| Ah, Indonesia |
| Episode 43 Pringgindani, Lawu |
| I casually met Mr. Go Ju Hok at the ViharaHwie
Eng Kiong. (恵栄宮) in Madiun on January
01, 2008. I usually visit a temple
to give
worship on the day. Mr. Ju Hok, 50 years old (in 2008), has a similar interest of myself. He succeeded to nudle shop (bak mie) business in Jl. Delima from his father which is one of the oldest mie shop in Madiun, since 1950th. Though he graduated engineering course, he came out from the engineeringn field so as to train himself in Buddhism. Now he looks like a Buddhism munk. At glance he and myself felt quite familiar with each other. Then we came to know that we have similar capability which other men do not have and have silimar interest to the world of spiritual. In compliance with his advice, I visited Pringondani (Pringondhani), holly place in southern leg of Gunung Lawu on January 10, 2008, on Javanese New Year day. This is a report on the trip to Pringgondani. Our object was a bathing place of the seven fountain (Tuju sumur) and Koconegoro quill. We started Madiun by a car. We passed through Magetan, Sarangan and Comorosewu (Camara Sewu). At road of of "45 km to Solo", we turned to north in small road. This corner is at S7 39'43", E111 09'17" There is a small parking place at about four (400) meters from the corner. Then we started on foot. |
 At Entrance Gate and office S7 39'32" E111 09'21" Altitude 1,390m |
 Admission Ticket |
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Pavement to Pringgondani | ||||||||||||||
| Nice View from the pavement | |||||||||||||||
 View of Surakarta city at 100m far from the entrance |
 View of Surakarta city at 300m far from the entrance |
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| We can see many waterfalls during rainy season. We are going to across a deep valley after these views/ | |||||||||||||||
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Kiosk at 1300m from the entrance. There is a strange stone tower beside kiosk. at S7 39'08" E111 09'33" Altitude1,480m Once again we must across a deep valley! |
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 Sendang Gedang at 500m ahead from the kiosk This shrine is a boundary of Sanctuary S7 39'03" E111 09'31" Altitude 1,540m |
 Sendang Temanten Bathing place is beyond white wall at right side of photo S7 38'59" E111 09'35" Altitude 1,550m |
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 Downstream side of Bathing Place |
 Upstream side of Bathing Place |
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| No one accuse or watch us in this area even
though we are bare. Just like a optional
nudist beach. You may put your backpacks whereever you want. No one will steel your goods and no one restlict your possession. Ofcourse you must give possession to other people. This is a holly place. Koconegoro quill 150 meters ahead from Sendang Termanten. Cordinate is S7 39'03" E111 09'29" and altitude at 1571 m. |
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 This signboard is written in Javanese language but not Indonesian |
 General view of Koconegoro quill. |
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 Try to take a photo after get permission |
Mr. Ju Hok had told me that any compass indicates
wrong direction at this entrance before we came here. I checke magnetic field at entrance and I found it! You may find a steel stand at the right hand side of the above photo. Leg of the steel stand was magnetized, upper part was magnetized N pole. This is not misterious. Steel material is easily magnetized while it is exposed in strong magnitic field generated electric equiment such as motors or alternators. The stand seemed to be fabricated from the second hand materials from corrosion conditions on its surface. |
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Itenerary was as follow:
It was difficult to obtain sufficent energy from navigation satelines during this hiking. Then the GPS data was interrpting. If you need the data please give a mail to Omdoyok at the address below. I can send you GPS data in format of "Garmin GPS Data". |
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