My Excursion
Howdy, people! Forget all the problems you have, troubled heads! Let's unwind a bit seeing what mother nature offers us. Getting offline for a while, going out, and mingling with green plants in open space.
What you see now on your screen are some pictures I took days ago when I went to Colo, Kudus. If this is the first time you heard Kudus, don't bother downloading Google Earth maps or ask your GPS assistance to locate it. I'll tell you where it is. Kudus is my hometown, the smallest and the daintiest perhaps of all regencies in Central Java, Indonesia, only around 50 kms from Semarang. Before any of you complains the quality of images I presented here, let me tell you this. The images were taken with an old -if i can't say "ancient"- camera phone (my 3-year-old Motorola V3i, which has successfully survived after being dropped, well, only a hundred times) with the second lowest resolution my cam-phone has (for the sake of fast uploading speed to the blog), no proper and adequate photography technique applied, no professional editing. Ok, enough said. Let me take you to our brief digital tour.
This was taken a few steps from the gate of tourist attraction I was going to, the waterfall of Montel.
You have got to pay IDR 5,000 as the entrance charge. Not too pricey, but wish it was free. From the gate you have to walk. You can ask motorbike taxi (ojek) but I prefer on foot. Ojek is only for the elderly, that's what I think. And anyway why should you pay when you can walk for free??
These are the waterfall. It's December, the end of a year when rainfall is supposed to be higher. Ironically enough, the waterfall is now like a minor leakage at our house's ceiling during downpour. The water is less than enough to make the riverbed wet.
It was kind of shocking to see a rare living creature there. And, yes..I found one. I'm not an experienced ornithologist, so I took my liberty to make a wild (yet logical) guess since I have no reputation at stake. I know the picture is too small to show the details accurately but if your eyes are really sharp, you could find an eagle-like bird in the sky. I was not sure at the first time whether it was an endangered species of Javanese eagle but to me (who rarely see such a majestic and legendary creature) it was an extraordinary sight, indeed!
P. S. : To my fellow blogger Rihan, I keep my words, bro. This post is dedicated to you!
Labels: Kudus, Montel waterfall, Muria mountain, recreational site |
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