Growing up surrounded by the beauty of nature is a precious
thing I have in my early life. Toboali is a small town located in Southern tip
of Bangka island, about two hours drive from the airport in Pangkalpinang city, Indonesia.
I remember my childhood playing time was spent mostly outside.
The afternoon sun light was biting our skin as my friends and I rode our bikes to the beach nearby. We pushed the
bikes along the shoreline, letting the waves swept our feet with their warmth. There
are many lovely sea creatures on the sand such as kelomang ( hermit crab ), remis ( mussel ), etc. The breeze messed up our hair,
but we didn’t care. We ran, laughed, and sprayed each other with the sea water.
And when the sun goes down, we were standing silently watching the orange light
decorating the skies.
Then, we rushed to come home and got rid the sand out of the
wheels so that our parents didn’t know we were from the beach ( they wouldn’t
let us to play on the beach without the watch, lol ). Well, we were actually
afraid of getting caught, but the excitement out there wouldn’t wait, right?
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Enjoying the sunset |
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Bom beach, 5 minutes from the downtown |
Batu Perahu and Bom
beach are muddy so they are not recommended for swimming. They are used by
local fisherman as docks. Yet, the beaches are often visited by the
teenagers or families to gather and watch the sunset.
If you are looking
for the nice places to swim, I will say Gunung Namak and Kerasak beach are the
favorites here. It takes one hour drive from the downtown. Like the typical
beaches in Bangka Belitung province, they have piles of giant granite rocks.
Though the beaches are wavy at the certain season, there are some calm spots
near the rocks.
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Gunung Namak Beach |
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Rocks, rocks, and rocks ! |
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A lovely hemit crab |
* the pictures were taken on August 2013
