Category: Asia Australia Oceania
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<—-Previous Story In the afternoon….It was a quarter to six…. I sat in the front seat on the left when Bas KITē slowly left the Tamadun Islam Park complex. Via the only connecting bridge, Bas KITē completed its wheel loop over Wan Man Island. Now the Bas KITē would complete the remaining half of the…
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<—-Previous Story Almost five o’clock in the afternoon…. I was still guessing, who could be, one of three drivers who would make the last trip of Bas KITē Lane C02. They were joking and intimately chatting at the coffee shop in terminal corner. I kept watching from the waiting bench behind the Bas KITē queue…
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<—-Previous Story I sat down and intensely watched the vehicles on Batu Buruk Street from under Rhu trees when the congregation for the Dhuhr prayer began to arrive. Some of them smiled when they saw me who was still sitting on the grass of Floating Mosque’s Ramadhan Bazaar. A few minutes after the iqamah was…
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<—-Previous Story Failing to get off at Batu Burok Beach due to entrusted my trip too much to the Bas KITē driver, I was dropped off at my second target destination. It was Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque, the first floating mosque in my neighboring country. Bas KITē stopped on the north side of the parking…
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<—-Kisah Sebelumnya Satu setengah jam lamanya, aku menyambangi setiap sudut Muscat Sports Club hingga matahari tergelincir menuju ufuk barat. Waktu menunjukkan pukul setengah empat sore…. Aku pun memutuskan untuk undur diri, mengakhiri petualangan dan beranjak kembali menuju penginapan. Aku harus mengambil backpack yang kutitipkan usai check-in siang sebelumnya. Rencananya, setelah mengambil backpack, aku akan menuju…
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<—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku meninggalkan Al Wadi Al Kabeer Park pada pukul setengah dua siang. Tentunya matahari masih menyengat kuat. Langkahku berlanjut ke arah selatan. “Sudah kepalang tanggung….Aku akan menuju ujung selatan distrik Al Wadi Al Kabeer sekalian”, aku membatin yakin. Aku melanjutkan petualangan melalui sisi selatan An Nuzhah Street. Sesekali aku harus berhenti di teras-teras…
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<—-Kisah Sebelumnya Tubuhku remuk redam, hampir dari dua hari sebelumnya aku menghabiskan waktu di jalanan dan perjalanan. Otomatis fatigue segenap otot membuatku cepat terlelap dan akhirnya lambat terbangun di pagi itu. Beruntung aku masih bisa menyempatkan diri untuk menjalankan Shalat Subuh, walaupun setelahnya aku kembali terlelap di kasur empuk OYO 117 Majestic Hotel. Pukul sepuluh…
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<—-Previous Story After washing jeans, t-shirts and socks, I took a bath. Made my body fresh and repel shabby. “It’s still too early to sleep, I’d better hang out in the shared-kitchen to fill my water bottles which are starting to recede”, my idea suddenly appeared. I started downstairs to the second floor where the…
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<—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku berkejaran dengan gelap demi tiba di halte bus Fish Market yang terletak di tepian Harat A’Shamal Street. Bersyukur sekali, aku tiba di halte tepat bersamaan dengan merapatnya Mwasalat Bus Line 4 yang berwarna dominan merah. Aku segera melompat dari pintu depan ketika bus tersebut berhenti mendecit di depan halte. Membayar dengan 200…
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<—-Previous Story I was satisfied enough to experience the beauty of Pulau Warisan Kuala Terengganu even though I was only pulled over to one side. Observing the bustle of the merchants who slowly began to arrive to prepare for night’s culinary session, the traffic of fishing boats that were about to go to sea leaving…