THE ENTHUSIASTIC HANNA: Travel

Myth or Reality #Part 2

Hey guys, I hope your weekends treating you good. I am gonna continue my holiday adventure story now. Gosh, if only you know how excited I am to tell you guys about it. *cheesy smile*

Gunung Merapi, the next place we have been looking forward to go to. 5 years ago in 2010, Gunung Merapi exploded once again and they are many innocent people who live near Merapi got stuck at there and can't find their way out from it. It really breaks my heart when our tour guide told us the story. Before I feed you with my endless pictures , I would like to share a story that taught me to be grateful and appreciate more things in life.

*image credit from http://goo.gl/Sm6jIv *

This is Mbah Maridjan, he is an old man who have been taking care of Gunung Merapi keys. (Gunung Merapi jury kunci). He have been selected from the King to take care of the Gunung Merapi. People believe that he have spirit connection with the Dewa of the Merapi. He can contact with the spirit and he died because he was trying to help the villagers to saved their lives from the village. As he is the key keeper, people believe that it is not his time yet to come down from the village as the spirit contact to him. He died as a hero to his villagers and being such a good responsible man . He knows he should not disobey the spirit power so he execute his duty very well till his last breath. Such an interesting story before we get to go top of the villagers and to the Gunung Merapi nearer.

So this is Gunung Merapi view, and we are probably around 30 minutes time to reach Merapi base. We are all pumped up for the whole jorney and woke up at 5.30am as we are leaving at 7am. It took us 2 hours of journey to reach there from the town itself.

As we reached Gunung Merapi base, we saw a 4x4 Jeep and yes!! We are heading up there!

So i was wondering before we hop in the jeep, why are we using this jeep. So here is a cool fact, alright. It will took a different level of adventure to the visitors when they are ready to begin. First, you will go through the forest with all the wet and damp places, next you will be at the smooth road and the last one is super adventure and amazing. Guess what it is ??

Let's have a real adventure, peeps! *heart beats a skip*

So they provide us the mask as we going up the hilly parts and all the ashes are still there.

That's 2 of my friends with our tour guide and our driver, Fembri.

I love how beautiful the nature and God creation are and hey the view there are just amazing and definitely took my breath away.*still can't stop smilling while writing this *

We are at the last pit stop !! *scream out loud*

SUPER AH-MAA-ZINGG

So that is me . And that is the last pit stop for all of us to see the Gunung Merapi. If you wish to climb the mountain you got to ask the "Juru Kunci" permission before climb it. If he did not give you his blessing, they might be bad things happen to you. So guys, respect the places and the culture before you get your things done alright :)

Do you feel my adventure like you are experiencing it right now? Just by reading my writing. Well, i really hope you do.*Heheheheeh*

We all got so tired after 3 hours of journey just to reach Gunung Merapi base and here we are hunting for food. *hungry and faces*tired

Alright peeps, I have to go now. See you in next post.

p/s: All pictures are not filter.

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, by Hannatul Alia

Travel

Myth or Reality ?

Assalamualaikum .

So it's been 2 months since my last trip that I will definitely cherish in my life. Last May, I went to Jogjakarta, Indonesia with my friends for 4 days and 3 nights. It was one of the best holiday, *cheeky smiles*as I have learned to appreciate nature and friendship more. It was 15 of us and this bunch of kids are my closest friends there. :)

We are ready to be on board :) *happy faces*

This post might have the sequel so stay tuned. Back to the story, our flight was in the morning so when we reached Jogjakarta our first place that we step on was the Candi Borobudur. It took us around 4 hours in the bus from the airport to reach there. But, I assure you it will be worth it.*daydreaming inside the bus* The journey made us closer to each other, we spent hours talking, giggling and laughing all day long.*flashback* Besides that, the view was absolutely stunning as we passed by the "sawah padi" in the middle of the town. Ain't that cool ?

*Close your eyes and imagine this*

I am not in Candi Borobudur yet but hello, the journey was serene and it feels like you are back in hometown. Okie dokie, me not gonna delay anymore so the fun part begins.

Around 4pm we arrived Candi Borobudur and we have less than 2 hours to reached the top as the gate closed at 6pm. I almost forgot to tell you that we have 2 tour guides one from Malaysia and the other one from Indonesia. Oh did I mention about the price, well since we are foreigner and still students so you just got to bring along your Matric ID and you will be getting half price. Excuse my memory since it was 2 months ago I don't really remember the exact amount for the entrance. I can say that they have pretty much nice service there before you walk with the tour guide , they will serve you tea, coffee and mineral water. And yes, you can choose!

* walking to the main entrance*

*Ignore my weird pose*

So this is the first point before you reach Candi Borobudur , you got to walk at the park and each direction will have different view. Let say if you are coming from the south, the stairs and the view will be different from the north. Cool, huh?

Now you can see a sneak peak of Candi Borubudur. Let's climb up the stairs.

Are you ready for more?? *run up to the stairs*

This is the only full image of Candi Borubudur that I have, since it was full of visitors on that day, everyone passing by and taking photos so it's pretty hard for me to take a REAL nice image of it. Sorry guys:(

That is just the few stairs before you got off a real one. It can be real tiring but hey I am looking forward to see the breathtaking scenery so push that laziness away and let's climb up .

So this Candi Borobudur have a few level of stairs alright, each level represents different level and meaning. The visitors are not allowed to step on the Candi or put their hands inside it. In fact, they have the security guard there so can make sure that everything will run smoothly. One interesting fact, if a person who reach the top and managed to place their hands inside the Candi Borobudur and get the "golden item', according to their old ancestors that person wish will be granted.

So do you think is just myth or real story? You decide.

Our first selfie on the first level. :)

As you can see down below, this is the first level and actually it is a circle so the surroundings and artifacts are the same but your scenery will be different . If you turn to the south you might be facing the traffic and town, but if you are at the north you will be facing the Gunung Merapi .