Weekend in Tawangmangu part 1

The last time i went to Tawangmangu was around 2005. It was plain and boring. All you can and will see there is just mountains, rice fields, nothing interesting. I kept thinking about that until last weekend i went there again with relatives from Jakarta and MY 30D.. It was hard for me to understand that mountains and rice fields were everything that people from big cities would beg to see. A little exaggeration there..

Semarang to Tawangmangu is about 2-3 hours by car (nonstop). The route is Semarang-Solo-Karanganyar-Tawangmangu.

Banaran Cafe

We took off from Semarang around 8am. On our way to Tawangmangu, we took a little break in Banaran Cafe, Bawen. We had cups of coffee and tea, and lots of gorengan (Indonesian deep fries). Here are some photos i took. Take a look.

Enjoying cups of coffee and tea and lots of gorengan at Banaran Cafe

In front of Banaran Cafe

Tawangmangu

A few hours later, after hundreds of rightturns and leftturns. We finally arrived in Tawangmangu. I was so amazed when i got there. Remember that i said it was plain and boring??? I was dead wrong…or stupid. Seriously. Just grab your camera and aim it at any spot there. BAM!!! You get a nice photo. Take a look.

A Telkom transmitter/receiver tower

A wider shot of a Telkom transmitter/receiver tower

My brother in front of a villa

A wider shot of my brother in front of a villa

My dad

In those photos, I just messed around with my own Portrait picture style and the crazy Velvia 50 that i got from here. Take a look at other photos that i got from messing around with those.

Aunt Mia, My Sister Dinda, and My Brother Dandy

My cousin Amel on a swing

My cousin Amel sitting

Sunset at Tawangmangu

A rainbow at Tawangmangu

It’s so interesting, isn’t it?? A great place and the will to experiment are a good combination to take good pictures. And for your information, I even got the sunset and the rainbow at the exact same time..

Outbond

Another great thing to do in Tawangmangu is to try some outbond games in Griya Gayatri. You can play ATV race, flyingfox, try the trampolin, and many other cool things. And beyond that, for me, it’s a great place to take photographs. Take a look at the photos.

My cousin Adi trying the flying fox

My cousin Amel jumping on a trampoline

Dinda and Amel

Amel, Tisa, and Dinda

Dinda, she is.....I have no idea what she's doing

It’s so cool, huh?? That’s why i’m recommending all tourists and photojournalists to go to Tawangmangu and feel it for themselves.

Well, since this post is too long i don’t want it to get boring for you guys. I’m splitting it in 2 parts. See you in part 2 everybody.

All The photos were taken with my Canon EOS 30D and Tamron 18-250.

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