The Heavy Fog Yet Cold in Capolaga Camping Ground, Panaruban Village Subang West Java

During the long week end of Iedhul Adha holiday 1430H I got an invitation from  my office Camping  club to camp in the Capolaga  Camping Ground. Then we spent the holiday in the Capolaga Adventure Camping ground. It was in 26-27 November 2009 and it was in rainy season. Capolaga natural tourism area is located in Kabupaten Subang. Precisely in Kampung (village) Panaruban, Desa Cicadas, Kecamatan Sagalaherang, Kabupaten Subang, West Java, at the elevation of 913 meters above sea level. There was several way to reach this place. You can reach this place from Bandung or directly from Jakarta. We reached this place from Jakarta.

The route that I took Jakarta is as follows. From Jakarta we enter Cikampek toll road. We exited at Sadang toll gate and headed to the Junction. At this junction we took the right to Pasar Rebo Purwakarta direction. From Purwakarta we headed to Wanayasa lake ( Situ Wanayasa ). From Wanayasa lake we went to Sagalaherang village. At Sagalaherang we got to find Al-Ikhlas mosque with the police station nearby it. Then we turn right just at the Al-Ikhlas mosque, there was the direction to Capolaga. From Jakarta it took about 3 hours for about 140 kilometers.

In this area you'll not only enjoy the verdant tea gardens or the fresh natural mountain, but also various tourism objects that have been packaged in such a way. The outdoor facilities here were the camping ground area, waterfalls, rivers, flying fox, tracking, bird watching, to agro garden organic vegetables and fruit.

This area has beautiful river ecosystems Cikoneng River Cimuja and that presents a unique four waterfall. The waterfall was Cimuja Waterfall, Waterfall Karembong, Sawer Waterfall, Goa badak Waterfall. The four waterfalls is the point of interest of the Capolaga camp area.

In this camping ground, waterfall and the river system, we are not allowed to use soap and shampoo, as the visitor are strongly required to protect the environment. In this place you can pay an entrance fee in advance and get a plastic bag. If you want to go and enjoy it, may not dispose of litter. The plastic bag is the mobile trash so the visitors do not throw trash everywhere. This is to educate people to love and protect the environment.

The features of region is the fourth waterfall. The first waterfall (curug in Sundanese) is Curug Cimuja. The waterfall is located in the upstream region. It is said that, since in the ancient times this waterfall was often to be used for worship and meditation pleaded something. The cult is usually done at night and when the worshipers had finished his prayers delivered, he must bathe at night under this waterfall spills.

The second is the Curug Karembong. The name implies, it resembles karembong (scarf) being waved. A typical burst of water can be used for water therapy. For those of you who often aching rheumatic pain and rheumatism, can try this Karembong Curug efficacy.

The next waterfall was the Curug Sawer. This waterfall was only 5 meters tall but during the water was great, it resembles a sown flowers. It was named as Curug Sawer. Sawer in Sundanese means you can sow a flower.

Below the spill of Curug Sawer was a wide pool. We can bathe in this place but unfortunately, you are not allowed to use soap. The goal is nothing else rather than to protect the curug ecosystem in the region is not disturbed. Bathing under this waterfall water can be done by using the leaves. It was fun , yes it is like Tarzan!

Last waterfall is Curug Gua Badak . In this place you do not only enjoy the beauty 8 meterst waterfall tall, but also the pool for swimming and the cave. Nobody knows why it called as gua badak or cave of rhinoceros. However, the position which is right next to the waterfall makes it quite interesting cave.

The distance between Curug Karembong waterfall and Curug Cimuja is approximately 250 meters, Curug Karembong waterfall to Curug Sawer waterfall is approximately 250 meters, Curug Sawer-Rhino Cave Curug approximately 550 meters. To visite the four waterfall, we walked more or less 1250 meters!

Even though this considerable distance, you will not feel tired since the air is fresh with the umbrella of forest trees. Moreover, in each waterfall we can break for a minute while enjoying the beauty and distinctive of the waterfalls respectively.

Group visitors come from many quarters; there are students who will make observations of nature, birds, or river, a company employee who will outbound or outing; The visitors are staying, can spend the night under a tent in the camp blocks that are available. This block is adjusted to the position of the waterfall, there were Cimuja block, Karembong block, Sawer blocks, and Goa Badak block. One block camp can accommodate 50 people at a rate per person Rp 7500.00 per night.

Meanwhile, visitors who do not want to stay in the tent, can rest house or villa to rent offered by the management. The fee ranges from Rp 350,000.00 to Rp 1,250,000.00 and can accommodate quite a lot of people.

Samara Pawon an Ecotourism Restaurant

Abang and None Jakarta Selatan in My Village, Kampoeng Agrowisata Pasanggrahan

The Abang and None Jakarta are tourist ambassador from Jakarta. They are the young gentlemen and ladies who are selected every year to represent the Jakarta culture promotion with its Betawi customs.

Anom Adimasetio, Nitia Anisa, Haryobimo Pramudito, Oscar Desano, Eko Wahjoe Tranggono and Senandung Nacita Mizwar are some of the 2009 selected Abang and None Jakarta from South Jakarta. They attended the establishment of RW Pesanggarahan village to become agrowisata village on Sunday 26 October 2009.

The picture above shows them performing Betawai dance to welcome the honored guests.


Their dance was so funny and entetaining the attendance.

In the front, very beautiful ladies of None Jakarta, Senandung and Nitia. In a very cheerful expression, they danced for the guests and the local people.

Betawi's Topeng Blantek Shows in My Village

The picture above shows the Topeng Blantek theater performed in the road junction in my village. Topeng Blantek is a traditional theater of Betawi. The theater tells the story about the daily life of Betawi people with social critique in a comedian style. The Betawi people usually invite the Topeng Blantek group to perform in their home when they have wedding reception or circumcision thanksgiving party in the Betawi village. On the last Sunday 15 October 2009, the Fajar Ibnu Sena Topeng Blantek performed in my village (home ). This is to celebrate the establishmnet of my village to become kampoeng agrowisata.


The picture above shows a hot but funny dialog of the actor and actress with Betawi dialect.

My Village Become Kampoeng Agrowisata

I live in a suburban of South Jakarta called Pasanggrahan. My village or Kampoeng is in Rukun Warga 06 of Pasanggrahan. On last Sunday 25 October 2009, my village was established as Kampoeng Agrowisata. It was established so, since the local citizen ,by its own initiative, has succefully greened the village with plantation. Every house in the Kampoeng plant the fruit in its yard. Then the wild birds and bees make their nest in many citizen houses and the big plantation. Every morning the wild birds sings like in a real small village.

I planted Srikaya fruit, mango and many other plantation. I fulled my yard and house with plantataion. The environment in my Kampoeng become cool and friendly.

The above picture shows the main entrance gate during the Kampoeng Agrowisata Pesanggrahan establishment. This is the Jalan Nuri entrance with ondel-ondel on both side of the entrance. Ondel-ondel is traditional gigantic puppet of Betawi.

The establishment was done by the Jakarta Selatan Master . Now, Jakarta Selatan has three places for showcase of green urban environment to show to foreigner.

Larno and Siti, the Javanese Street Musician

Today, in the middle of the day, Larno and Siti stopped by in front of my house . They are a pair of javanese street musician. I like listening their music because they sang a javanese romantic song. They are not like other street musician, who usually force the house owner to give them money eventhough they sang a very bad song.

Larno and Siti came from Solo. They came to Jakarta tried to find their destiny. Larno and Siti sang several very good song for us.

RUBBER GLOVES

Next time you use a pair of rubber gloves, You're going to smile when you think of this: A dentist noticed that his next patient, a little Old Lady, was nervous so he decided to tell her a little joke as he put on his Gloves.

'Do you know how they make these gloves?' he asked.

'No, I don't,' she replied.

'Well,' he spoofed, 'there's a building in Canada with a big tank Of latex and workers of all hand sizes walk up to the tank, dip in their hands, let them dry, then peel off the gloves and throw them Into boxes of the right size.

' She didn't crack a smile. 'Oh, well. I tried,' he thought. But five minutes later, during a delicate portion of the procedure, She burst out laughing.

'What's so funny?' he asked 'I was just envisioning how condoms are made!'

Sang Burung Merak Itu telah Pergi

WS Rendra sang penyair besar Indonesia telah berpulang. Kami turut berduka. Indonesai kehilangan seorang raja penyair sastra Ibndonesia kontemporer modern. Dia dulu teman SMP ibu ku di Solo. Ibuku sering cerita tentang Rendra yang jago bahasa Indonesia di SMPnya sampai jauh melebihi guru sastranya. Ternyata di kemudian hari dia menjadi Maestro Sastra Indonesia yang metrajai dan mewarnai sastra modern Indonesia. Selamat jalan Pak Rendra.