Hi, Meet again with me, Brianika
In this episode, I want to tell you about I and my friends named Salam Ransel Group of Backpackers, short trip in Jogjakarta. Yup, Indonesia. Really, not all of our trips are to travel abroad.
We still admire the territory of our own country. What is there in your mind when you want to go to Jogjakarta? Borobudur? This temple is indeed one of the icons when the destination is aimed at Jogjakarta. Indeed, often national and international events are held there. No wonder Borobudur is indeed very famous in the world. Hehehe (laughing).
However, this time skip to go to Borobudur. We want to try according to the new one. Yes, our choice is on the Lava Tour. A tour that takes us to explore Mount of Merapi.
This destination does not require a lot of time. Nor does it take a full day. Just a few hours is enough. Just follow the tour schedule that you follow. You don’t need to be confused. Many choices of agents who provide package variants of this tour. It can be adjusted according to your wishes. We also chose a tour (package with a jeep rental), which cost 600 thousand rupiah for a car. One car can be filled with up to 5 people. For groups, like us, of course the price includes a category that is not too expensive. Moreover, you will find an interesting “sensation” during the trip. Heheheh.
The trip starts at 4:00 with a meeting point that has been adjusted to the agent you choose. So, you can estimate your own departure at what time you are from the hotel. Because it’s pretty far away, we leave from our hotel at around 3:30 a.m. Why is it so early? The Lava tour does provide a sensation of enjoying the sunrise, guys, yeah, that’s the name of the trip to the mountain.
Oh, until I forget. Just remember it. You use an outfit according to conditions. Trip to the mountain. Surely you will find cold temperatures. You should use warm clothes and jackets. Bring other needs that are needed. Don’t get the clothes wrong, huh. Unless your goals are different. For example, I want to do a photo shoot with a special theme. Want to be prewed, maybe. Well, you can use a dress on the mountain. It’s a different story, yeah.
The journey from jeep rental to the destination takes around 30 minutes. Quite a while, but it’s pretty hard to make the adrenaline run. The route doesn’t twist. But the streets are turbulent (you must know what I mean, haha) this makes it exciting. Sometimes I jumped from my seat because the road was so turbulent. But still be careful and safe. During our jeep ride, we were also equipped with the use of anti-storm helmets. No, safety helmets are provided by jeep rental services (already one package with the rental price, calm down guys).
Right-left view, it was still dark while traveling that morning. But once approaching the sunrise point location, there was a glimmer of light. So beautiful. That’s the sign that you’ve arrived at the location of the first tour. There, you can enjoy the beautiful sunrise. Can all take photos. When the atmosphere of the sun rises, a photo of the silhouette is pretty guys. Photos like this can’t be taken at any time. But it was only a few minutes while the sunlight was still orange-yellow and the sky was still dark. When the sun has risen up, the story is different. It’s clear.
After that, we were invited to tour the Kaliadem bunker. Still in the sunrise point. There, you like going back tens of years while still in colonialism. This bunker became one of the hiding places of ancient invaders. That said, many died here. It is really cool. Indeed, when I go inside, the weather is really different. Dark and the air intensity decreases. So don’t be long. No need to take photos too long too. It’s also dark. It looks nothing. Hehehehe. Time is still long. The next destination is photographs. We were invited to go to another spot of this story. The goal is yes for more photos. But this time the background is Mount of Merapi. Free, you can take photos with various poses. But you have to be careful, huh. That’s very important.
The next destination is Alien Stone. What, are there aliens? I don’t. It’s just an alien, but that doesn’t mean there are aliens there. By the way, if there are aliens there, what do you want to do? I have just kidding. According to our tour guide, the alien name is actually from the Javanese language, is Alihan. Stone as high as approximately 2 meters is a volcanic rock that was thrown from the mountain to the area when the eruption in 2010 ago. As you know, the eight years ago took a lot of casualties from the surrounding population. Residents fled to other areas. Well because the stone is seen as a human face, so it’s called an Alien stone. But indeed the alien face looks like a human face huh? Hmmm. Already forget it. Hehehe. That’s a name also for branding so that visitors are more interested in traveling here. You can take pictures there as much as you like with the Alien Stone background. Calm, safe. Don’t eat people too. It doesn’t feel It’s just the last spot.
We went around the houses of the people who “survived” from the 2010 eruption. Just still standing strong compared to other buildings. This house was then cared for by surrounding residents and used for museums and places to commemorate the events of the time. When you enter, there are some furniture items and photos related to the 2010 eruption. Photos of the legend of Mount Merapi also exist.
Yes, Mbah Marijan. So there, you don’t just tour nature, but also remember history. Many things can be learned while following this Lava Tour. How? Fun is not it? Unfortunately, we also have to end this tour.
Continued.
In the afternoon, while on the way to Malioboro. We fun browsing about the news of the update that day. And, on the screen some news appeared. We were shocked when we saw one of the news titles. Apparently … Mount of Merapi this morning just “coughed” issued lava. And stated standby condition 1. The incident was ONLY 5 HOURS before we arrived at the location. woowww