@ 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

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

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

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~

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

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

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~

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

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~

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

Day3 - Continued~

After visiting Kaliadem, we head straight to Jogja city for our lunch~
We planned to have it at Ayam Goreng Suharti since its quite famous and other forumers went there~
And these is our lunch~ The ayam goreng quite nice but a bit dry~


Then we head off to Parangtritis beach at the south of Jogja city for sunset~
When we reach the beach, there are quite a number of people there~
Many activities happening around~
Kids playing in the pool on the beach, kids flying kite, house ride and others~






When we are enjoying our coconut water by the beach, a guy came selling some kuih~
Look at that~ Cili Padi~


Then we went for a horse ride towards the sunset~


After sunset, we went back to Jogja city and our driver drop us at Hotel Kartika~
We bath and rest for a while then take a walk around the street~
Beside the main road, we also walk along those lorong but becareful since its a bit dark~


Look, Setia Kawan Losmen~


After that we went for a massage session to pamper ourselves after a long day trip~


Then we bought some McD fries for supper and its nice~ Haha~
Thats the end of Day3~

Day 4~

Finally no need to wake up early for today~
No more sun rise watching~
And today we skip day tour with driver and moved it to tomorrow~
Today we will visit Prambanan temple and to go there we will take the cheapest way - the Transjogja bus~

Although no need to wake up early, my friend had difficulty sleeping due to the noise from the road since our room is facing the road~
If u planning to book Kartika hotel, try and request for a room not facing the road~
So we decide to moved to another place to stay~
Before that, here's our breakfast~


After the yummy breakfast we went out for a walk to find another place to stay~
The option that we had in mind is the Setia Kawan & the 1001 Malam~


So, we try our luck at Setia Kawan but its full~


Then we went to 1001Malam which is just nearby Setia Kawan~
We bargain with the owner since we will be staying there for a few night~
And taadaa~~~ Managed to get this room~
Very comfortable and nice compare to the previous one~






Hot water located outside~ Free coffee~


Enjoy your breakfast here~


So, we enjoy some coffee first before starting our journey to Prambanan temple~

force to pay for extra 3rd person? means extra bed?
when i check with setia kawan, they left with room with single bed~
even if add extra bed price almost like 2single bed room dy~ sweat~

1001malam not bad, just the breakfast so so only haha~
i prefer kartika hotel breakfast~

Click this Yogyes Website and u will have all the info u need~

This post has been edited by littleprawn: Nov 25 2011, 09:45 PM

usually people didnt buy meal for their driver since its included in the day trip cost~
just double confirm with them it includes driver, car rental, petrol, tol parking, driver meal, driver accomodation (rarely have this) and most important ask them is that the final price~

when i paid for my driver i shock there a tax imposed on the day trip cost then i but still paid it~

driver pass i think i didnt paid for them~
i think they got in for free~
didnt remember paying for them~
correct me if i'm wrong~

they wont join u wonder unless in places like the kawah coz its a bit dangerous there~
they usually will wait for u at the parking place~

you're most welcome~
remember to print out our email for reference~

it should be safe~
didnt hear any bad cases yet~
just beware when walking at molioboro street at night coz it will packed with lots of people shopping there~
just put ur bag in front of u and watch out for pick pockets just in case~