DAY3~

We wake up in the wee hours again for another sunrise tour~
This time we will go for jungle trekking to see sunrise with Mount Merapi view~
Before briefing, Mr Christian asked whether we would like something light before the trekking~
We reply yes and he went and prepared some coffee and bread for us~


There's only 2 of us for that day~
The day before are a few peoples tourist from France or German i think~
After our light breakfast, Mr Christian start his briefing on Mount Merapi and the trekking~


After the briefing, we started our journey to the hill walking through the housing area~
The sky is still dark and climb for a few metres till we reach a spot where they have benches for us to wait for the sunrise~
The mountain behind is the active volcano Mount Merapi~
And thats our official tour guide, Mr Christian Awuy~
He's a very nice and great guy that likes to take photos~ He helped me to take a lot of me and my friends pics~


Here's the pic of the sunrise~ Beautiful~


After watching the sunrise, we continue our journey towards Mounts Merapi and the journey is like Lord of the Rings~
We have Gandalf the Wizard and 2 ring bearer in a mission to destroy the evil ring in the volcano~
Full of challenge and exciting~






Be careful at this point, if not you'll roll down the hill~




Finally i made i to the last viewing point~
The nearest spot to view the world's most active volcano, Mount Merapi~

Stay at the spot enjoy the scenery for a few minutes~
Sun is getting stronger and we decide to leave the place
Now we are going downhill for breakfast using another route
If you see from the pics, there are many dead tree
This is due to the previous Mount Merapi eruption during year 2010


The playground is also destroy by the eruption~




Mr Christian bought us to a place for breakfast and he order some of the local delicacies for us~






Goreng Pisang with Cili Padi


After breakfast, we walk back to the hostel~
As you can see, the whole road is covered with volcano ashes and the drain all dry up~
Even the nearby lake dry up due to the eruption




Finally we have reach our hostel~


This post has been edited by littleprawn: Oct 28 2011, 11:54 PM

Managed to capture the hostel surrounding coz last night reach hostel late in the night and no picture taken~
This is how the hostel looks like~

Outside the main entrance~


Mr Christian Awuy at work~


Surrounding~
This is actually we planned to stay but we switch to another room~




This is where we stay~


After the trekking, we went back our room to rest and bath while waiting for Mr Christian prepare for another breakfast~
This is the 3rd breakfast we are having for that day~
Our driver will come and pick us up from the hotel and we will continue our journey towards the south heading to Parangtritis Beach~

Before that we will stop by at Kaliadem, a village area where it has been destroyed by the previous eruption~
It is still believed that some of the villagers are still buried and lost under the thick ashes covering the area~

Our driver came and pick us up on time and we will really miss Mr Christian as he is a really nice and friendly guy~

On our way to Kaliadem, we saw many houses are destroyed~





When we reach our destination, there's really a sense of sadness and sorrow in ourself~

Stall by the roadside~ If the clouds are not there u can see Mount Merapi in the background~


The whole area is destroyed and covered with ashes~




The trip at there was short as my friend felt nothing much to capture in a sad sorrow place~
Then we continue our journey and head off to the famous Ayam Goreng Suharti~

To be Continued~

hi guys, need some advices here. i m going for 5d4n to jogjakarta in early dec. My rough itinerary will be as follow;

Day 1: reach morning, check in hotel, shop around malioboro/ soroswijaya looking for tours. Go Prambanan for sunset, followed by ramayana show and dinner. back hotel. Is it possible to book Ramayana show on spot?
Day 2: Dieng Plateau day trip, by the time back hotel should be late. have dinner somewhere near hotel. Anyone stay 1 night in Dieng? is it better to do so?
Day 3: Borobudur, thinking duno wan to do sunrise or sunset. Any recommendations?
Day 4: Plan to go Solo, to see candi sukuh & ceto. Any other interesting places?
Day 5: Back KL!

as there are 5 of us, i reckon it'll be cheaper to rent a car + driver, am i right on this?
as for guide, if needed, mayb go Prambanan/ Borobudur that time only engage.

any other shopping places should i include in my trip? besides malioboro street?

last but not least, any recommendation on places to stay? thinking of 1001 malam but a pricey at RM 130/ night. setia kawan seems to be cheaper, any idea folks? how good is setia kawan? important is cleanliness and walking distance in town area

thank you!

hi guys,

im planning to go backpacking alone to jogja, for a week maybe.
have not yet planned any itinerary, but just want to know few stuff

is it safe there?

this is my first time to go backpacking alone, previously always with colleagues. i really wanted to do this since i just really want to feel the adventure.

safe enough to go alone?

going alone should be ok~
but take extra precaution though when people approach u~
and also their beca~ tend to take u to those batik shop to earn commission~

This post has been edited by littleprawn: Nov 3 2011, 11:35 PM

Thanks littleprawn for ur advise!

Day 2: since Dieng has no light, think we better back to town by the way, is malioboro/ prawirotaman/ soroswijayan more happening at night? any nice place to recommend?

Day 4: asked one of my fren, she nearly pengsan when hear 1250 steps of stair. think going to skip this then. or is it worth to climb?

For day trip to Solo, will you advise to take car + driver too? or train will be good? how much is the rental per day for car + driver actually?

noted on the murtabak telur
Is Pasar Beringharjo worth to go? any other shopping areas that i miss out?

how much low we can get at 1001 malam? ya noticed that both setia kawan and 1001 malam got same styles.
heard setia kawan very fast being snapped up.

This post has been edited by littleprawn: Nov 5 2011, 12:03 AM

many thanks again littleprawn!

ya most likely will just do day trip to dieng and back jogja city again since there r so many things to try out!
though my trip is 5d4n, basically the 5th day is morning flight back kl..so we only have 4 nights there..so must fully utilize it..hehe

Hi guys, want to get some info for the above question also, whether can book ramayana show on the spot? Planning to go there on Dec 11th. Any good museum over there? Btw I will be staying at ibis malioboro. Cant wait!

Can book on the spot, but I'd reckon u better google up the number and call to book ahead like I did. I also asked my driver to call & book for me, with no extra charge.

It will be a fun trip!

Hi guys, I don't get it. If we stay in Manohara, when we pay for the sunrise trip is it already included the USD15? Or we need to fork out the USD15 on top of the 175,000 Rp?

Another thing, do you think going to Solo in 1 day trip is enough? As in going there early in the morning then come back after that. How long journey expected? As from Google Map it shows 70km 1 hour+, which I doubt with the traffic condition there (now Solo is called Surakarta?).

is the usd15 refering to the accomodation charges and 175,000rp refering to the sunrise trip?
if yes, u need to top up the 175,000k rp for the sunrise trip since the accomodation charges itself doesn't include the trip although u stay in Manohara but u have unlimited access to the temple itself during the day time~

trip to Solo 1 day is enough~ travel in the morning from Joga city to Solo~
we visited Candi Sukuh Temple, Cetho Temple & Tawangmangu waterfall plus dinner reach Jogja city at night~
this trip will naik turun bukit like Genting / Cameron~

Sorry I did not make my question clear enough. My question should be:
If I stay at Manohara, the hotel charges would be 625k per night. Then I subscribe their 175k sunrise tour. Since I paid 625k & 175k already, I still need to pay 15USD?

may i know the usd15 is for what charges? deposit?

Ooppss misleading again. The 15USD means entrance fee for Borobudur. I saw the yogyes.com said free entrance to Borobudur means don't need to pay 15USD entrance after we check in to Manohara hotel?

oh, i see~ the usd15 is the entrance fee to the temple~
u dont have to pay the entrance fee to the temple since Manohara guests have unlimited access to the temple~
manohara hotel will give u an unlimited entrance pass so u can go in and out of the temple whenever u want~
they will provide u sarong to wear to the temple so that u dont need to rent it~

I see. In that case the hotel charges is not up till RM200+, its just around RM160 as the ticket is included. Still acceptable. Thanks littleprawn.

Another thing, how long u took to reach Solo from Jogja?

not sure about the journey~
forgot to record the timing haha~
but its in between 2-3hours, i guess~

hey guys, the more i read, the more blur i become...

so let say if im staying outside of manohara, if i want to join sunrise tour
i) is it organised by manohara only? coz heard outside one, they wont able to reach before 6am
ii) paying 350k rupiah is it? i think i read somewhere in hotel website. do i still need to pay usd 12 as entrance?

if im staying outside of manohara, but not joining sunrise tour, i jus wait outside till 6am then i can go in by paying usd 12 as entrance only?

as for the ramayana ballet, currently prambanan there is no show right? coz rainy season. so if im going in dec, the only option will be pusawirata?

thank you!