Galunggung's Landscape

A good morning greeting from Galunggung to YOU. oui.. :)

Mount Galunggung (Indonesian: Gunung Galunggung, formerly spelled Galoen-gong) is an active stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, around 80 km (50 mi) southeast of the West Java provincial capital, Bandung (or around 25 km (16 mi) to the east of the West Java town ofGarut). Mount Galunggung is part of the Sunda Arc extending through Sumatra, Java and Bali, which has resulted from the subduction of theAustralian plate beneath the Eurasian plate.

For the first time since 1921 after eruptions finished and conditions seemed normal, on February 12, 2012, the status was upgraded to Alert based on changes in conditions. On 28 May 2012, it was lowered from 2 back to 1 (On a scale of 1-4)

The last major eruption on Galunggung was in 1982, which had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4 and killed 18 people (due to indirect cause (traffic accident, starvation)). This eruption also brought the dangers of volcanic ash to aviation to worldwide attention, after two Boeing 747passenger jets flying downwind of the eruption suffered temporary engine failures and damage to exterior surfaces, both planes being forced to make emergency landings at Jakarta airport.

One, a British Airways aircraft carrying 240 passengers, accidentally entered the ash cloud during night in June 1982 150 km (93 mi) downwind of the volcano. All four engines failed due to the buildup of volcanic ash, and the aircraft descended for 16 minutes, losing 7,500 m (24,606 ft) of its 11,500 m (37,730 ft) altitude, until the crew managed to restart the engines.

The following month, a Singapore Airlines aeroplane with approximately 230 passengers aboard also inadvertently entered the cloud at night, and three of its four engines stopped. The crew succeeded in restarting one of the engines after descending 2,400 m (7,874 ft). Both aircraft suffered serious damage to their engines and exterior surfaces

(Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galunggung)

Galunggung's landscape

Moss on most rock in Mt.Galunggung

The south face of galunggung (from inside)

View of the lake from south face of Galunggung..
The lake is green because of the moss. It's also used by locals to fish..

It view from the center, facing west.
Right below the hill, there is a lake, a green moss lake.:)

This is what you get when you are in the middle of Galunggung, besides the lake of course.. :)

The west face and a lake full of moss.. nice view

Some people were fishing down there, locals said that if they were lucky, they can get more than 7 kg of fish
but that "IF" they were lucky.. :)

Clear view of the lake without my annoying right hand..

Keep travelling, Keep shooting, and Keep blogging

Puisi Pinus

Sudah turun dari manglayang?

Apa yang baru di manglayang?

Begitulah sajak ini awalnya dikarang

Ya, baru saja tersadar dari tidur panjang jawabku karena senang

Seketika itu terlintas untuk bersajak

Tersadar, manglayang elok

Meskipun tidak ada yang baru namun selalu menarik kaki dan hati untuk balik

Pagi itu di manglayang, deretan pinus tampak tenang

Menari kecil dengan angin nan riang

Sesekali pinus itu melompat girang

Mungkin matahari sudah datang 

Segar sekali gumanku lirih,

hingga perut merintih pun malu untuk acuh

Untuk sementara, dia lupa berkata aduh

Gelap berganti terang, 

Pinus semakin senang

Tak ada yang kurang

Semua merasa menang

Hmmm, pinus meniup wajah

Bukan merenggut hangatnya pagi

Tidak pula menghapus lelah

Hanya menarik mata untuk berdiri 

Ini yang kucari

Ini yang kuingini

Ini yang kusukai

Dan ini pula yang harus kujaga agar tetap abadi 

Hai pinus, jangan tidur

Jaga malam kami

Generasiku nanti akan mampir 

Salam lestari..

Curug Malela, More than just curug

Monday 6 October 2014, I, Egie"abah", Ivan"Penbul", Tatang and Nia decided not to work. we wanted to go to curug Malela, Abah and penbul had tried coming here twice, but they just couldn't get to the spot. this time almost become their third times fail. bcoz at 3 o'clock, Nia's motorbike went crash. and it needed more than 2 hours to fix it.

bcoz i and tatang didn't want to get back without reaching "curug malela", finally we decided to "bonceng tiga". though people said that the way to get there is so bad, many stories that they hadn't arrived to curug malela yet but their motorbike went down.

But  thanks God, we got this Vega-R. (hahaha)

The Vega took us there safely, though we always scream along the way. :D

   

This is the place to park your motorbike, there's also food stall. you can buy water or meal here..
you can also stay here at night, they'll provide you with food but off course you have to pay. :D 

This is the sign that we were already in curug malela.
It needs approximately 20 minutes to get to the waterfall

(Left photo is the track, not all part of the tracks is like that, just a half maybe. and the rest is just the soil)

(Right photo is curug malela from above, hmm it's so beautifull)

As usual, i can only have my right hand. :D
I present you, "CURUG MALELA"

Curug malela is so great.. hope it will last. Aamiin

Left photo : The view in front of curug malela..

Right Photo : one of our friends had graduated, this is a late gift to her "a happy graduation" to @Andinata_03

The Crew

I had my hand join them cooking (preparing for our meal)

Egi "Abah" also posing in front of curug malela, but this time with flag.
It showed his nationality
Next time he will invite his family here (when the road is good) :D

Everything looks ready, it's time to eat then.. :) 

Tatang, the most energic person.. he was like a man with many source of power..
like he has a power bank for his body. :D

Full team, without me off course. they were preparing for the meal. bcoz i was busy taking the photo, so i didn't help them..

Sorry guys

They're preparing the food.. meat, noodle, another meat and more meat. :D

Nia posing in front of curug malela


Ivan "penbul", the owner of anjingjarambah.blogspot.com many of my travel is with him..


Keep Traveling, Keep Shooting, Keep Blogging.