GUNUNG PADANG

Hai hai, bulan April 2014 aku dapet tugas kantor untuk meliput Situs Megalitikum Gunung Padang. Well, it was fun, and this is my photo :)

Situs Gunung padang merupakan situs prasejarah peninggalan kebudayaan Megalitikum di Jawa Barat. Tepatnya berada di perbatasan Dusun Gunung padang dan Panggulan, Desa Karyamukti, Kecamatan Campaka, Kabupaten Cianjur. Lokasi dapat dicapai 20 kilometer dari persimpangan kota kecamatan WarungKondang, dijalan antara Kota Kabupaten Cianjur dan Sukabumi. Luas kompleks "bangunan" kurang lebih 900 m², terletak pada ketinggian 885 m dpl, dan areal situs ini sekitar 3 ha, menjadikannya sebagai kompleks punden berundak terbesar di Asia Tenggara

Gunung Padang yaitu suatu monumen yang besar. Punden berundaknya, memiliki tinggi lapisan pertamanya sampai 100 meteran. Luasnya 150 hektare, atau 10 kali lebih besar dari bangunan (Candi) Borobudur. Diperkirakan umur Gunung Padang lebih dari 13.000 tahun (Sebelum Masehi) atau sudah ada sekitar 3 atau 4 Carbon Dating (pengukuran umur lapisan  berdasarkan kandungan unsur karbon di lapisan tersebut). Bila pengukuran itu dapat dipertanggungjawabkan keakurasiannya, ini menjadi bukti bahwa kebudayaan di Jawa merupakan yang tertua di dunia.

Sejak Belanda menemukannya pada 1914, Gunung Padang telah dikenal (meskipun tidak banyak) sebagai yang terbesar dari sejumlah situs megalitik kuno di Indonesia.

After all, this is it, my reporting video, Enjoy! :)

Lost In Jogja

On February 22nd, we got a chance to visit Jogja for 2 days..


It's a backpacker trip, because we took train and stayed at budget hotel.

1st, we bought business class tickets at Jatinegara train station, Senja Utama Solo (Ps. Senen statiom 9.15pm - Tugu Station, Yogyakarta 4.22am), the price was only Rp 220.000,-/person. My friends who studied at Jogja have been reserved a hotel room in Gaotama hotel near Malioboro; it was only Rp 120.000 for 3 person/room with inside or private bathroom. After long trip from Jakarta, we arrived at Hotel, and then we had breakfast and went to Sundak Beach and Pindul Cave.

Our 1st destination is Sundak Beach at Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. It took 1-2 hours to get there from Malioboro. We were so lucky, because the only tourists on the beach were us, and it was free of charge. We could do whatever we want to do. Plus the weather is good, no rain at all.  

2nd destination is Pindul Cave, we went to try body rafting; for this outdoor activity, we only paid about Rp 35,000 - Rp 80,000/person. The rain came, so the water wasn't clear, but over all it was still fun!

After having body rafting, we're back to Hotel, took dinner at Raminten. The next day, we spent our time sightseeing and shopping around Jogja. We bought some gifts and went home :(

So that's all my short yet unforgettable holiday trip with my best friends. Here is the video to enjoy :)