Friday, May 23, 2014

For the Future: West - East Timor Plan

DISCLAIMER: Sejatinya, ini adalah post sakit hati, saudara-saudara. Riset sudah dilakukan, tiket sudah dibeli, teman-teman yang akan ikut sudah penasaran, dan H-5 keberangkatan... passport saya hilang dicopet di KRL Bogor-Tanah Abang. Maka saya hamburkan saja dokumen riset internal ini bulat-bulat, lengkap dengan question mark. Semoga dapat berguna dan memotivasi siapapun untuk mengeksplorasi Timor Barat dan Timor Timur! 


Mt. Ramelau yang sudah bikin ngiler! (Pic: Google)

Participants & Contributors:
  1. Margaretha Quina
  2. Hangkoso Satrio
  3. Nisa Istiqomah

Tickets: Sabtu, 24 Mei 2014 (Jkt - Kupang 08:05 WIB - 13:20 WITA); Minggu, 1 Juni 2014 (Kupang - Jkt 13:55 WITA - 16:55 WIB)


Visa requirements:

WNI bisa mendapatkan VoA (30 days, single entry) untuk land border crossing, biayanya 30 USD. Bordernya tutup jam 4pm WITA, jadi standby paling ngga jam 3.30 sore. Yang perlu disiapkan:

  • Passport (perhatikan exp. date, jangan 6 bulan or less)
  • Mengisi arrival card (gampang kok)
  • Bukti booking hotel
  • USD 30 cash (kata web imigrasi, ga ada ATM di land border, tapi di traveler forum katanya ada dan rate-nya bagus!)
  • Bukti kecukupan cash (kartu kredit / ATM Visa) - diharapkan USD 100 per masuk dan USD 50 / day (di catper orang ga seribet ini sih)
  • Siapin foto 3x4 dan 2x3 masing-masing 2 lembar (just in case aja)

Ref. see:

Useful links / blog references:

Transportasi antar kota:

  • Perjalanan Kupang - Timor Leste makan waktu (total) 11-12 jam.
  • Rutenya: Kupang - Soe - Atambua - Dili.
  • Ada daily direct bus (semacam Cipaganti) yang melayani rute Kupang - Dile. Nama travelnya: Timor Travel (0380-881543). Berangkat jam 6 pagi dari kantor pusatnya. Bisa dijemput di terminal Kupang Lama / Pantai Tedis (jam 6 juga) atau dari Oebobo terminal jam 7 pagi. Harga: IDR 150k (2009), IDR 185k (2012) one way.
  • Pilihan lain adalah ngeteng. Keuntungannya, bisa stop by sambil ngebolang. Long-distance buses depart from Oebobo terminal on the eastern side of town (Kupang) – catch bemo 10. Daily departures include Soe (22, 000Rp, three hours) and Niki Niki (25, 000Rp, 3½ hours) every hour or so from 5am to 6pm; Kefamenanu (36,000Rp, 5½ hours) and Atambua (52, 000Rp, eight hours) at 7am, 9am, noon and 5pm.
  • Bemos to villages around Kupang go from the central terminal, Kota Kupang.


Tempat-tempat menarik di East Timor:



Activities:



Acommodation:




Itinerary:


Day / Time
Activities
Ket:
Day 1: Sabtu (24/05)
Sampai di Kupang jam 10:20. Aso sampai jam 15:00. Check in di penginapan, jalan-jalan sore di sekitar pelabuhan Kupang / Pantai Lasiana.
Goa Kristal;
Pantai Lasiana;
Wisata Kuliner di Warung Telaga Opa (WTO) terus malamnya ke Kampung Solor (pasar malam dengan seafood murah) tapi ini deketnya ke Pantai Timor sih bukan Lasiana.
Day 2: Minggu (25/05)
Kupang - Dili. Berangkat jam 06:00 pagi, sampai di Dili sekitar jam 06:00 sore. Langsung cari hostel untuk stay.
Anything to do at
Kata google malam2 di Dili sepi. Kalau mau ke Castaway Bar tempat expart minum2 dengan live music dan beach view.
Day 3: Senin (26/05)
Seharian main-main di Dili;


Wisata Kuliner:
- Little Pattaya → deket sama museum East Timorese Resistence


Beli oleh-oleh (kalau sempet): Alola Foundatio, deket sama Dili Chatedral juga.

Gong Perdamaian;
Comarca (museum bekas penjara);
Chega! Exhibition: Street Estrada de Balide.Free of Charge. Open from Monday-Friday. Located in four prison rooms in Street Estrada de Balide (deket Dili Chatedral). Open 9AM-5PM. Booking and more info: chegatours@gmail.com
Cristo Rei - also visit the backside beaches!;
Day 4: Selasa (27/05)
Ambil bus ke Maubisse, berangkat pagi jam 6:00 lalu lanjut ke Hato Builico. Stay di Hato Builico dan hire a guide ($5);
Dili - Maubisse 3 jam, $5.
Maubisse - Hatu Builico: 3 jam, $2/person. Nebeng angguna (cuma lewat tiap Rabu dan Sabtu)
Opsi penginapan: Pousada Alecrim Namrau (7249567), Hato Builico.
Day 5: Rabu (28/05)
Berangkat jam 3 pagi untuk summit Mt. Ramelau. Declining to Hato Builico jam 8:00. Sampai di bawah jam 10, istirahat s.d. after lunch. Find a way back to Maubisse. Nginap di Maubisse/Hatu Builico
Optional: Nanalau (3 jam dari Hatu Builico);
Note: Cara balik dari Hatu Builico ke Maubisse masih misterius
Day 6: Kamis (29/05)
Perjalanan dari Maubisse ke Atambua/Soe. Mungkin 10 jam. Estimasi max. sore sampai di Soe. Ke Pantai Kolbano (sunset).
Day 7: Jum’at (30/05)
Meneruskan jalan-jalan di Soe: Air terjun Oehala. Kembali ke Kupang.
Soe:
Pantai Kolbano;
Air terjun Oehala;
Day 8: Sabtu (31/05)
Aso pulang 10:00 dari Kupang. Kalau sempat ke P. Semau dan P. Kera dan/atau meneruskan list yang belum kesampaian. Nginap di pantai nelayan (?);

P. Semau;
P. Kera;
Makan babi sei;

Day 9:
Minggu (01/06)
Beli oleh-oleh di toko Ibu Soekiran Jl. Moh. Hatta No. 15

Pulang jam 15:05 WITA dari El-Tari.

*) Please note that some matters are not finished yet!

UPDATE
Di Kelimutu, kemudian gue bertemu seorang solo backpacker yang barusan dari East Timor, dan doi melakukan perjalanan mainly dengan nebeng a.k.a hitching. Doi menceritakan betapa sulitnya traveling di East Timor, bahkan lebih sulit daripada traveling di Flores (yang jauh less established daripada Jawa). Kesulitan utamanya adalah transportasi, dan kedua: akomodasi - terutama kalau mau traveling ke luar Dili. Transportasi umum hamper ga ada, dan akomodasi sangat jarang - kalaupun ada, sangat mahal. Maka itu, gue sarankan, kalau emang mau keliling East Timor, terutama kalau berambisi off the beaten track (mis. Maubisse), sisihkanlah waktu dan duit yang banyak buat jaga-jaga. Safe trip, folks!

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