talk....haven't ya ever seen my movies?! If you
don't know that quote, YouTube it or seek help immediately. Haven't
decided if I'll have a mini vacation in June prior to returning home,
but I'm stateside on the 24th of June. Incredibly excited for the
wedding I'll be apart of this summer, but also next summer! Congrats to
my brother Jordan for popping the question and bless his fiance Anne for
taking pity on him and saying yes. Until next time folks, have some
diesels ready for the 24th!
P.S. The moment you realize you're on vacation with four Asians...
