Paralayang is a tourism place in
Batu City, East Java but many people think that it is in Malang City. No!
A little bit history, Batu City used to be a part of Malang City, but now they’ve been separated since October 17, 2001. Skip, it's not a history class. Hehehe..
I spent my holiday in Paralayang with the my 3 friends that I know in different occasion. A classmate, from a campus organization, and from an campus activity. *apasih??* haha.. Prepare, this is a LOOOOONNGGG STORY that I want to share..
A little bit history, Batu City used to be a part of Malang City, but now they’ve been separated since October 17, 2001. Skip, it's not a history class. Hehehe..
I spent my holiday in Paralayang with the my 3 friends that I know in different occasion. A classmate, from a campus organization, and from an campus activity. *apasih??* haha.. Prepare, this is a LOOOOONNGGG STORY that I want to share..
From my boarding house in Tirto
Utomo Street (University of Muhammadiyah Malang area) to Paralayang, it took
approximately one hour and to be honest, I don’t know the route to go there! If
you never go to Paralayang before, I think you will a little bit confuse. Maybe
you can use GPS and if you’re stuck, you can ask the local people the way. I’m
pretty sure, they know because it is a famous place! But you don’t need to
worry because the last time I went to Paralayang, government already provide a
direction board to Paralayang. A little bit information, from a highway, you’ll
entering residential areas so you’ll get a little bit confuse and the road is
small, slippery, steep and winding. You will also passed through the
plantations owned by local residents.
Paralayang is a place where you
can see sunrise or sunset and do paragliding tandem ataupun menginap! They
provide cute wood houses there! About price, it is so cheap! For parking lot
for a car and for toilet service per person is Rp2.000 (about USD 2 cents!). To
enter Paralayang area and wood houses area, you just have to pay Rp.5000 (half
dollar only!) per person. Paragliding Tandem, you just need to pay Rp350.000 (US$
27) compare it to another place which is around a million rupiah! (US$ 77) and
they already provide a motorcycle who will escort you to Paralayang again and a
certificate. Of course you will be accompanied by a pilot when you do
Paragliding, because you are not a pro. For rent a wood house maximum for 4
people, you’ll spend your money for Rp350.000 for a night. They provide a
breakfast and you will enjoy the environment and the scenery there!
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| Even if a little bit cloudy, we enjoyed it! |
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| The lights were sparkling. |
Special thanks for my friends who
already make my wish to Paralayang came true and made my last day in Malang to
be so memorable. Agung, Rheny and Hanan. Three people who didn’t know each
other but willing to accompany me. Hanan said “Because of Echy, we get to know
each other”. Awww.. Mwaaaahh :*
Agung! My super annoying friend
but he is the best! A cameo story, I firstly knew him in Learning Express that
was held on 8-22 March 2015 but we were in different team. I know him better
after we got a chance as UMM delegate for Sakura Science Program, an exchange
student to Japan. Back on track, I always said to him that I really want to go
to Paralayang to chase the sunrise and do parachuting before I go back to Manado.
Through whatsapp he said “Let’s go but ask your other friends to come with us.”
After we postponed it like a thousandth
time, either the reason because of no friends, woke up lately, and et cetera,
finally we went! He was only slept for an hour ‘til we end it at 12 p.m.
Anyway, sorry Gung for ruining your sleeping schedule to pick me at 4 A.M and became the girls driver and bodyguard at the same time. Instead,
it was worth the sacrifice, wasn’t it? haha..
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| This is Agung. Annoying yet care as hell! My friend who became our driver and bodyguard at the same time (peace, hehe). |
After he picked me, we continued
to pick Hanan. She is my friend in an organization during our campus life. The
day before we went, I met Hanan in American Corner UMM. She is a part timer
there. We talked a lot and in the end I asked her whether she wanted to join me
and my other friends to Paralayag? She said Yes! PERFECT! She is very easy
going so after Agung and Hanan introduced themselves, they already get close.
Moreover, Agung knows most of Hanan’s friend from English Literature Department
because he can easily mingle with everyone! Hanan is very good at taking
pictures. Thank you so much for capturing many of beautiful moments during our
trip.
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| Hanan. My Beeee :* |
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| Photo was taken by Hanan. Beautiful! |
The last one, Rheny! She is my
classmate. We are close enough in campus. I ever went to her house, met her
super kind family. A little bit different with Hanan and Agung, she is a shy
person. After you approach her, talk to her quiet a lot, she is become more
humble to. After you know her very close, she is CRAZY! Her character is quite
same like me. I texted her a week before we went. I had to search a right
schedule and right moment of her because in the moment, the weather was
unpredictable, sometimes so bright sometimes it was rain. On our way to pick
her, I quiet forgot her boarding house. So we were like called her, asked her.
We passed on several wrong ways and turned around again, lol. Sorry again
Agung! #peace For about 15 minutes, Finally! We found her boarding house and we
started our journey to Paralayang was began!
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| Rheny! My crazy friend. :* P.S : Ignore the man behind us. |
On our way, we were looking for a
gas station, but there was no worker there. In Indonesia, there are some worker
who will pumped the gasoline into your car so you don’t need to pump it by
yourself ;) But we finally found one and only gas station which a worker was
finally there in an early morning after 2 previous gas stations that we stopped by. Our trip was saved!
Skip another part. The point is
we saw the sunrise even it was a little bit cloudy. After that we waited for 3
hours to try the Paragliding. Actually it was only me who tried it. We were
waiting for the pilot to come. We spent with having our breakfast. And I made
it!! I tried the paragliding tandem with Sir Sugiarto as the pilot! It was
SUPER DUPER FUN!!! I was around 5 minutes above. I felt like I was in roller
coaster because Pak Sugi did a maneuver like twist same like in a roller
coaster! I had to mengatur hijab saya because of the wind! LOL. My departure
went smoothly. A motorcycle rider (driver) ushered me back to Paralayang. After
it, we went to wood houses for only to see the scenery and taking some pictures
again! Haha.. Watch out your step during your way to wood house because it was downhill
and slippery. Tarnish too! You should be careful too on its terrace, because you
will fall from the high if you are not careful enough!
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| Preparation time! Wearing all of the safety instruments! |
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| It was me! My picture during it was uploaded on my instagram ^_^v https://www.instagram.com/p/BJKIUQ1DXiF/?taken-by=rahmitadp |
After we contented our time at
wood houses, we were ready to back yet on our way, we saw a new spot! Hammocks!
They tied it between two tall trees vertically. We were curious and in the end
we tried it! You only have to pay Rp10.000 or a dollar per person for a
hammock. We climbed a tree to be in a hammock. Crazy little thing we did but it
was very comfortable to be in a hammock. Enjoying the view, feel the wind. It
felt like you just want to sleep there and forgot the fact that below you is a
brink. A wrong movement you do, say goodbye to this beautiful world! The first
person who climb up and climb down is a person who in the most below hammock!
It was an experience which made your heart pounding yet surely it was fun
though!
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| The scenery from the terrace of the wood house. |
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| Terrace of the wood house. Be careful! |
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| Front look. |
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| On the bridge to wood house! |
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| Hammock! |
That was a little story about my
last time and last holiday in Malang, in Paralayang. Fun, Wild, Dangerous, Breath-taking experience! Honestly, I wanted to tell a lot but
my brain just stuck at the moment. Hehehe.. Anyway, why I said “last”? It is
becauseI have to go back to my hometown and maybe won’t come back there again.
Back for good! I hope I still have a chance to visit a place which I lived for
4 years. Thank you friends for the time you spent with me. You were AWESOME!
For Agung and Hanan, good luck with your thesis! Hope you’ll graduate this year
or maybe in the beginning of next year. For Rheny, good luck with your work in
BPI. Send my lovely regard for BPI staffs (I used to work there). See you on
TOP guys!
Photos are in my facebook account. Below is the link. Check it out!
- Nessy-
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