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My division had another event in Manado last February. I was so excited, one more island to step on :)
I was the last crew to depart, with Mas Rahmat and Mas Inggar. We had to make sure all of our belongings were prepared well before we caught the plane at 3 pm. We got delayed so we arrived in Sam Ratulangi Airport on 19.00 WIT (17 WIB). That night was drizzling, but I stil can see the streets thanks to the streetlight.
Right after we got out the airport I saw so many churches here and there. Not surprising, since Christian is the major religion of Manado. But this is the first time that I saw many churches in the street, so it was fun for me. The churches came with unique exteriors, some of them were so eye-catchy that you could see them from afar. Some of them also very big and high. The small, traditional churches also got my attention. They almost seems like a common house from afar.
There are many newly built roads in Manado, and beside those newly buit roads are huge rock cliff. The driver who took us said that people in Manado built roads by "splitting up" a cliff. That's why we passed through many cliffs.
The event of my division held the day after. I stayed inside the hall the whole day, and it was raining hard. I went to explore Manado in the next morning.
The next morning I got up early so after I had my breakfast I took a walk around the hotel (it was still drizzling, btw). The hotel that I stayed in had their private beach, with the view of Manadotua Mountain across it. This is one of my picture with the mountain.
Not long after that, we went to the first destination: Pasar Ekstrim (Extreme Market).
On our way there we can see high cliffs in our left, and an open, wide sea in our right. This was my first time passing through the seaside, so relaxing.
After a half hour ride, we made it to Extreme Market.
So what makes it extreme?
This market sells fruits, vegetables, meat, chicken, fish like any other market. But what makes it special is they sell these comodities: pig, dog, bat, and even snake. So imagine you go to a market and then you see died snakes hanged I'M NOT JOKING THEY REALLY SELL THIS.
I didn't go inside myself because I found it awkward, you know, sightseeing a market. Some people in my division went inside and took a picture of the died bats that they sell. I'm not sure if I have to show you the picture, I'm worried it would be inapproppriate. You can contact me if you want to see 'the bats for sale'.
The next destination is a cliff in Manado but I forgot what was the name so lets just skip this because nothing interesting anyway.
After that we went to the famous lake in Manado, Tondano Lake.
On our way to Tondano Lake, we saw a very beautiful view.
Our driver told many interesting stories. One of them is about the extreme market. The dead snakes (the Phyton one) is quite expensive, about 60.000,- per kg. And if you're lucky, you can get a goat/deer meat for buying snakes.
No, the goat/deer meat is not a bonus from the seller.
It's the died goat/deer that the snakes have eaten, inside their belly.
So if you went to extreme market and saw a died snake hanged with large stomach, its not a pregnant snake. It's a snake who has just eaten something bigger than them.
Another fun fact that the driver told us that, people in Manado is so fond of horses. They are really into horse racing. The price of a fine, fancy horse for racing could cost as expensive as a new car (about 400 million rupiah).
Back to the destination, Tondano Lake is so peaceful. The cloudy weather doesnt make it gloomy, instead the lake is so calming with the wind blowing. We had our lunch in the edge of the lake. AND I'M SO SORRY for not taking a picture of the lake. I was so starstruck by the beauty of it.
There was a tenun seller in the restaurant, and I'm interested. I forgot what was the name but I remembered they made the tenun from banana tree fiber. The texture is so unique (it cant be burned wow), so I bought a piece for my mom.
The next (and the last) destination is shopping. I was soooo happy that I found many interesting things to buy. The shop provided tester so we could taste them before we buy. I bought klappertart and pampis ikan cakalang. Pampis is some kind of dried fish, like Abon. They are available in many variants, but my favourite is the one from ikan cakalang. They are available in 2 level of spiciness. I would definitely buy it again if I could go back here someday. After we finished shopping we went directly to the airport.
It was really short, but I had a really good time in Manado :)
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