Pulau Seribu - Thousand Islands

It's been a while since my last post and I used the time to visit some beautiful places. One of them was Pulau Pari which belongs to Pulau Seribu, a group of islands just 1-2 hours by boat from Jakarta.

I went there with a bunch of people I met on facebook and the first time I actually met them was on a Saturday morning at 6am at Muara Angke port. From there we took the ferry to Pari Island (35.000rupiah), which took about 2 hours. Luckily one of the guys had been there before and he had arranged our accommodation in advance. Our group of 11 stayed at a nice little house only 10 meters from the sea (500.000rp/night for the 2 bedroom house). Unfortunately the little beach in front of the house was quite dirty as it was on the side of the island facing Jakarta. However, on the other side and only a five minute walk away was one of the most beautiful beaches I've seen so far. White sand, chrystal clear water and mangroves awaited us there and we spend the afternoon relaxing at the beach.

The next morning we rented a boat that took us to some nice sorkeling spots. We saw some corals and lots of small and colourful fish. Unfortunately we had to return to Pulau Pari too soon because the ferry back to Jakarta left at 12pm. It was quite sad to leave the island after just two days, but since the whole trip incl. accommodation, ferry tickets, snorkeling and food cost me about 250.000rp (less than 20 Euros!) I will definitaly come back to Pulau Seribu!