touching grass again, but this time was rocks.

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HIKING KE NGLANGGERAN.

second time!
IDK if we're being healthy or just love torturing ourselves. this time we hiked on nglanggeran ancient mountain! we were there with a bunch of 'green' students, lol. actually i was hiking WHILE WORKING, because i had to do some essay and report it back, so i didn't quiet enjoy the first post. then i lost the signal, so i was forced to enjoy the hike anyway.

actual pic of me working, lol.

one thing about me, is that...i am claustrophobic, not diagnosing myself, but i felt nauseous whenever i'm in clustered space. well good news is, nglanggeran hike has TWO clustered space within rocks that i had to pass. with the help of my friends, i passed, even tho i almost threw up.

also, actual picture of me almost passed out.

i've hiked nglanggeran before, and i didn't like it because there were parts where we climbed rocks. there are some steep and challenging parts of the hikes too. the peak has no vegetation, the view was good, tho, but it was so hot, so we decided to climbed down real quick. the way up and way down were different, so it's nice to know that i don't have to go pass that clustered rocks again.

after that we had lunch nearby, it was good, we chilled about TWO HOURS, lol, before going back home. 

so where to next?

our first time touring: temanggung

to watch our full experience, please click this link!

SEPTEMBER LONG WEEKEND VLOG

all of the places that we visited will be linked, just click the name of the place then it’ll direct you to google maps!

jehan (and his fam) and i often had roadtrip together, but we never toured with motorcycle before. jehan proposed this idea for a long weekend getaway, and i agreed. this time he also initiated the places to go, it was usually my part to make the itinerary, but this time, i was just enjoying my time as a passenger princess (and navigator, still).

we left from jogja around 7.30 am, surprisingly the road wasn't crowded (yet), maybe because we started early. our first stop, breakfast at waroeng jadoel. now, i thought this would be just an ordinary place that jehan and mama once visited, but no, it was actually one of the touristy places. we got there around 8 am and it was already CROWDED AS F. i had to save us a seat while jehan got the breakfast. i can't think of anything, so i just said whatever but with an egg to start the day. i had to rate it 6/10, because it was really crowded and the meal was kinda okay, not that overpriced but you could find something similar here with a cheaper price without the crowds. 

my plate, tho.

we continued our ride to the main destination: embung kledung. this might sounds surprising, but i've never been to embung kledung before. it was SO BEAUTIFUL tho, both sumbing and sindoro fighting to win my heart, but i honestly had to choose em both. jehan and i had a talk here before we departed....this impromptu coffee place.

sumbing

sindoro, and i

while we stopped for jumah prayer, he looked for a coffee place, since we're in temanggung, right? then he found this toto coffee, and we ended up having unplanned coffee tasting, core memory unlocked. it was a roastery and they had various blends and infused coffee. when we got there, few people were buying in bulk to then be sold again or to serve in their cafes. i tasted honey infused coffee and jehan tasted wine infused coffee, and yep, we ended up buying some of the blends.

we will be coming back for this coffee place!

on our way home, we stopped at secang to enjoy dawet and ketan. then we stopped by magelang to buy gethuk but it was closed and we were SCAMMED by this ibu ibu. we had an early dinner while waiting for maghrib prayer at pawon markisa mertoyudan.

two cups of dawet, two ketans
for 10k.

it was raining on our way home. i searched for route where we don't have to pass sleman city hall (because we know it'll be traffic), but we ended up in ANTAH BERANTAH with ROCKY ROAD WHILE IT WAS RAINING AND MINIMUM STREET LIGHTING, another core memory unlocked, i guess. we ended up around godean, well, at least we avoided the traffic.

doing roadtrip (with a car) is fun, we don't have to worry if it's going to be sunny or rainy. the downside is that we'll get into traffic and some shortcuts were too narrow for a car, we might need a lot more time. touring with motorcycle gave us the freedom to go wherever, whenever, with whatever shortcuts, even tho it'll be kinda challenging if it's raining.

as long as i'm with jehan, we can go with whatever. might be touring again next!