Long Weekend in West Sumbawa

This month, we have 3 long weekends in a row which is great but also makes people broke -,-. The 1^st long weekend I was planning on going to Gili but in last minute we changed plan and decided to go to West Sumbawa instead. I’ve been to West Sumbawa soooo many times, but this time is totally different. Why different??? Keep reading! \\(^o^)//.

We left Sumbawa at 8 am on Saturday and we went to the furthest one 1^st, Sekongkang District, many nice beaches in Sekongkang and we stayed at Baha-baha resort that we knew about that morning. We made a quick stop at Maluk Beach just to enjoy the view a lil bit and had quick lunch too. We arrived at Baha – Baha Resort at Yoyo Beach - Sekongkang around 12.30 pm. Baha – Baha resort was just few minutes away from the beach. They have bungalows with hammocks in it. The price was Rp. 550,000 – 650,000 / night, they have swimming pool too.

 

After taking a rest we walked to the beach to swim and there were not so many people around, less than 5. But the waves were big and yea I guess people came to West Sumbawa beaches for surfing. I found a perfect spot to set up my hammock but under those trees there was a romantic couple I actually didn’t care about but my friend said better not to disturb them -,-. So we just sit there watching the ocean, got into the water a lil bit but kinda scared too especially me who can’t swim at all so we decided to just got back to hotel to swim at hotel pool which didn’t make any difference, I still can’t swim anyway –,-.

Actually after Yoyo Beach, there are some others nice beaches like the famous Tropical beach and Rantung beach which was just few kilometers away. We wanted to see all those beaches that day but after long drive from Sumbawa we just stayed at the hotel instead. Had dinner at hotel restaurant, their steak was yummy. So we were planning on going to those beaches the next day but even the next day on Sunday we changed our mind again and went to other beach instead which was my favorite and it was just like 15 minutes away driving from our hotel, Lawar beach. I’ve been there twice before and even camping there and I like how green the water was, the white sands and the hills. And everytime I went there, it was never too many people around, even that day was just less than 7 people. They even sit pretty far from us, and it was like we got most of the beach part only for ourselves. And found trees for my hammock \\(^o^)//

We stayed at Lawar beach for couple hours and we still didn’t have any idea where to go next or where to stay but when we dediced to go to Kalela Waterfall in Jereweh and because it’s close to Jelenga Beach we were thinking on staying there too. Sekongkang to Jereweh took about 40 minutes driving and we’ve been to Kalela waterfall before. But I kinda got confused cause at the gate entering the village, they changed the name of the waterfall, it says Semporon Tangkel Waterfall 1,5 km away. It’s pretty easy to find this waterfall. Pretty close to the main road and pass through a village and rice field. We can park our vehicles few meters away from the waterfall. When we arrived, there was a couple swimming at the waterfall pool but they left few minutes after we arrived which was good :D.

Then some kids from the village came and they helped setting up my hammock, it was at the perfect spot. So when they were all swimming, I was just swinging on my hammock since I can’t swim and the pool is pretty deep. Kalela waterfall or maybe now I should start calling it Semporon Tangkel waterfall is not so high but it’s so pretty with its green water and small pool under. They also hang a string on a tree so people can jump to the water like Tarzan, I never tried. We stayed there for couple hours, the kids left earlier than us so we had the waterfall for ourselves for awhile, good time for taking pictures \\(^o^)//

After enjoying the waterfall, we continued trip to Jelenga beach which was like 5 km away from the waterfall. And that was when the unforgettable moment happened -,-. When we just entered the small street to the beach, it was almost sunset time and we drive towards the lights and it was too bright so we didn’t see the dump truck in front of us and we crashed into it L. Even till now that scene keeps repeating in my head. We only have some injuries in our legs and head, nothing serious. But it causes very serious damage to the car, I couldn’t move for awhile, my head and chest hurt. But the villagers help us repairing the car a lil bit so we could go to our hotel.

We decided to stay at Myamo Hotel where we stayed at before. It’s a beach front resort, just few steps away from the beach and just like other beaches in West Sumbawa, people go there for surfing. When we came, the water went down so we couldn’t really swim but we still could enjoy the sunset. That even tho for awhile I hated the sunset for causing the accident but it was stupid :D. Sunset is beautiful as always and the car crash didn’t stop us from enjoying our trip.

But after that it kinda changed our plan, cause on our last day we were planning on going to Paserang Island but we had to cancel that. We just wanted to get back to Sumbawa asap but the car stopped working at the gas station in Taliwang but luckily in the city center so we could ask for help and found some people who were willing to pull our car till Sumbawa. That what makes this trip unforgettable, it was fun, it was terrible but we learn to be more careful next time.