“It ain't even cold outside, not where I'm from Feeling like it's mid-July under the sun” - Winter Things lyrics.
I wished I could have titled this Winter Things, just like the songs that Ariana Grande released a while back under her album Christmas & Chill. I recently went to a mountainous hilly area just 2 hours drive from my place. If I am being honest, I kept getting surprised that I hadn’t really explored this province again as an adult. I always felt like distance is quite relative around these places that it takes either 2-4 hours and you'd ended up in some beautiful areas.
For instance, 2 hours drive passing through a toll road would take me to a mountainous area and 3 hours train ride would take me to another province. But at the same time, I can drive for 4 hours and I’d still be in the same province. An hour and a half flight, I could already be in either Malaysia or Singapore. When you think about it in terms of time rather than money, it’s pretty interesting that it’s all pretty close.
About a week ago, I went out of my way to find a foggy hilly side. While it isn’t really cold this particular area has a December mood to it. It’s a small lake that’s located on the foothill of Mt Lawu. This area is known for its strawberry farms and rabbit meat as one of their local delicacies. The average temperature in the area is around 15C to not more than 25C. During months like October to January, it is quite foggy that we can’t see the lake. You can see the fog up close and they are moving from the mountain to the lake and so forth during these months.
There are actually plenty of attractions to do in the area such as riding on a speedboat or circling the lake with the horse or jogging. This area is quite well-known even during Dutch occupation. My family has been here multiple times as well and this is one our must-visit during holidays as a kid. But that day was my first time, revisiting this place as an adult. So, you can say that this place has a lot of memories to me. I never thought that the place is that beautiful. As a kid, I was desensitized of this beautiful place. I went here too often and it felt like the usual. But that day, I started appreciating this place again, as in how beautiful this place can be.
In this place, visitors can park anywhere and I was choosing the quieter side of the place. It was the perfect spot since there weren’t too many people or tourists around it. I could enjoy the scenery and captured some great shots of the place.
One of the coolest things that happened in the place was when the fog completely covered the area and I was taking a selfie. It creates a cool blurred background that is like a studio backdrop. In these two pictures the fog was moving and actually, it was to the point where behind me was simply fog.
This was how it looks when the fog was extremely thick. I didn't take more pictures of myself but I told my mom to pose for me because it looks way better and in the end, she came home with some great pictures to show off to her friends.
As I've mentioned, people also come here to experience the speedboat circling around the lake. These are some of the shots that I got to capture on my picture along with the speed boats that are parked around the lake.
You can see how foggy some areas can be in this place but that can also show how beautiful this place can be. At that time, I wished I was exploring more areas but because I got a little moody that day, I only explored a small portion of the place.
I forgot to mention that in this area there hotels and cottages that's overlooking the lake. Just as you can see in this picture below. It looks cool isn't it? I wish it was painted in a certain way that looks more aesthetically pleasing but either way, they look cool. I only stayed once in those areas with my family as a kid. I don't think I would do it as an adult since I think there are better place with better views around this province that offers great staying experience.
That was some of the pictures that I curated from all the shots that I took from the place. I had around 20 but I was choosing some of the best ones from that trip that fits the theme of December mood and a foggy December. Thank you for checking out this collection.
Happy holiday and see you in my next adventure!
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |
Is this Java? I LOVE Java! I lived in Jakarta for a year, and I traveled a little across the island. Java is SO underrated, and it always makes me laugh when people only mention Bali, in relation to Indonesia, because the country has SO many more beautiful places. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Lombok, just to mention a few. But I am absolutely in love with Java. I hope to return some day soon. Terimah Kasih!
Yes, it's Java,It's at Magetan East Java.
I am currently living in East java 😊 I am sure you probably been to Bromo and Ijen. Java is indeed underrated, there are so many beautiful beaches and mountain that somehow aren't so well-known. I think it's that way because everything is kinda far apart from each other but also closer? I mean these days we have good transportation system and so many things have changed.So distance is quite relative. Anyhow, it's one of the best places to live except sometimes we complained a little about it too haha
Please go back to Java soon, I am sure you also miss Yogyakarta in between too 😊 I hope you'll make it around here around here.
Sorry, but I can only see half of your face 😆😄 excellent place that conveys a lot of calm 🥰 How cold can the water be? 🤔 I'm ready to swim! 🫡🙈😜
Unfortunately, you can't swim in that lake haha. It's not known for a swimming spot. I took the picture like that for fun too 😂
Everything comes at the right time, and it was about time to visit again this place that looks so mystical in the pictures. Now I know it's not cold, but it sure looks like it, so there is definitely magic just a few hours drive from home. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed this photographic journey Mac 🙏
😄 Yeah, it's always crazy how things are around here. I still have that dream of doing the road trip around my island. I am sure it's going to take a month or something but that should be fun discovering these places
The fog sure gave out the winter vibes! Love your selfie Mac!
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This place is lovely, I would love to be there.💗
😊 I'd love to go back there again too
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The fog always gives a touch of harmony to the photographs, they certainly create attractive scenery. Greetings !
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Indeed especially when they are like a mist rather than an extremely thick fog surrounding the area