Traveling Note- Bidadari Island

Last holiday, September 4th if I'm not wrong.....We travelled by boat to Bidadari Island. Just 25minutes away from Jakarta. An escape from our beloved crowded city-Jakarta. As we run a restaurant we can manage holiday ourselves. We opened and worked hard when the others enjoy holiday and it's our turn to have a great holiday with lower price hehehehehe 


I did a quick search on the internet to get some information, of course it was the time for Mr Google helping us. We planned the holiday just a day before. We first planned to go to Tidung Island but it takes more or less 2,5 hours by boat and it is an island with citizens and it's a new holiday destination so they don't have even an inn to stay. With my 3yo son NO, THANK YOU.


So we decided to take the nearest island from Jakarta. The ticket was Rp 265.000,00 included return ticket and lunch - buffet. The ticket is valid from 3 years up. When the salesgirl saw my son, Noah, she asked how old he is. I answered 3 yo, she said:"Make him stand". After she saw him, she said: "OK, He does't have to pay" Yeahhhh great! hahahaha he looks like 2 yo boys. I'm sad about this but still be grateful for some condition.


Bidadari Island is a resort island, only for holiday destination and managed by private company.
We can walk the island for around 30 minutes. The sands not white and a bit dirty. The food was bad, we were in the island but no seafood for us???? the shore full of rough coral. We insisted ourselves to enjoy the sea and we made our feet hurt and we had to carry our boy passing those sharp coral to reach the sea which was not blue. We could see the tiny fish using google but we have to really pay attention. 


There were many sea urchin. A guy kept searching the sea urchin around using something like a spear. But we are unlucky, my husband got stabbed on his feet. It's badly hurt and to get rid of it, you need an empty soda bottle and all you have to do is hit your feet with the bottle on the hurt area until you don't feel hurt anymore. If you don't feel hurt anymore it means the sea urchin has crashed inside, you're safe!

We swam on the sea for 2 hours and we got tanned. After swimming on the sea, we swam on the kids pool. Lucky that I brought him a float so we enjoy the swimming time a lot. Exhausted, Noah slept when I took a bath and when my husband put him on the table covered by our clothes, he just slept!


He enjoyed playing with sands a lot. We just had fun.


The condition of the beach not really good but when we decided we want to value our holiday, we could have great holiday! After all the most  important thing was we spent time together and we had grateful feeling.


My tips for mums: When you plan the holiday, prepare for the worst, e.g. the place is not like on the brochure. Don't forget the sun block. Bring snacks and drink bottle. Don't leave the float. Also bring the sand toys. Extra clothes is a must, even if you don't need it you can use it for other thing, for me used for his sleeping layer. The most important thing is a joyful heart! When you arrived at your destination, you can choose whether you can get upset with the condition or just enjoy the time with grateful heart.