Exploring the lost Waterfall "Ciheulang" #3

Sesampainya di rumah kosong diatas air terjun, gue pikir kalo air terjun udah ketemu. Ternyata, pencarian baru "benar-benar' dimulai. Tekstur tanah yg licin ditambah sama tanah yg lembah terus dikombinasikan dengan jalan setapak yg dibuat seperti "sengkedan" kebawah, menambah "creepy" perjalanan yg gak usai- usai. Sebelum gue dan rombongan "ibu-ibu haji" pada turun, gue sempet ngajak lagi kelompok "yg tega" ninggalin gue sama "ibu-ibu haji". Tapi, mereka gak mau dengan alasan jalan susahlah, jalan licinlah, capek lah, fak lah!! bener-bener rombongan kampret itu !!

Dengan enaknya mereka bilang, "gak usah turun, jalan kebawah licin, susah takut ngilang". Dalam hati gue bilang, "EH KAMPRET !! 2-3 jam gue dateng sejauh ini, dan malah gak boleh turun dengan alasan gitu!! gue takut juga sebenernya". Tapi, karena perasaan dongkol dan merasa "humiliated" gue turun dengan beberapa orang yg emang mau turun, kecuali cewek yg "keseleo" kakinya. It was trully horrible situation. Mulai melangkahkan kaki setapak demi setapak, menuju ke bawah. Bener bener sunyi dari suasana manusia, yg terdengar hanya kicauan burung dan suara alam yg gue gak bisa definisikan dengan kata-kata. 

Air terjun edan, ditempat edan dan yg gue bawa cuma duit goceng? INDOMARET MANA INDOMARET!! gue dongkol kalo keinget disuruh bawa uang dari pada bawa minum. Hal yg bakal keinget kalo mau jalan jangan lupa bawa minum. Mending bawa botol kosong dari pada bawa goceng dikaki gunung. Suara air terjun bener bener terdengar jelas, namun jalan yg bener bener masih terisolir bikin gue dan yg lainnya bingung. Seharusnya kalo ditempat yg jarang didatangi, ada bekas-bekas kaki tapi ini bener-bener gak ada. It seemed like no one people were there. 

Gue deskripsikan sedikit tentang hutan ini. Perjalanan kami menurun seperti menuju ke lorong bawah tanah. Jadi gue dan yg lainnya jalan turun ke bawah, namun berputar putar seperti menaiki tangga. Cukup jauh perjalanan menuju bawah. It took more than 15 minutes. Perjalanan masih belum selesai karena kami berhenti di antara dua persimpangan yg bikin pusing. Jalan pertama masih lurus ke depan, namun jalan agak licin dan curam. Jalan kedua, kami belok arah dan menuruni jalan ke bawah.

Gue liat ke atas, everything looked creepy down here with its vine which was filled in any side of this woods. Pemandangan yg insanely amazing, tapi cukup berbahaya karena kalo hujan deras turun, longsor kemungkinan terjadi. Tekstur tanah yg basah emang menjadi faktor utama terjadinya longsor. " I don't want to think any something like that", I Thought. Gila, perjuangan kesini aja sampe mau masuk ke gunung Gede Pangrango, masa iya mau balik tanpa ngeliat curugnya. Kayaknya, hal gini gak bakal terjadi kalo rombongan depan kagak "egois" jalan ke curug duluan dah hahaha.

Kami memilih jalan yg kedua, yaitu jalan menurun kebawah. Oke, The first choice might be false. Ternyata bener...... bener SALAH !! jalan ke bawah emang ada kayak kotak penampungan air dan juga aliran yg mengalir kebawah, namun itu bukan sumber airnya. Ternyata, sumber air yg bener adalah jalan yg satunya. Gue dan yg lain akhirnya balik areah terus masuk ke jalan kecil yg satunya. Jalan tersebut kayaknya bener terdengar dari sumber air yg mendekat tapi makin ke dalam perjalanan makin ekstrim.

Jalan setapak akhirnya beujung juga. Kami sampai di tempat tujuan air terjun Ciheulang. Dan akhirnya gue liat juga curug itu dengan susah payah. Air terjun ini bisa dibilang liar namun ada sebuah plang yg menunjukkan nama dari air terjun tersebut. Air terjun tersebut hanya memiliki satu mata air yg tingginya mencapai 5-6 meter cukup tinggi dengan air yg lumayan deras. Curug ini tidak terlalu besar dan luas. Akses yg sulit dan jarak tempuh yg lumayan membuat urat kaki nongol. kayaknya menjadi faktor utama kenapa curug ini tidak berpenghuni. Ditambah lagi dengan tempatnya yg rawan longsor, mungkin membuat orang mengurungkan niat buat datang kesini.

Berakhir dengan antiklimaks. Ambil foto, main air dan Pulang.....
Gak ada hal yg menarik, emang karena curugnya gak terlalu besar dan sepi.
Unpopulated also..

Jika kalian berpikir cerita ini udah selesai, you guys are totally wrong. Ternyata ada pelajaran lain yg bisa di dapat dari perjalanan yg bikin kesel gini. It's all about friendship. When you do this thing like this, you'll see who your friend is. Many people say, "going to the mountain with your friend, and you'll know who they truly are". Karena ini menurut perspektif gue, jadi gue bisa ngomong apapun karena itulah sifat mereka. 

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Exploring the lost Waterfall "Ciheulang" #2

Biar bacanya gak gantung, baca dulu part #1 nya gaes.
https://moneylesstraveler.blogspot.co.id/2017/02/exploring-lost-waterfall-ciheulang-1.html

Nah, setelah sampai di bukit teh yg luas banget, grup pencari air terjun dadakan ini pun terpisah. Beberapa cewe mulai angkat tangan dan beberapa lagi ada yg maksa buat nanjak padahal udah gak kuat. Yah, terpaksa harus jadi guide beberapa cewe "pura-pura perkasa" menuju ke air terjun nya.
Ada yg kuat dan ada pula yg ngeselin (ditungguin gak mau, tapi pas ditinggal ngomel-ngomel) *woman's logic tho. Jenis cewek kedua yg gue sebutin tadi, bener-bener bikin emosi tingkat dewa.

Ada quote yg mengatakan "Cara mengetahui sifat asli teman adalah dengan naik gunung", jangankan naik gunung, nyari air terjun ini aja gue udah bisa menebak sifat sifat asli temen gue. Mulai dari pemalas, anak laperan. capean, egois, all of bad things would be revealed in the moment like this. Jalan di bukit teh yg luas, tanpa seorang pun bawa air minum, sama aja kayak lo di padang pasir tapi dengan suhu dan cuaca yg berbeda. bedanya, lo gak bakal ngerasain yg namanya fatamorgana.

Gak terasa perjalanan di bukit teh itu udah lebih dari 1 jam dan rombongan tiba-tiba berpencar. Rombongan paling depan berisi 3 cowok dan 1 cewek yg paling "curious", jadi mereka gak mau menyia-nyiakan buat berleyeh-leyeh sambil ngeliatin pemandangan bukit teh. Sementara di rombongan dibelakang, terdapat beberapa wanita yg jalannya agak lama (mungkin karena capek atau haus). Sebenernya, rombongan depan difungsikan sebagai penunjuk jalan, tetapi karena jauhnya jarak antara rombongan depan dan belakang, rombongan depan menggunakan ranting panjang agar rombongan dibelakang dapat memberikan petunjuk.

Shit happened, kami berhenti di sebuah gubug ditengah bukit yg sepi. It was compeletely quite, no sound or echo, hanya ada beberapa orang yg naik turun sambil membawa motor bebek dijalan berbatu. Rombongan depan udah hilang, entah kemana mereka ngilang. Gue bersama rombongan kocak yg di setiap waktu selalu berpikir positif wkwkkwkw. 10 menit berjalan, lagi lagi kami berhenti di sebuah rumah yg berada di kaki gunung. ketika gue menghadap belakang, yang gue liat cuma pemandangan indah. It was awesome place with its view.

Lebih dari 2 jam perjalanan, akhirnya kami bersua dengan air minum. Uang yg ternyata ada di kantong bener-bener gak berlaku disini. Indomaret atau alfa mart yg dijanjikan hanya isu belaka. Semakin kami berjalan ke depan, yang kami lihat hanya sawah yg digarap oleh para petani di kaki gunung gede pangrango. Satu teko teh tawar panas ternyata masih kurang, bahkan ada seorang oknum yg membawa botol kosong dan me"refill" botolnya, sangat kurang ajar !! hahaha.

Sementara kami duduk di rumah warga, rombongan depan sudah menghilang entah kemana, berharap tidak dimakan macan. Ada cerita aneh yg terjadi sepanjang perjalanan pencarian air terjun ini. Ketika di kebun teh, kaki temen gue ada yg keseleo. She could even barely walk, akhirnya dia berjalan sambil di bantu. Masih ada beberapa kejadian aneh yg bener-bener gak masuk di akal. Mungkin karena kami menuju ke air terjun yg jarang dikunjungi.

Kami pun berjalan dan semakin mendekati air terjun. Suara sumber air sudah terdengar, namun yg dilihat hanya jalan yg sama seperti 3 jam kami bejalan. Padang rumput, tanaman warga dan beberapa petani yg sedang menggarap sawahnya. Tak terasa kami berjalan di jalan yg semakin mengecil, kemudian kami bertemu sebuah gubug kecil yg berisi seekor anjing. ANJING DI TENGAH HUTAN !! . Sampai sekarang masih menjadi misteri anjing siapa itu.

I thought we were lost. Suara sumber air mengilang menandakan kami pun hilang (tersesat). Lagi lagi kami bertemu sebuah gubug kemudian gue mencoba mendekati dan memanggil orang dalam gubug tersebut. Sial, anjing yg menggonggong membuat gue memutar badan dan berlari balik mengurungkan niat buat nanya sama si "kampret"dalam gubug. Ada sebuah tanda yg bener-bener kalo berpikir kita udah nyasar

Make sepatu running, baju biasa dan tanpa persiapan (hanya uang 5ribu dikantong) kami melihat plang diatas. Oh boy, AIR TERJUN MANA YG ADA DIATAS GUNUNG !! WE WERE COMPELETELY DEFINITELY LOST !! (oke gue sampe pake 2 adverbial gitu) . Bodohnya, kami terus berjalan sampe bertemu dengan sebuah jembatan yg dibuat dari 2 buah batang pohon dan dibawahnya terdapat jurang yg didalam. 

7 perempuan dan 1 laki-laki, and you know who would go first. Dengan sok berani, gue nyebrang dan gue cuma liat jalan setapak yg semakin kecil, bener-bener pengalaman yg edan. Karena kemakan film, yg terpikir dalam otak gue gimana kalo ada suku lokal yg suka makan manusia kaya difilm wrong turn? I must've been dead there. Akhirnya, kami berputar arah dan balik. Sementara di rombongan depan, mereka dengan asiknya sampai di air terjun tanpa memikirkan kami yg tertinggal. TEMEN MACAM APA KALIAN!! . Rombongan gue balik dan udah menyerah. Kami memutuskan untuk jalan pulang. Tiba-tiba kami melihat rombongan depan si kampret udah pada nyuci kaki sehabis dari air terjun. 

Rupanya kami kelewat beberapa ratus meter dari air terjun. Jadi air terjun yg kami cari berada diluar jalan yg biasa dilewati. Ada jalan kecil menuju kebawah yg cukup curam. Nah, ditempat tersebut, ada rumah kecil yg sepertinya menjadi tanda kalo dibawah situ ada air terjun. Rumah tersebut sepi tidak berpenghuni. 

Selanjutnya ...........

Tunggu chapter ke-3 "perjalanan mistis turun ke air terjun"

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Exploring the lost Waterfall "Ciheulang" #1

Waterfall is supposed to be a good place to take a selfie or savor the beauty of waterfall. Masalahnya, gimana kalo lo nemuin air terjun yg mungkin belum banyak orang kunjungi, weird, isn't it?
Ada sebuah curug di Cipendawa, daerah sekitaran hutan perbatasan dengan Gunung gede Pangrango. Nah, disitu kalo lo jalan menelusuri hutan tersebut, lo bakal nemuin air terjun Ciheulang. Sebenernya air terjun ini sama aja kayak air terjun lainnya. Namun, there are few horrible but hilarious accident when I got there. Misteri perkataan penduduk lokal yg katanya cuma 15 menit dari villa juga masih jadi pertanyaan (?).

Trying to search google, you'll not find many photos. Yap, cuma ada beberapa foto aja tentang curug ini. Itu juga udah tercampur sama foto dari curug lain. Bisa dibilang curug ini kayak upil yg nyempil which is sort of hard to find hehehehe. Air terjun ini, pernah gue kunjungi bersama teman satu kelas, pas gue mengakhiri semester 6. Berniat buat having fun and refreshing our mind (tetep fun sih) tapi, ada beberapa momen kocak dan creepy tentang perjalanan ke air terjun yg KATANYA PENDUDUK LOKAL CUMAN 15 MENIT !!! HAH!!!. Kenyataan emang gak pernah sama kayak yg kita harapkan sih hehehe.

Gue inget kalimat penting pas temen gue tanya tentang jalan menuju ke curug tersebut.

My friend said, "where is the nearest way to the  waterfall?,"
Local person said by pointing his finger "Just following the white roof,"

Oke, jadi kita semua mulai perjalanan menuju air terjun itu.

Ketika kami lagi bersiap siap, there was a moron conversation about having money or drinking water. Beberapa laki berkumpul di ruang depan, membahas tentang hal bodoh yang akan dilakukan di air terjun. Kami, pada awalnya, tidak tau kalo air terjun yg akan didatangi adalah air terjun yg belum dikelola oleh penduduk sekitar (sepertinya tidak akan pernah dikelola).

Temen 1 bilang,"Mendingan bawa air minum apa bawa uang aja ya?"
Temen 2 jawab dengan jawaban antara bodoh dan polos,"ngapain sih bawa minum, bawanya ribet. Mendingan kita bawa uang aja nanti kita bisa beli minum disana,"
(percakapan ngelantur itu akan sirna ketika mereka sampe ke tempat tersebut)

As people always said "regret always comes late"
Ungkapan yg tepat buat mereka yg lebih memilih buat bawa uang dari pada air minum.

Kami mulai dengan keluar dari villa menuju ke jalan kecil kearah rumah atap putih yg di kasih tau sama mas-mas penduduk lokal. Sampai dirumah beratap putih, kami cuma disuguhkan sama jalan kecil yg belum beraspal. Jalanan berbatu kerikil dan menanjak ini, jadi hal yg biasa buat para penduduk lokal, especialy for old people. Gue ngeliat banyak kakek dan nenek membawa berkarung-karung rumput. Entah untuk pakan ternak, atau apalah, yang pasti mereka cukup kuat buat bawa barang yg mungkin anak muda jaman sekarang banyak ngeluh (termasuk gue) untuk ngelakuin lagi. Terlebih, jalanan licin, setapak yg harus mereka lewati gak mudah. Salute for them !!

Back to the topic, perjalanan "gila" masih dilanjutkan dengan melewati banyak tanaman dan tumbuhan yg ditanam oleh warga sekitar. Seperti, kubis, kol, tomat, singkong, ubi dan macam lainnya (lebih lanjut mending baca di trubus). Jalan setapak melewati tanaman yg dibentuk secara sengkedan membuat perjalanan kami lebih berwarna (dengan kata lain "berbahaya"). Jalan semakin mengecil ketika kami tiba di sebuah tempat yg disatu sisi menjorok kebawah karena ditanami oleh tumbuhan. Video yg bakal gue upload nanti, bisa buat menggambarkan "berwarna" -nya perjalanan yg kami lakukan.

30 menit kami berjalan, tidak terdengar sumber air karena memang tempat tersebut masih jauh dr air terjun. It was like terrible, horrible, impossible destination to go. Perempuan mendominasi dalam perjalanan kami sangat terasa, ada beberapa yg minta berhenti, minta di gendong, minta makan, minta minum, banyak permintaannya kayak kebanyakan cewek jaman sekarang hehehe. Di satu sisi kami (para jantan) sangat kesal, sisi lainnya kasian (kasian deh lo!).

Perjalanan kami akhirnya benar benar berhenti ketika kami sampai di kebun teh yg sangat luas. Beberapa dari komunitas pencari air terjun dadakan ini pun pulang karena banyak hal. Ada yg cape, ga kuat, angkat tangan, menyerah ada juga yg  minta berhenti, minta di gendong, minta makan, minta minum, banyak permintaannya kayak kebanyakan cewek jaman sekarang hehehe. Yang tersisa dari kami berpikir realistis dan positif. Ada tanda tanda keberadaan air terjun, terlihat dari banyaknya pipa pipa besar yg ternyata untuk mengairi pedesaan disekitar situ.

Pemikiran positif ini ternyata dibarengi dengan beberapa kejadian mistis yg gue gak pernah percaya sebelumnya.

SPOILER : Ini bukan cerita fiksi, hantu maupun pemburu hantu. Tunggu aja update selanjutnya dari cerita yg gue tulis sendiri.

Buat meyakinkan para pembaca, disini bakal gue upload video perjalanan "berwarna" menyusuri air terjun yg hilang ini. Ciaaaaooo !!!

Penulis punya ig baru silahkan di follow:
@fry_andr

Untuk chapter 2 silahkan
https://moneylesstraveler.blogspot.co.id/2017/02/exploring-lost-waterfall-ciheulang-2.html

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Chilling out at Radja Coffee

I basically don't like hanging out on saturday night. But, I got a text in the group chat that my schoolmate wanted to hang out together. Having never seen for a year was our reason to meet up. We decided to chill out at Coffee store. I was a bit dissapointed with the idea because I don't like coffee. At first, the reason I went there was just meeting up my old friends.

( source: @bekasifood)

We decided to gather there at 8 pm. I told my friend to pick me up at my house.

When I arrived there, I saw all of the design made by wood, wooden chair, wooden table. A classic one, but pretty enough. There are few portable games that you could play such as, zenga, card or uno. There is a small stage you want to sing with few guitars also. In each table, a small candle beautifies your sight. There are lots of choices menu you can buy. It turns out the serve not only coffee but also milkshake, desert and appetizer.

Location : Radja Ngopi
Address :  Pahlawan street, Duren jaya, East bekasi (beside RS. Sentosa)
Range of price : Rp. 10,000 - Rp. 35,000

A music show always play at 9 pm. You can sing or request a song. My friend sang a song called "just the way you are" covered by Bruno mars, he was quite excellent. I'd never doubted him because he has a good voice. One the moment, He also sang "Happy birthday" which was given my other friend who has turned 21 years old. Happy birthday for her !

At the store, we planned on having vacation in Puncak which is held on February. I am looking foward to it though. After everyting was set up, at 1am we came back home with satisfying.

@feryandriawan3

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Where to have picnic in Jakarta?

Where to have picnic in Jakarta? well, there are many beautiful places to go in Jakarta. Such as National monument (MONAS), TMII, Ancol and Ragunan. The last one, Ragunan is not just a place where animals live, but it has a beautiful scenery which is surrounded by dozen of big tress in every places. It is a good place to have picnic with your family, friends or anyone. A good place is not always expensive, like this one. I went there with my friends (5 person + 1 me). The ticket is just 10,000/motorcycle and it's been including the ticket get on Transjakarta to Kota tua (old city) and Monas. Interesting, isn't it?

After passing through the main door, we were pleasantly surprised with the views. It's so much better than before. We sat in the iron-bench like at the bus station which is existed along the road. I took a few sightseeing pictures which made me impress.

Actually, we could rent a bicycle Rp. 10,000/person, but we took a walk until we found herd of elephants who were fed by zoo keeper. They were fed palm frond. They looked like healthy because the zoo keeper treated them carefully. Then, we went to the king of jungle "Lion Africa". We saw them lied in the big rocks. They were so boring so we decided to the bird's cage. 

We saw many kinds of birds but we were amazed with Cenderawasih. When they slowly opened their wings, they looked elegant. As i could see, the visitor was impressed with this kind of aves too. Well, I saw most of visitor came from out of the town, I could see the way they talked wasn't sound familiar.

We went to the owa (kinds of monkey). At first, they were kind of friendly by stretching out their hands but they could be aggressive when we insulted or bothered them. They would jump up and down like a child who needed to be pitied. They also shouted loudly like calling each other.

We got back to the main gate where we could loan a mat or carpet Rp, 10,000/each. We streched it out and had a lunch together. A good time in the good place provided a good mood hehehehe. The weather was good, it was cloudy but not rain. We didn't spend much money here but we got a good place. It's good at restoring your mood while you want to refresh yourself.

Find me on twitter:

@feryandriawan3

Thanks for reading...

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Visiting a famous beach in Banten

For some people, Carita beach has been well-known as a famous beach in Banten. Most of them prefer going to other beach, such as Sawarna beach or Karang bolong beach. In my opinion, Carita is still worth to visit, although the beach wasn't as good as it used to be. There are many factors which make this beach so dirty. Besides air contamination, corporate activity which throws the trash away into the sea contributes to this contamination. Instead of keeping the sea clear from the trash, they contribute to make it dirtier.

Back to the story, I visited carita beach on March,2016. It'd been 1 year ago. It hadn't been planned at all, as usual. In the morning before our departure, I opened up my group chat and I saw that my friends had a plan to go somewhere. Apparently, my friend told about going to beach. It was reckless trip i guess because of not planning well. In the middle of the day, we hadn't got a rent-car. It could be canceled until my friend called his uncle to rent his car. We took of by a car at 4 pm, such a waste day!. It took 5 hours and a half to arrive on carite beach. 

Due to weekend, we hadn't easily got a homestay. we looked around for an hour to find a homestay. We checked in at 1 am and prepared to have a rest. Basically, we had to take a rest, but my friend asked us to make a fire. He put two chickens out of the box and roasted it. We had a late late dinner atthat time. It turned out that we couldn't sleep until the dawn was coming. During the dawn, I made myself feel awake. I wanted to see a sun rise there. It was unlucky for me, rain was coming until 6am. Besides i couldn't see a sunrise, I couldn't get to the beach too. 

During the rain, I talked to the pak wani a guy who had been a security for 4 months. We talked 'bout the beach and other stuffs. He said that the beach used to be crowded than now. He also told about his side-job. He had been a security in every night and he became an oil palm's laborer in the morning. I couldn't imagine how he could sleep well. He had a kid who helped him to watch in the night. Such a good boy !. 

As the rain stopped, I ran to the beach by barefoot and found a couple of rainbows. It was so stunning. It didn't seem clear, but we could see with your eyes. I was envy with people who got a good spot from his homestay. Their homestay was exactly behind the beach which made them see the sunrise or sunset. Suddenly, I felt hungry and I had "nasi uduk". The local 45 years old woman brought her basket full of rice and filled with "tempe orek and noodle". 

I enjoyed the beach with its big wave. The huge was repeatedly coming from the middle of the sea. It seemed like swalowing us with fun way hahaha. My friend bought a mini skiing to dive in it. I tried one, but I didn't feel good at it. People were happy at that day. Playing football in the beach, skiing in the sea and also snorkeling in the depth of sea was so behaved. Their routinity was so fun as if they would do it in their whole life.

Sun came up so I decided to get back to homestay. I took a bath then had some sleep. I hadn't slept for 24 hours by the way. After swimming in the morning, we prepared to get back because the traffic would be so bad if we didn't go earlier. Driving back to home was like something I didn't want to do. There wasn't anything excited while we were in the car so I slept. Soon, I got home and did an usual boring routinity. See you beach, I'll be back as soon as I can.

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Exploring Yogyakarta in 4 days

Last year, I opened up my journey by visiting Yogyakarta with my friends. We spent 4 days to get lost there. It wasn't planned at all. We actually didn't know why we got there because all we just wanted to was to have holiday together. It was unforgettable memory, started by having time together, getting lost together and making unbelievable decision. it was such a stunning week ever!. Yogyakarta is a city which has thousand beauty inside of it. When you get there, I assure you don't want to come back hahahaha!

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Let's start from .....

FIRST DAY #1 : Where the journey began

This trip started when we arrived at Lempuyangan station, Yogyakarta. We had a dozen plan to do, but, first, we had to find a homestay. That was a funny thing when my friend used google map to find "malioboro street". We strolled down to Malioboro for 2 hours from lempuyangan station. To be honest, from lempuyangan station to malioboro actually just took 15 minutes. It turned out that my friend used google map, but the setting was when you used a car not walk hahahaha.

After we checked in at the homestay, we made a plan to get around in Malioboro street. We slept for couple of hour then we got off to Malioboro in the afternoon. We had a lunch in front of "beringharjo market". having "gudeg" (Yogyakarta's traditional food) was delicious meal for us. After that, we went to town square. There wasn't anything right there because we went to the wrong town square then we decided to get back to malioboro street. We stopped by at "titik nol Yogyakarta" this is a heart of the city where you can hear a heartbeat of the city.

As long as we walked, we rubbed up against store supplies such as clothes, meals, any other unique stuffs. Malioboro street is a place where you can find unique and unusual stuff. We got around 2 hours to find a stuff we we'd love to buy. I bought 2 clothes and 2 traditional wallets as a souvenir for my parents and sister. Bargaining is something that you should specialize here because you can get whatever you want with a low-cost.

SECOND DAY #2 : Unexpectedly decision

I woke up earlier in the second day. I had a plan to find another town square this morning. We enjoyed walking around in Yogyakarta and took a few pictures to memorize it. From Malioboro street to East town square took an hour by foot. When we got there, there was 2 huge tress in the middle of the field. The myth said that if you could possibly walk in the middle of by closing both of your eyes, your true couple would be found immediately. That was just a myth hah! .

I enjoyed a beautiful scenery with a cup of tea and "gorengan", so did my friends. Having conversation with local people was pleasure. The way they talked about the beauty of this city, and the way of their perspective about living this city made me stay longer or even lived there hahaha. I always dreamed of living in the village not in the big crowded town.

It'd been 2 hours so we came back to the homestay and packed our stuff to the real destination. We should've checked out at 12 am and went to the bantul, but the plan wasn't going well. We had to wait friend of mine pick us up, but there wasn't any news from him. We had to arrange another plan. We are insisted on staying at the mosque for 3 hours then we took a walk to Vredenburgh wall, but unfortunately, the wall was closed. What an amazing day, was it? we took off to another mosque. We stayed there till the night came, till the electricity that we used was turned off. We were like a beggar who needed a homestay.

We were desperated so we decided to get Bantul with a cab. We finally made it ! after more than 10 hours going to nowhere. Our friend who lived in Bantul was so pleased. He let us stay for 2 days. We slept there thanks to him.

THIRD DAY #3 : Going to hidden beach in Gunung Kidul

After getting through rough day, now we arrived in Bantul. We'd been getting closer with our destination. At first time, I didn't think we could get there because the way to get there was so steep with high hill and ravine. By riding motorcycle, we went to gunung kidul beach. In the middle of the trip, we saw a car crashed and got into the ravine. that was so terrified, but we kept taking our eyes on in order that we could keep an eyes on each other.

We got the main gate in Gunung Kidul beach. Rp.10,000/person was the ticket that we should pay. It wasn't too expensive to see chain of beach along Yogyakarta until east java. The nearest beach was "Baron Beach". We finally came by in "Slili Beach", it wasn't as familiar as "Indrayanti Beach", but the scenery was awesome and stunning. By renting a cottage Rp.20,000 you could put your things and enjoy the beach.

We did snorkeling there, but most of couldn't swim, including me. Rp.30,000/person snorkeling in Slili beach. it was cheaper than other beach. We had snorkeling for an hour. It was my first time and I thought I wanted more. After snorkeling, we had a lunch. Some of my friends continued seeing other beach whereas I slept in the cottage. My friend talked about a waterfall in the beach. That was their destination, but i didn't come along. They came back at 4 a.m and we went home. Journey was over.

FOURTH DAY #4 : Packing stuff then going home

The day was running quickly. There was a time we had to come home. Although I missed my home, I prefered staying here for few days more. Train was off at 4pm. We headed back with all memories kept tightly on my mind. Thanks to lad who let us stay for days in Bantul. The perfect holiday when i also turned to 21 years old.

Ciaoo!!!

@feryandriawan3 

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The best way to escape from your routinity

PULAU SERIBU : A WONDERFUL PLACE IN THE EDGE OF JAKARTA

In the end of the year, I will tell my experience while i was stranded in pulau seribu(fun way). I am gladly telling you guys that this is my favorite year in my whole life. I'd been visiting few wonderful places that god ever created. From the west of java island until the middle of java island (Yogyakarta), I visited this year. Now, i am going to tell you the reason why you should go to pulau seribu. 

For the record, Pulau seribu are a chain of island to the north of jakarta's coast. pulau seribu don't have thousand island, it is just such a nickname. But, pulau seribu have many hidden places that you must go there such as pulau tidung, pulau bidadari and the most "kekinian" place pulau semak daun. the last place I mentioned, Pulau semak daun is the best place for the traveler because you can make a tent right there.

Enough for the explanation, here's the few things to let you know it:

1. How to get there?

For your information, only 45 of the 150 pulau seribu you can visit. There are two ways to go to pulau seribu. First, you can come to Sunda-kelapa's harbour, North jakarta. There, you can find a Ferry which take you to pulau seribu, but they just come by in Pulau Untung jawa, Pulau Pramuka and Pulau Harapan. Second, you can come to Muara angke. There you can visit more island because you take a smaller ship than Ferry.

2. Best destination

I prefer to take Ferry from Sunda-Kelapa harbour because it is a government ship that the safety has been guaranteed. It costs 20k more less, it isn't too expensive for us moneyless traveler. When I went there, I landed in Pulau pramuka. there I rented a homestay then I continued to travel around 3 small lands. You can pick whatever island you want, but you have to be careful because you are in the middle of the sea. yeahh MIDDLE OF THE SEA.

3. Finding a good spot to take a picture

For now on, there are several favorite places in Pulau seribu such as, Pulau tidung (among pulau perawan) and Pulau Semak daun. I don't explain the first one, but i want to explain about Pulau semak daun. It took 30 minutes from Pulau pramuka to get there. It was amazing place. It's just a small island surrounding by trees and there is just a toilet. No places to stay. It is a place for real traveler. Camping there, making camp fire, Singing together with your friend. that's lovely.

4. Price is everything

As moneyless traveler, i had to calculate how much money that i should pay. this is why you should bargain everything you find. While my friends and I were travelling around 3 small island, we asked few fishermen. finally we found a cheap and friendly one. I took 250k for 3 small island. It wasn't too expensive furthermore, he was our guide, photographer and advisor (kinda)

5. Don't forget to take extra money

As long as i saw, there was just one ATM card in Pulau pramuka.

In addition, living in the small island was exciting, hoping you guys can get there. people deserve to have some vacation. So, take your time. Find a peace. Get your ass out from home.

twitter: @feryandriawan3

the author likes watching movies, trying to read novel and trying to write.

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Beauty behind the mountain

Curug Bidadari (Waterfall)

One of the most beautiful creature that ever been found is waterfall. Waterfall is a place where the water flows over the vertical drops. In Indonesia, you can find many waterfalls especially in Bogor. There are plenty of waterfalls that you can find hidden beyond the mountain. For instance, Curug ciheurang, curug pangeran and the nearest one from Jakarta, Curug bidadari. By the way, here's i will tell you my experience while was going to Curug Bidadari.

One day before My friends and I went to waterfall, we hadn't made any decision yet. I thought that we wouldn't get there so I decided to hang out with my other friends. I came home late at that night. In the next morning,  I woke up late and I found my friends called me but i didn't answer so I checked my group inbox. We finally made it. We met at the campus at 10 am. We drove to the Curug by going across Jl. Raya bogor (the fastest way to get there). Fortunately, we were not lost because the way you get there wasn't hard enough. All you have to do just go straight through Jl. raya Bogor until you meet Sentul city, you have to turn left. if you were lost, you could use google map or waze.

Here's the challenge after my friends and I passed the Sentul city. There were  road construction and also paving stone. That's why we had to be careful. After passing through Sentul city, we had to drive through the hill which was many blind turning. For information, there are few irresponsible civilians who ask for our money so i recommend you prepare more money. I assumed my trip from Jagakarsa until Curug Bidadari took 2 hours. The ticket wasn't too cheap because i should pay 40k each person.

We arrived at Curug Bidadari at 1 pm. We directly went to the waterfall. The visitor was so crowded. I descibed that the waterfall wasn't so big, but big enough for putting your head there. Beside the waterfall, there were big stone and ivy. There were huge stone that you could enjoy the view there.

The waterfall raced along. In each few times, The waterfalls flowed down much water from the top. When you put your body there, it seemed like stabbed by a lot of water. there wasn't any flower nearby, but the waterfall was drizzling into the rocks. 

In my opinion, Curug bidadari is a good place where you can find another joyful life. it is not too far from Jakarta, but you should be careful about the way to get there. Don't be afraid of gettin lost because it isn't hard to get there. At last but not least, there are many stores that you can find there or if you want to pack your meal from home, you can bring your stuff there. 

Here's the look of my trip.

Have enjoy your trip !!

Don't forget to take your money before enjoying your journey.

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