Bangywangi : At a Gula Melaka making Factory
Day2 : 8/8/2019
Morning: Gula melaka factory
Our hotel in Bangyuwangi , Ketapang Indah was laced with coconut trees and faced Bali island.
It was no wonder that there was a gula melaka factory in this town.
- Very educational tour! I did know that gula melaka is actually made from the water collected from the coconut FLOWERS!
- Boiled for about 4 hours over heat with constant stirring
- Transferred to little bowls to cool off!
- Cannot imagine such a laborious process to produce a simple cube of gula melaka! Will cherish this even more now!
Afternoon: At Green Bay
One of the cool experience was taking this sampan to the Green Bay. Cute sampan had two balancing poles (like the catamaran) to help it navigate in the waters!
We couldn't swim in this bay due to strong waves unfortunately. Due to the change over in the monsoon season so the seas were unpredictable.
Evening: Red Island
We left Green Bay after eating our maggie noodles for lunch. There was a power trip and almost had no hot water for the cup noodles at the beach stall :(
Green Bay was not that green.
And Red Island was also not that red upon arrival!
The rays of the setting sun was supposed to make this Island red...but alas, the sun was not bright that day....
Looks more black island then red? LOL
This place is known for its good waves for surfers..but we saw few that day..Cold waters...
This place is known for its good waves for surfers..but we saw few that day..Cold waters...
Some reflections
The journey from Surabaya to Bangyuwangi was an arduous 8 hour on roads including a lunch stop and some toilet breaks.
Hence unless one wants to climb Mt Ijen to see the Blue Flame, better wait for the full highway to be operational ! Ha ha ha.
We heard the trek was a little treacherous and long just to get to see this. So we decided not to wake up at 2am to trek to just see this blue fire. We wont prepared at all for this ....needed at least 6 hours (to and fro trek)
Perhaps next time ....Mt Ijen ...
Final Thots......
Guess we did not turn BLUE from the car ride nor GREEN with envy for missing the Ijen trek or RED with anger after travelling such a long drive from Surabaya to Bangyuwanyi.....LOL
Why? It was a spiritual eye opener to see that the BOOK of RUTH in the bible was very much alive in this little town which boast of onions export.
These gleaning of onions by the poor in the fields by the owner left me almost tears in my eyes.
The bible is alive...at least in this part of Indonesia.
Yes, the onions made me cry in joy!!!!
Kindness is indeed a virtue. Boaz, the kinsman redeemer was such a kind man. He redeemed Ruth.
Like Jesus, He redeemed us. From our sins and all.
Titus 3:4
"But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit whom He poured out abundantly on us through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that having justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
Many of us in this rather unplanned trip would testify to His mercy and grace with our little own "left behind" moments. PTL
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