more more pls....u stay how many nights at manohara? can share how much for the driver for ding plateu? i'm going to yogjakarta coming January for 6d/5n but yet to plan itinerary..

The underground not really underground lah..just bcos the old ruin palace is on top of the hill and the walkway is on gropund level wth all the slump houses side by side and they termed it underground haha..Just a passage to Tmn Sari King's swimming pool...I find the swimming pool more interesting.. more like those ancient Balinese royal bath but much newer than those really ancient Balinese Royal bath...I imagine those 1/2 naked gundik-gundik swimming wth the ancient Kings there

If only the "tunnel" is re-open..then indonesia will have the world longest man-made tunnel

btw, the name of the masjid is Sumur Gumuling

http://indonesiantourismcentre.blogspot.co...-mosque-in.html

Are you kidding..I dun even call this underground tunnel..just a walkway surrounded by slump houses haha..Here's the photo of the tunnel wth the roof on top & the houses built both side of the "tunnel"


Long-long time ago, these houses and also houses that surrounded this palace ruin (Pulau Cemeti) are man-made pool and this gigantic pool is connected from the current Kraton Palace. The Sulatn will take the boat and row till this palace & connecting the palace ruin to the Royal Bath where he enjoy naked bath wth his gundiks..

Here's the overall layout of Taman Sari & you can see the man-made pool extended to Kraton Palace..The pool now occupied by houses dy



Pulau Cemeti ruin or the other Royal palace wth the tunnel & underground mosque...Well, for me not really underground lor.. . The ruin reminded me of M'cca St Paul Church ruin


This post has been edited by stimix: Oct 5 2011, 02:41 PM

wah, got van send go so good~ haha~
we walk in the darkness and agreed that its really an unique experience~

Thanks, it also bring back my memories while writing back my experience~

for me, i stay 1night at Manohara~
the driver charge me 500k rph for the dieng plateau trip~

Is this the underground u guys mentioned?






This post has been edited by littleprawn: Oct 5 2011, 08:47 PM

Yes that's the one for sure haha..From Pulau Cermeti ruin to Taman Sari royal bathing

Oh BTW, The latest Amazing season 19 ep 2 is about Jogja... I miss this episode days ago..was told repeating on Saturday..try not to miss

This post has been edited by stimix: Oct 5 2011, 09:15 PM

too bad me dont have astro~
i didnt walk along the ruin of the house~
there's this guide show us the way
he told us that the tunnel used to filled with water and the king travel in his boat along the tunnel~

Huh? the 1st photo of the entrance looks like you taken it from almsot same area where I took the rooftop of the tunnel and the surrounding resident houses wor..That the foot of the ruin wor..so u must have step to the ruin without you realising it haha..or u din enter the ruin and just outside?

Anyway, what i trying to tell is from the photo & look of the tunnel, it can't be the longest tunnel walkway kau as what another forumer said haha

Anyway, what the guide told me, the tunnel is just a link to the so called 'Underground mosque which for me also same road level as those surrounding houses haha & not fill wth water.

The water is the same man made pool as you can see from the maps of Taman Sari plan I posted earlier. The Sultan will take the boat from the big pool near Kraton & row to till the end of the narrow pool where the ruin and walk to Taman Sari Royal Bath..Interesting story when he retold how the Sultan ended up naked with all his gundiks at the pool haha

i enter the ruin and walk along the underground tunnel~
there are some renovation going on that time due to the eartquake~

The Manohara hotel's room look very old ,,any other hotel to recommend ? ... or u just stay 1 night at that hotel , after that move to other hotel around the city

Manohara is the only hotel located inside the Borobudur temple area~
Guest have unlimited access to the temple within opening hours~
Not sure whether there are any hotels there~

I just stay there for a night cause wanna join the sunrise Borobudur tour~
The next day, after my visit to Dieng Plateau, i moved to Vogels Hostel in Kaliurang for the Sunrise Mount Merapi trekking~

This trip i have 2 sunrise tour, haha~

Day2 Continued~

After visiting Candi Arjuna Complex we head to Jalatunda Well~
The driver told us that if someone who can throw a stone beyond the crater and hit the mountain wall at the end, their wish will come true~
Dont worry if u cant find any rocks, a local will be selling rocks there~
1k Rupiah for 3 rock~
My driver said he wanted to throw so i buy 3 rocks~ This is the 1st time i buying tepi jalan rocks~
First throw by driver cant reach, Second throw by me cant reach, finally third throw by driver reach~ So his wish will be granted~
Jalatunda Well~


Then we head of to another Kawah called Kawah Sileri~
Less people visiting this kawah, only we were there~
We have to walk down a path to reach Kawah Sileri~








Our last attraction is Candi Dwarawati~
Waking up so early for the Borobudur sunrise trip and visiting so many candi and kawah, we feel a bit exhausted already~
We ask our driver whats special about Candi Dwarawati~
He replied "Its just like other candi that you see"
We were like "Okay..."
Since we travel so far i guess we better finish the last candi haha~

To go Candi Dwarawati, we have to pass by those housing area off the mainroad~
And the road can be quite narrow~
Finally we reach the last candi~




The scenery surrounding the candi~


The view looking from the Candi above~ Just lovely and refreshing~ The kampung feel~


Kids gathering outside after their class session~


Thats the end for our day trip for today~
Then we head off to Kaliurang and its gonna be a long ride~
We decide to stay at Kaliurang for the Mount Merapi sunrise tour and another day to wake up early~

To be Continued~

Tnx for sharing...Bringing back my memory going to this ancient Cameron Highland of java haha..If we think CH really bad bcos of over-exploitation, Dieng Plateau even worst been harvested since ancient time wth the candi Arjuna which is even older than Brobodur & Prambanan.

From Littleprawn photos, you can see the extend of the land been harvested..even to the mouth of small volcano rim (The small kawah sileri)

@ stimix, hope to share more of this beautiful place to others~
looks like not many people visit Jogja~
the locals there seems to "fully utilizing" the whole hill~

Day2 Continue~

On the way to Kaliurang and going down the hill~
Suddenly lots of mist appear~


On the road half way, suddenly driver pull over~
Driver said he hungry and wanna have dinner~
My driver so cool~ haha~
To be honest its really almost dinner time, the last we eat is the Me ongklok~

So we choose one of the 2 stall available beside the road to eat~


The Menu~ Hmmm~


This is what i order~ I think its Nasi Goreng Telur~ A bit Spicy~ i cant tahan spicy~


My friend order this~ Dono which ayam dish she order dy~
She said its good because of the sauce but its very spicy haha~


After dinner we continue our journey to Kaliurang~
Its advisable not to travel at night since its quite dangerous due to the narrow downhill road and its dark~
A lorry even breakdown due to the road condition and we have to wait awhile till it move aside~

We reach Kaliurang after some time~
Since its at night, driver had a bit difficulty finding the hostel~
But we finally made it there safely~

Mr Christian Awuy, the hostel owner @ tour guide have to wake up and greet us~
He asked us to rest early since we have to wake up in the wee hours for the trekking~
We quickly check in and rush to our room~

Here's how the room look like~


So, thats all for Day2 of my trip~

To be Continued - Day3

This post has been edited by littleprawn: Oct 9 2011, 11:53 PM

Mee Ongklok is Chinese Lam mee haha..I suspected this till the owner of Dieng Restaurant confirmed wth me that it is lam mee.

yes, its like Chinese Lam Mee but i prefer Mie Ongklok~ More delicious~ Yum Yum~

never been to the underground mosque although i lived in yogyakarta for over 4 years now

Is half a day enough to cover Dieng Plateau, including journey to and fro? A travel "expert" told me I will need one full day

I will need a full day for Solo right?

Dieng Plateau is far away from Jogja and although the distance might not be far but due to the narrow road condition, just to travel there will take >3 hrs..and similar hrs on returning trip..

Are you a student over there?
During my trip there was about to meet a cari forumer there but finally cancel ~


This post has been edited by littleprawn: Oct 17 2011, 11:47 PM