Minggu, 10 April 2016

Anyone knows what kind of crab is this?



In my trip to Bangka, my friend happened to bring me to this beach they call Pasir Padi. Well the name is in Bahasa means the rice sands as it was felt like stepping on a spread of rice. Once I arrived I was a bit confused why the sands were like not ordinary sands. They were sands, but they seemed to be pressed and formed into tiny beads of rice and they were spread all along the beach.

I was curious. What kind of natural phenomena has made this. Then I noticed there were also tiny holes. I guessed there was something living in it, so I focussed my eyes and there, these crabs were the inhabitants. You can see the video that they were actually the culprit of these rice-bead sands. They were spread all along the beach, and diligently made this tiny sand balls and left it like that.

Unfortunately my time and gear were not sufficient to kow why they were doing this. Probably for food. What comes in my mind is, Pasir Padi may not the only beach with sands like this. Or these crabs only lives here? Well, to know that, I need to do more travelling then. ;)

Sabtu, 09 April 2016

Uang Datang Dari Langit

Memang benar, menyenangkan sekali bisa berkeliling dunia yang sangat besar ini. Bahkan di tempat berbeda di negara yang sama kita bisa menikmati hal yang ga bisa kita temui di kehidupan sehari hari di tempat tinggal kita. Travelling does additive..

I happen to be in this town. Di kota yang terkenal karena kandungan timahnya. Daerah ini menurutku benar2 dimanja oleh kekayaan alamnya. Dahulu, anak2 bahkan tidak sekolah, karena dengan menambang mereka sudah bisa memiliki uang sendiri. Walau situasi berubah sekarang, tp sepertinya peruntungan tempat ini belum berubah. Bangunan yang tinggi tanpa disadari menjadi hunian penghasil produk alami termahal. Sarang burung wallet. Dahulu timah, sekarang wallet. Kurang dimanja apa? Tidak perlu repot (walau perlu modal agar maksimal) untuk berbudidaya benda ini, karena alam yg memproduksinya. Yang perlu dilakukan hanya menyediakan tpt. Tapi ya resiko ttp ada karena siapapun bisa jadi jahat karena benda ini. The point is, Bangka citizens are so lucky.

Photo caption: bangunan2 tinggi yang tidak di cat tersebut adalah tempat burung wallet membangun sarangnya.