When Traveling with Friends Scout

Assalamau’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

At this time I will tell my experience to the Kura-kura beach that is a beach located in Bengkayang district, the beach is directly adjacent to the city of Singkawang, this beach is in the area of Tanjung Gundul. Why this area called a Tanjung Gundul? Because the area was once filled with trees, but all that remains today is an area without trees that decorate it, if there are green plants it is just grass and shrubs.

At that time me and my scout friends were on the agenda of our activities located at Kura-kura Beach at the beginning of February 2016, I was a little disappointed when I was following on this activity because one of my close friends can not follow this activity. Our activities are held for 2 days, we depart from Mempawah City around 1 pm using 2 pickup cars, after 1.5 hours we did not go directly to the location but we were dropped off 4 km before the Kura-kura beach as we wanted to walk to get to the Kura-kura beach shore although access to the Kura-kura beach could use the pickup car we used. we arrived at the location 30 minutes before sunset, we did not get to rest due to the time almost Maghrib and also tents that have not been installed. In the night we searched for twigs of dried wooden branches and dried coconut leaves to make the campfire the usual Boy Scouts do when they gather at night.

The next morning as the sun began to rise and we had all changed our clothes left the tent and continued our journey up the Tanjong Temenong (Tanjung Termenung)Ter hill from our campsite, we reached the highest point of Tanjong Temenong hill within 1 hour more.

After satisfied take pictures on the hill we went down from the hill to our tent, without further ado we immediately change clothes to swim at Kura-kura beach.

After satisfied swimming and bathing with fresh water, after that we eat first and then we knocked down the tents because we will  go back to the Mempawah City.

Here's a short video of our trip to the Kura-kura beach :

If you plan to camp on the beach beach in Bengkayang or the beach is close to the Singkawang City (West Kalimantan), there are some tips for you based on my experience:

1. If you want to build a tent looking for a closed place to build a tent like trees are not too high because if we build a tent in a place close to the shoreline then not only the waves but a strong wind can sweep our tent.

2. When you want to build a tent also choose solid sand in order to stick a strong tent pegs.

3. If you want to make a bonfire first make a circular dam that surrounds a bonfire, about the height of the dam about 15 cm so that the fire you make can light up easily.

4. Bring some large plastics bag that is useful for disposing of garbage because the bad habits usually done by the traveler is littering. beside from being a dumpster, plastic bags can be to wrap clothes or bags if there is very heavy rain.

5. Do not forget to bring salt to stretch the area around the tent to be safe from snakes🐍 and other animals.

The place I'm talking about is not from outside West Borneo, but this is my journey I've ever done, there are still many places that I have not visited in West Kalimantan like a waterfall, although the place is very far and tiring but will be paid after feeling the beautiful scenery there. I love the beauty of nature in West Kalimantan😍