Perjalanan ke Tangkuban

Our journey to Tangkuban Parahu, 01/01/10 

[The following quoted text is excerpted from Wikipedia]

"Tangkuban Perahu, or Tangkuban Parahu in local Sundanese dialect, is an active volcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists can hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs upclose, and buy eggs cooked on its hot surface. This stratovolcano is on the island of Java and last erupted in 1983.

Local Legend of the Mountain

The name translates roughly to "upturning of (a) boat" or "upturned boat" in Sundanese, referring to the local legend of its creation. The story tells of "Dayang Sumbi", a beauty who lived in West Java. She cast away her son "Sangkuriang" for disobedience, and in her sadness was granted the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two had forgotten and failed to recognize each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognize his birthmark just as he was about to go hunting. In order to prevent the marriage from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to (1) build a dam on the river Citarum and (2) build a large boat to cross the river, both before the sunrise. Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical ogre-like creatures -buta hejo or green giant(s)- to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost completed and called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon believing that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban perahu from the hull of the boat."

Shots from our 'Kereta orang kaya Avanza'

[mind the slight unsharpness of these photos, they were all snapped whilst in rapid motion]

 

 

 

 

 

Bunga Loceng? [I think, I can't remember it's name exactly ;)]

The 2nd Kawah we planned to go to, but abandoned the plan for shopping instead

Shots from Tangkuban Parahu

Odah, Meah, Enon and Temah on top of the Western Java world

Tangkuban Parahu, Bandung

Kawah Ratu (The Queen's Crater)

Ratu Temah

I think this shot can double as a busy marketplace [or am I just seeing things?]

Enon di pergunungan

Temah serius merakam wajah Chacha yang ceria

Pos Parawisata [Tourist's Post]

Somehow we felt as though we were in Nepal here ;P

Angklung player

One of the many [read: many x100] stalls which sold Naruto [?did I get the anime character's name right?]

Enon bersama ayam pujaan Odah [Odah claims this is her favourite photo haha] 

Whoops!!

Odah bersama pria pergunungannya ;)

Solo pose yo!

Kepulan asap putih

Sulfur putih dipagar

Kami ber-lima

Mereka ber-delapan [HANGMAN+ 1 spare? haha]

Tidak henti berposing lagi

Dan lagi

Cover album karoeke

Melompat pula kali ini!

Odah juga!

Lagi skali!

Memasak pula

Selesai masak kita berniaga

Terima kasih bapak, ajar saya bakar jagung!

Kini, kita stail Bollywood, Jai-Ho!

Chacha in the distance

Temah from afar


And now for the portrait session,

Purrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!



On our way back, Odah said to Enon:

Odah: Enon, dengar sini cakap aku. Kau DILARANG turun tau!!

Enon: Kenapa Odah? Gas beracun ke hihihihi[dengan nada beracah-acah]?

Enon: Alamak! Terjatuh lah pulak, Oooooooodaaahhh TOLOOOOOONGG!!

Odah [in Superhero mode]: Enon! Jangan risau, Super-Odah TO THE RESCUE!! 
[Super-Odah then flies over the Kryptonite-laden crater in order to save her arch enemy Enon and return her to safe grounds. Hidup TOBLATER! XD]


THE END!

Lastly, I leave with with one of my favourite photos from the trip ;)