SABANG - Indonesia's MOST NORTHERN ISLAND (Kilometer Nol Weh Island)
today guys i'm going to show you Kilometer 0 here in Sabang and we can officially start Sabang Sampai Merauke Let's do it! oh oh good morning guys it's another beautiful day here in indonesia and it is finally time to go to Sabang so my mother and husband john is in that car right in front of us and we are going to the port right now let's go to Sabang guys it has been four fantastic days here in Banda Aceh honestly time has just flown by and if you're ever considering to come here do you think it's safe yes it is safe it is wonderful here the people are just as kind as friendly as they are any other places just make sure you respect them and they will respect you right back the things is our ferry doesn't depart until an 11 o'clock and now it's 10 o'clock but we are arriving one hour before because if the ferry gets full then too bad you're not gonna get on it so PROTIP if you are gonna take the ferry make sure you get there in good time all right guys we made it to the port now we're just waiting to board the ferry so it ended up costing 209.000 for three people with one motorcycle and vip tickets i have no idea what vip does but i guess we'll find out when we get on the ferry let's get on the ferry and go to Sabang if you want to go to Sabang there's both the roll-on roll-off ferry that we took because i was bringing Turangga it takes about two hours but there's also a fast ferry that only takes one hour and on the instagram account, InfoJakSabang they always post the daily schedule and pricing on the RORO ferry there's a small shop where you can buy drinks get snacks and there's then the general seating area out in the open so it can be quite hot but there is also an exclusive room where there is air conditioning and reclinable seats and just a few hours later we had arrived at Weh Island also known as Sabang righty alrighty guys we have made it to Sabang and we are this close to getting to kilometer 0 so now i've put my mother and husband john on the taxi we're going to a place called casa nemo a place that has really good reviews so i hope it's going to be nice let's go ahead and check it out and let's start exploring Sabang i cannot believe that i've come this far woooow this is island paradise to me i cannot wait to see the beach considering that this is an island the roads are nice and look who made it first and finally we got to see one of the things that Sabang is most famous for it's beautiful beaches all right guys we have finally arrived here at Casa Nemo and it is just beautiful here there's so much green here you know so it's kind of like uh we're living in a lush jungle in our own bungalow overlooking the the ocean let's go and check out the room for our stay at Casa Nemo we had booked a two planned family bungalow with a main bedroom on the top floor it had a rustique open bathroom with a bathtub and the master bedroom had a double glass door that opened up to an ocean view balcony with a hammock a perfect little spot a perfect little spot for drinking our morning coffee since everything was made in wood and is always open we didn't have an air conditioner but we used a fan and just below i had my big room with air condition, ocean views and plenty of space for my 65 kilos of travel gear and editing mess and it seemed we had arrived to Sabang at the perfect time because the following morning all of the island truly came alive as they started preparing the second most important festival in islam Eid Al-Adha For Eid Al-Adha also known as the feast of sacrifice a lot of animals are being slaughtered to be sold at the local market along with a vast selection of fresh fruit and vegetables a very different kind of market that i've seen in other countries because all the sellers were politely waiting for us to approach them no pushy sales tactics or buy buy buy here just calm, polite and friendly Indonesians as always Are you ready for tomorrow? yes Eid Al-adha right? Yes tomorrow is a holiday This market is not here tomorrow oh it's not? Holiday tomorrow? yes eating eating relaxing and praying right? yes i had tried to teach my mother and john how to properly greet indonesians because my favorite thing about greetings in indonesia is the respect and kindness of touching your heart after the greeting and I was proud to see how well they were both doing How many years have you lived here in Sabang? Almost 50 years already are you happy here? very happy in Sabang it's very nice here and safe are there already a lot of tourists in Sabang? yes already many they have started coming back yes yes already there are many people coming back here great picture thank you very much Assalamualaikum Waalaikumsalam like most other places Sabang have really been struggling during the pandemic as it mainly lives off tourism and with just over 30 000 people living on the island it's great to see and hear that more people are once again coming to the island wave with your hands so the Eid al-adha is a celebration of Ibrahim's dedication to Allah's command when he decided to sacrifice his son ismail and here during the Eid Al Adha they're sacrificing a lot of goats, sheep, cows to respect the sacrifice that ibrahim he made it is a very busy market here the main market in Sabang there are so many people you can easily tell that everybody just wants to get ready, buy their groceries and go home and get ready for Eid Al Adha tomorrow everyone is smiling.. good cool this is my point my top cool and I believe that my mother and John is getting quite the experience do you like it john? yea it' something different.. good sir Thank you (Aceh language) at the gold store we met with Balqis the owner of Casa Nemo who told us an interesting story about the Acehnese marriage traditions are you planning to marry somebody? uuuuhm.. so this is like a Acehnese door so if you want to marry somebody either you buy this as a necklace or as a ring it's a sign of opening door it's the door so you welcome another person into your life so that's why the symbol is the door in the main street of Sabang there is a famous coffee shop it's not just famous for its amazing tasting coffee but for the way this coffee is made besides cooling down the coffee i'm not sure if this artistic coffee making procedure actually makes the coffee taste any better but it sure looks cool and it must have taken a long time to learn it so I respect that and in case you were wondering the coffee they make here is amazing we then met Balqis husband, John Luca or should i say David Guetta's twin brother a swiss italian who loves indonesia just as much as myself so he took me to the meat market which according to him i had to see because it was only there for Eid Al Adha all different kinds of meats are sold here and it's a busy day indeed with both kids and adults here and you can feel the excitement and happiness about the upcoming Eid I was so happy to see, how much John Luca was paying attention to the locals as I was busy shooting clips John Luca was all over chatting and catching up with the local community had it not been for his European looks he might as well have been an Indonesian the market was buzzing and i noticed an interesting thing apparently Eid Al Adha is not just about eating it's also about giving back so some people were deciding to pay a little bit extra on this day as a form of charity to support the seller who's spending the day making sure that everyone can buy food for their celebration and how much did you pay for that small piece of fruit two thousand, but i paid a holiday price otherwise it would be one thousand after the market we made a quick stop at the Sabang Merauke Park in front of the mayor's office it has a small bridge overlooking the harbour and a Sabang Merauke sign where you can take some good looking Sabang selfies We then went back to Casa Nemo because Balqis wanted to show us two traditional Acehnese houses that was actually set to be destroyed so Balwis bought them and brought them all the way from the mainland to Sabang she's a she's a fighter and determined woman indeed she tells me that it's important we remember and preserve the Acehnese culture and history and hopefully later on the younger generation will do the same so tonight we are here at the local fruit market in Sabang because Balqis here from Casa Nemo where we're staying she's invited us to come and join her and her family tomorrow for the celebration of Eid Al Adha tomorrow we're gonna try and see firsthand how they celebrate it here in Sabang happy? so happy I just had this sweet passion fruit f you ever come to Sabang Casa Nemo is known to to be the place to go on Friday nights they always have live music but since it was the day before Eid the music was a tiny bit different than usual good morning guys so now it's eight o'clock we're heading down to get some breakfast some Serapan where we can sit and enjoy the view over the ocean as well it is such a nice place here the atmosphere is so calm so relaxing the only thing you can hear is the birds the sound of the ocean and there are basically no people here of course that's not so good for Casa Nemo but they have really been struggling during the pandemic and the tourism hasn't really returned yet because they have made Iskandar airport in Banda Aceh to a national airport which means that they are no longer any direct international flights to Banda Aceh so it's a bit more difficult for people to come here hopefully this video will inspire more people to come here and visit the small paradise because it is kind of like a bali vibe here of course there's a bit more rules in terms of what clothes you need to wear when you walk in the streets you have to wear at least shorts that covers your knees this is probably the place you want to come if you are a bit more about the calm and natural indonesian atmosphere it was the day on Eid Al-Adha and we went home to Balqis parents that had invited us all into their home to join them for the feast even though we had never met them until now they just invited us in and treated us like we were family look what are you having? we're having some fish with some chili and rice of course and some meat which is very spicy actually, but very good and then i'm having some of these rice? what did you call it? they're cooked in banana shells longton (rice cake) and then with the vegetables Balqis also told me that there are both pros and cons about living on an island her father aka the Indonesian Freddie Mercury recently had had a stroke for the third time and the big problem was that there are no hospitals that can properly treat it on the island so when it happened they had to drive to the ferry and take it all the way back to Banda Aceh luckily he's still with us today and hopefully one day there can be a more advanced medical system on the island we had had another great and cultural experience thanks to Balqis and her lovely family and i could tell that the Indonesian kindness and hospitality were winning the hearts of john and my mother what do you think about staying here? I love staying here because it's relaxing you see we sit here and we play cards after breakfast and there is no one here nobody so we just have it all by ourselves and listen to the water and the temperature is the same as it was when we went to bed last night what else can we expect? before I came here to Sabang guys I had so many plans of things i wanted to film both in Banda Aceh and in Sabang but you know after my family arrived i kind of also realized that it's nice to make youtube videos but i haven't seen my family in yeah almost nine months so I'm trying to focus a lot of my time just being present with them you know tomorrow we're gonna check out and go to another place called Hawk's Nest because I wanted to make sure that we tried different hotels while we're here to kind of compare the experiences also for you guys to see some different places you can stay here in Sabang so massive shout out to the staff at Casa Nemo it's been a really nice experience Am I right? yes but before checking out there was a special surprise waiting for us and as we went upstairs Balqis showed us her new restaurant which will already be opened by the time you're watching this video and it's the first ever fine dining restaurant on the island how is the view like John? just amazing just amazing and to send us off Balqis had arranged a true Acehnese cultural experience something that neither of us had ever heard or seen before and as my mother is a singer she wanted to give something back so she sang a danish song for the girls you are back here with me (danish) the song was about a mother coming home and this touched the heart of one of the girls, Toora as her mother had passed away it's okay thank you you have a very beautiful voice thank you and so do you yea thank you we're like sisters yeah we're like sisters the singing sisters I'm so sorry I'm so emotional oh my god and I get because you do it yeah i think my mom always coming every time when i was sad and but i love this song because it's about when the light comes the mom comes yeah because mommy always brings something good and perfect to every daughter right? yes one two three i'm taking video we had a great stay and it was time to continue the journey so we said our goodbyes to the lovely team at casa nemo and continued further west on the island getting us even closer to the end of my journey and finding Kilometer 0 and we made it to Hawk's Nest let's go and check it out all right guys we've made it here to hawks nest so basically what i did is i looked on google maps and i checked the best places to stay in Sabang and the best places i could find was Casa Nemo and Hawk's nest so today we're here at hawk's nest and we're going to be staying for six days so as you can see here behind me the view is absolutely beautiful it's very quiet it's very secluded because we're kind of inside of a bay and protected by an island in front of us so it's very quiet it's super beautiful here and we have an entire villa to ourselves i'm gonna show you that later I'm very happy because we can get burgers here Chuck Norris how are you? I'm good healthy? I'm healthy good morning Happy? it means are you happy? I'm happy so we've checked into what's called an exclusive villa i believe the name was so we have two massive double beds one for mama Hanne and john and one for myself and massive bonus points for fan in the ceiling and air conditioned because it is very very hot here my mother and john were absolutely crazy about the Luwak coffee and they had no idea it came from a 1 000 rupiah packet how is the coffee here mom? too good to be true what are you drinking? Luwak Coffee luwak yes? local Luwak coffee give me more of that can i get a barrel of it? as the next two days we're going to be packed with adventure we spend the day on the paddleboard and in the canoe and here i realized that doing a youtube live on water is not that easy so if you haven't watched it already i'll make sure to put the link on the screen are you ready? yes our tour guide Freddie had told us about a place that was supposed to be one of the most beautiful places in all of Sabang so we hired a boat for the day for 500 000 rupiah not knowing that a big surprise was only a few minutes away good morning wow look below you it might be a bit difficult to see but i'm going to try and send up the drone to show you because where we are right now we are right between the Indian ocean and the Andaman sea and right behind us we have Rondo island that is actually the most northern part of Indonesia even more further north than Kilometer 0 but the only thing that lives out on rondo island is a police station to watch over the sea so that's why normally people say that Kilometer 0 is the most northern part of Indonesia and the place we're heading now is one of the most famous beaches here on Sabang a typical place for backpackers and foreigners to go when they visit Sabang and it's a really good place for snorkeling and you will see why in a second from the mainland on Iboih beach you can pay for these small table boats to take you out to Rubiah island from here you can enjoy the view over Rubiah beach and there are plenty of shops that rent masks, fins, you can buy coffee and if you're not afraid of getting a little close to fish you can have an experience like this all right guys let's go under and see if we can find any fish you can buy some noodles I got some hot noodles in my pocket in case you want to feed the fish as well this is an amazing place to snorkel uh there was a fish Welcome to Rubiah Island guys we had the entire beach to ourselves for a full hour but it's a famous spot so if you plan to go i suggest you go as early as possible as it can get a bit crowded later on and I'm all about these crystal clear waters and promoting tourism but what you don't see on the beautiful ocean selfies from Rubiah Island is what's right behind it trash everywhere candy wrapping plastic bags water bottles cup noodles diapers and much much more even though there are trash cans at every shop why would anyone throw trash here? so please if you go to Rubiah Island my suggestion is this either you throw out your trash or you eat it brooo good trip yeah thank you you're welcome in the afternoons the tide draws back creating yet another beautiful view of Sabang as the sun starts to set and for our last night there was one more famous thing in Sabang that we had to try okay okay let's go you cannot come to Sabang without trying a Becak it's basically a taxi but on a scooter and i'm riding economy class my parents are riding first class check the view wow guys check this view amazing what do you think mom? is it nice? I think it's heaven on earth heaven on earth right? welcome to heaven on earth we had had a fantastic stay at hawk's nest but most importantly because of the lovely staff and the good service so for our last night they all surprised us with a goodbye dinner where we could all sit down and eat together it's a party enjoy the meal guys and it was then time for the big day woooa guys you have no idea how many times i've been looking at this google maps plugging in the maps in the videos that you've seen me make and i've been looking at that very top of indonesia thinking wow i'm gonna be there someday and now i can see it on the map today guys I'm gonna show you Kilometer 0 here in Sabang what an incredible ride it has been when we started the 5th of February just five and a half months ago going from Jakarta with the ferry to Lampung all the way out to Gisting to Krui then we went to Lake Ranau then to Bengkulu went to North of Bengkulu visited the elephants then continued up to Kerinci where I met Jet and we hiked Mount Kerinci drove all they way to Padang met with Ms. Surni
and all the amazing staff at Hotel Premiere before going to Mentawai meeting Oncy Aman Tople Aman Bauna then driving all the way up to Lake Toba meeting Papa Zoe and Mama Zoe Agung and Carly then driving up to Medan having a fantastic vacation with my brother going to Bukit Lawang and Berastagi saw the orangutan up to Blangkejeren (and Takengon) going out to the coast to Meulaboh driving up along the USAID road all the way up to Banda Aceh meeting my mother and her husband John and then taking the ferry here to Sabang and guys here we are now arriving at Kilometer 0 five and a half months later I know it took a long time but you know i'm just happy that I went in this tempo and didn't rush anything because traveling is not about rushing it's not about driving fast it's about experiencing what you see on the road taking your time to take it all in making memories for life here we go, so close on the map just 300 meters all right i think it's time to play here 5000 yeah? here we go Kilometer 0 Indonesia very cool let's do it! hey mum can I sit on the back? yea sure ooy there it is woooow we made it all right here we are guys big day for Turangga good job we made it girl well done thank you oh oh hello sir you can not park here yes I know sir nice to meet you I'm Kris I'm a youtuber traveling.. so apparently It wasn't really allowed to park up there but luckily officer Lukman also liked to watch youtube yes only 5 minutes sir hey guys I'm sorry but Can I take a picture? yes you can come on guys join us! everybody can join one two three SABANG but eventually officer Lukman thought it was best if i parked somewhere else all right guys we did it we finally made it here to Kilometer zero in Sabang I have Turangga parked right here she's taking a lot of photos, with a lot of people, she's loving the attention and that's it guys that's it guys six months went by like that here in Sumatra it has been an adventure of a lifetime thank you so much to all of you who's been supporting the channel watching the videos and to all the people who I've met along the way who helped me i'm so grateful my family is grateful for your support Turangga is grateful so.. thank you so much guys or as we say here in Aceh thank you (Aceh language) thank you now it's time to go back towards Jakarta Phase 1 of Sabang to Merauke is finished here in Sumatra and now phase 2 can begin in Kalimantan so stay tuned guys as Turangga and I head towards Kalimantan aaaand until next time after watching this episode or even if you watched all the way from the beginning of the series I hope with all my heart that this has given you a broader knowledge about Sumatra and that hopefully you will want to come here on day as well thank you Sumatra vegetables from Sabang? come to Sabang Not vegetables anyway come to Sabang guys all right Turangga see you in Jakarta
2022-09-08 10:19
