Going to Gedongsongo

It is Thursday. The Black Thursday (Respati Cemeng 12). At 5:45 Muri dropped me at the IPPU Secretariate office. I would join a group to go to Gedongsongo temples area. The other 12 participants were Masrianto, Ria Masianto, Harsono, Surti Harsono, Mustofa, Alia Mustofa, Bambang Pudjo, Sularwati Bambang, Djoko Roosmany, Sawitri Djoko, Arus Horizon, and Ramelan. After getting a briefing from Masrianto, we, the group were boarding in an Isuzu Elf car and at 6:38 we departed for Gedongsongo.

The trip was smooth, at 8:05 we arrived at the venue, Gedongsongo Temples Area. They were Hindu temples. There were supposed to 9 temples following the name but 2 temples dissappeared. The rest of 7 temples was the tourism attraction. The temples located in Banyukuning Bandungan Semarang Regency.

After stretching we entered the area by a submission ticket of Rp10.000. We then tracing the track to get temples location from temple 1 to temple 5. The track was comfortable since the temples environment was upgraded by the MInistry of Public Works and Housing. At 8:27 we started to walk. I, Masrianto, Harsono, and Arus were walking slowly to get temple 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. I had no idea where temple 6 dan 7 were. We stopped by at Vanaprastha Cottages to explore the information. A keeper told us that the cottage prices were Rp1.500 to Rp2.000.000 per night. A cottage can bear 6 to 8 people. At about 10:00 we finished walking and hanged out on a vendor bench. At about 12:00 we left the venue for being back to Semarang.

At 12:17 we stopped by at Tahu Serasi Om Sin BAndungan to get some tofu. We stopped by again at Tapak Bimo Resto 2 in Bawen to have lunch. The resto provided traditional Javanese menu such as: mangut and oseng papaya flowers. At 14:00 we arrived at the office. Nuri got me home. At 14:32 we arrived at home.