Enjoying Time In Ranu Kumbolo

   

I came to this place about a week ago. just spending the time with my friends and enjoying coffee, tea and some foods for 2 days. In the morning is a good time for taking documentary and especially in sunrise time. but here all the time feel good and fresh with beautiful scenery around.

 

muse and relax in rakum

 

A Long walk in Argopuro

Sunrise in Cikasur

 DAY 1

            I started from lawang by motor to sidoarjo before I went to bungur bus terminal at ten o’clock in surabaya. And I continued my way to basuki and arrived about 3 o’clock in the dawn.

           

DAY 2

            That day the journey was beginning. I was at basuki and I have to go to baderan before the sun is rising. On the way By pickup car from basuki to baderan is beautiful with sunrise,  unique places around and people with another language make me feel strange but enjoying. Just wanna smile in every step.  

me and soglenk in Argopuro's License Locket

             Arrived in baderan about 07:00 AM and the license locket hasn’t opened still. So waiting for that about one hour then at 8 o’clock I started walking in Argopuro.  On the way in baderan was nice with hillness and foggy around. Just keep walking and enjoy the scenery.

Baderan

And the next destination from baderan is Mata Air 1 that’s POST I. I spent about 8 hours by walking from baderan to Mata air 1, including break in the middle journey and waiting some friends. Arrived in mata air 1 at 4 o’clock and spending the night there.

DAY 3

            Wake up early morning in mata air 1 with the tweets of bird while waiting for sunrise. So directly took water and made a little breakfast then continue walking to cikasur at 8 o’clock.

Cikasur

            On the way through cikasur that took so long time and wide scenery environs. You know there’s some advice when walking here “Don’t walk alone especially at night” the meaning is there are many of liar animals and danger but I don’t think about ghost. Honestly I walked alone here caused my group are separated maybe because I didn’t know yet about cikasur so I could enjoy my walking and sometimes stopped to look around.

Water Resource

             About 11:30 AM I arrived in Cikasur Post and having lunch there. So calm and natural where is near water resource and where’s I camped and spent the night again there.

DAY 4

            In the morning in cikasur was so cold. So after woke up, I directly looking for shine of sun to harm my body. I met a peacock but I failed took its picture. So just could hear their tweets around cikasur.

 At 9 AM I decided to go to argopuro’s top. From cikasur to the top I have to pass cisentor and rawaembek then arrived in the middle between Argopuro’s top and Rengganis’s top about 02:30 PM.  That time I decided to hike argopuro’s top tough which is took my time about 1 hour of go and back.

Soglenk, adhit and me in Argopuro's Top

Then directly to Rengganis’s top taking 30 minutes go and back. And at 4 o’clock in the afternoon I had finished 2 tops. And actually I would like to go back to cisentor directly but friends of my friend asked us to wait for them. So anyway we wait it. And in the twilight I was on the way to cisentor. I mean I camped and spending the night in cisentor.

DAY 5

            In the night in cisentor was really, really cold and felt like my body got freeze. Be grateful I could endure it. till the morning’s coming.

My Group in Cisentor

            Packing then continued my next journey to Taman Hidup. About 11 AM from cisentor the way to taman hidup felt fresh although  I know Its gonna take so long time on the way where is through Hilness, Cemoro Limo, Hutan Lumut and then get in Taman Hidup.

On the way to Taman Hidup

            Noted must to wear some discover clothes on this way because there’s many passion plants and insects but not deadly I think. In the whole journey from cisentor to taman hidup wasn’t feel so hard because not really slope upward. So tired at my feet when I arrived in taman hidup about 5 PM and decided to camp for the ending night. 

DAY 6

Taman hidup is a name of a lake in argopuro. That morning I wake up then took a walk around there.

Take a Walk in Taman  Hidup

Taman Hidup's Lake

             After satisfied sepnding time In Taman Hidup, I decided to Bremi Village to find mini bus and going home. And got in bremi in the day and you know its felt so free of worry when the I look at village. Take a rest, eating Bakso in bremi while waiting for mini bus there because there’s only one minibus that destine to city there and leave in the afternoon.

            In middle night I arrived in Bungur terminal in Surabaya. I mean I was near at home. And in the morning I have to work normally.

Life In The Clouds B29 Rock On

        it was nice journey when I could feel cold and breath in good air condition. I left at 8:00 PM from Sidoarjo and arrived in Lumajang at 03:00 AM by slowly speed and actually I visited B29 where is located at Argosari, Sendoro, Lumajang.  

Walking in the Top B29

         B29 is hilliness area and a new place for tourist it have been started about last 2013 so you can buy the ticket in a cheap price that's only Rp.2000.  But before arriving at ticket locket you must walk about 3 KM or you also can use ojek transportation but if you're not in a hurry I suggest you to walk because using ojek is expensive enough the last I paid Rp.40.000 for one person in the night.

Hot but feel cold

        Most of people in B29 life with their garden. they have much garden with many kinds of Vegetable and you know there's also many kinds of flower or plants over there you can watch in my video.

Recording Some Scenery

         The way to reach B29 was awesome with plants and natural views around and some families go gardening make that's all perfect. I tried to created a video what I thought interesting when I passed. That's here we are__ Check it out.

The Lawang District | Nature Documentary

Mount Arjuno this Story Teaches me to be Mountaineer

Mt. Arjuno & Mt. Welirang

With height 3.339 meters this mount arjuno has many histories. Including the kingdom of majapahit which is this mount was become place for veneration. The ancients site and historic scattered around this mount.

There are four routes that can able to summit this mount arjuno and the strips are Lawang, Tretes, Purwosari and Batu.

And I tried to summit attack by pass tretes strip. That time about 08:00 PM in the dark road and only little of flashlight I was walking to pos 1 with a few my friends and the name of pos 1st is kopkopan. And to arrive in kokopan need about 2 hours by walking but not like what I did yesterday I got more than two hours because I’m still new be probably and I need to learn more. I drunk and took a rest for a while then continue the journey to next pos of summit attack. And second pos is Pondokan standard time of walking only two hours but I’m not, I more than 2 hours.

Walking to Pondokan

Tired, weight stuff, lack of experience and limited of water maybe they are reasons why I walked slowly than another but they are not reasons to give up and stop in middle way despite I fell asleep on road and woke up when the sun was rising at 05:45 AM probably. That’s not the way to stop me to keep walking until reach to top of mt.arjuno. 

Then four hours later I arrive in second pos pondokan about at 07:00 AM. I could breakfast there and fixed my body to summit attack I spent more than 3 hours then go on summit.

Less than 30 minutes I arrived in lembah kijang. I didn’t see any antelope but mysterious birds over there because of heavy foggy probably.

Lembah Kijang

In lembah kijang you could find water for supplying of your next walking and can you see? I still need long trip to summit attack and frankly I was so tired but my spirit covered that. 

Looking for the correct road

Surely after 1 night of my journey I was still in the middle of mount arjuno and still far away. I didn’t think I can reach the top shortly but I believe I can do it even with pleasure.  

Near at Pasar dieng

The way near at Pasar dieng I found the mysterious plants and trees around that I couldn’t see it in public place. Despite they didn’t speak but I could feel them and I felt that they were seeing me. Their life, plants and animals over there were inspired me and though me about life. They are really worth for me.

Working Hard and Keep Spirit

After a few hours I got tracking road, it means I closed the top of my summit attack. I realized it’s just necessary to work hard, what I learned to get the top. And sometimes need to break and see something.

Sit down and enjoy it

About a few hundred meters near the top I felt rather satisfied over there and I could enjoy some scenery but some voice whispered inside that it was not the end. I meant I still have to walk. And after a few hours of my journey I could almost see the top but that day was going to dark so the sunset that I would to enjoy in the top of arjuno was failed. But never mind I could still enjoy it despite almost the top. 

With temperature about 5-10 degree celcius almost the top I had night over there and prepared for tomorrow to see the sunrise from top of arjuno. The things that I will never forget In the middle night I saw the sparkling stars from mount arjuno.

The dawn has come and I started to go on summit attack and finally I could enjoy thing that I never felt before and that’s sunrise from top of mt.arjuno.

The Top Of Mount Arjuno

This story what I wrote in this blog maybe not like too detail like what I felt and learned when I was in journey in this mountain. But from here I am sure you had little inspired of my climbing and the way to be mountaineer for you. And if you want to get detail you must try it by yourself like I did yesterday.

I tell you when you try it out your climbing will be the worth experience in your life when you climb this mountain even another mountain. You just need make your move.

“Make your step and create your story”

 

Panderman 2 the Stepping and Friends

Romantic Friends

One year ago I climbed this mountain but I still didn’t finish yet, I mean I haven’t reached the top because something voice. And now I try it out to know what the real top of panderman. What I feel when I was climbing now and before that’s so different. Last year was dry season where the way to top wasn’t slick and now be slippery way because of rainy season. However, ready or not I had to go that night.

            Minti, Adi and me that night I started to climb mount panderman and just for information that near at the begin climbing there’s waters of spring and noted better you take it a few liters for your supplies because at the top you won’t find water.

Climbing in middle night

            After the supplies was completed enough. My friends shout to make our move. And I try to keep climbing despite slowly we reached the first post where is place for break or camping. However the problem is always coming. when I was looking for wood to make bonfire. My friend told me that there's another friend in behind and they're lost way. Ready or not me and Adi decided to go down to put them up. You know I worked hard to climb until post and now we have to turn down then climbing again.

Minti's Cooking

             Adi and me got down to look for another friends while minti cooking yummy food.  But the worse is my friend who we looking for, truly they are on the post one with minti. Well, adi and me now in the place when we start to climb and we decided to break for while then come back to post one again. Hmmz So bad.

The dawn was coming and before the sun rises we had to reach the top.

Pass The Wood Down

I through the stumble threes on the way to top and the rising curve road made us need more energy.

Me And Sunrise

Yeah that’s right it sunrise and I enjoyed sunrise on the top of panderman. In people say it “siluet”.

The Top Of Panderman

 Finally, the things that I don’t know and Now I complete it. I reach the top of panderman.

         And another way when the middle day when I was sleeping on tent, my friends went to water of spring to take a few liters water for cooking.

Found a cave

         And they try to walk on other way then they said that they found a cave in the right side of way to latar ombo.

That’s all.

Togetherness

I love our togetherness guys your smiles make the burden disappear and it’s really something for me that I couldn’t explain by my words. I hope this never be end. See you on the next trip.

“And friends, I want to say many thanks. And actually the real nice story is our togetherness. I call you and you call me, you help me when I was down and all the things that I need your hand.
Let’s shake hand by hand and conquest the world. “

And thanks for reading.