Sundak

Sundak range not only charming natural view, but also keeps the story. Sundak name becomes an experience of evolution can be traced as geological evidence.

To check progress, visitors must first know the right side of Sundak sea beach in the past and the present time. On the west side of the beach is a mosque and the empty space to use this car park. The east is a cave made of up to a reef about 12 meters. Entering the cave is a spring, which local people have access to clean water.

Before 1930, the area above the sea water is still in the story that the sea water reached the area where the mosque is today and the cave was submerged in sea water. According to geological processes in the southern seas, the sea water level has dropped and the water of the sea was the sea and the coral reef area around the mosque has become the new earth people then used for coastal economic activities to date.

It was only a natural activity that eventually formed the starting point for naming the range. When the rains came, there was a large amount of groundwater flowing into the sea As a result, land on the east side to divide the beach to form a river view. Water flows like sand division. When it was dry season, the gap disappeared from the sea came ashore and pull the sand. Name (split sand) Wedibelah come from this natural phenomenon. When we visited the place, the crack did not exist.

Decades later the name was changed. In 1976, there was an interesting event. On one afternoon, there was a dog running on the shore and entered the cave, where she met with a sea urchin. Being a starving dog trying to attack sea urchins, sea urchins, but are avoided. Then the fight happened, and finally the dog managed to eat half of the body of the sea urchin and the dog came out of the cave of pride. The owner of the dog, Arjasangku, so half of the body of the sea urchin was still in the dog's mouth. Since the name was changed to Wedibedah Sundak as an abbreviation of the USS (Javanese language the dog) and Landaker (Javanese language urchins).

The fight was to bring good luck to the local population. Having been a shortage of water for years, locals have finally found a spring. Initially, the dog owner was surprised that his dog was wet after exiting the cave. The assumption was that there was a spring inside the cave and the dog may fall while hunting in the sea urchin. After some research, the prediction proved true. Now, the spring functions as a source of drinking water for local residents. The pipes were installed in the cave to distribute water to the community. The conclusion of the spring comfort in the community who were disappointed because the wells that were flooded by sea water

Imagine the state of the area hundreds of years ago, when we know its status in 1930. There may be many organizations that have used the lower part of the reef, which now serves as a hideout. For this reason, many archaeologists believe that as a result of the violent geological processes, there were many marine organisms have been left stacked like fossils. Not many studies show that the fossils are found in the region.

In addition to historical controls in silence Sundak also offers a pleasant atmosphere at night. You can enjoy the breeze of the night, while ordering the grilled fresh fish with friends. Just pay a few thousand rupees for firewood. If you refuse to do so, only to ready to eat grilled fish. At night you can sleep anywhere, you can put your tent or just lying on the bank of the food vendors that are not used at night. The darkness can sometimes be better than the brightness. Do not worry.

If you wish to interact with the local population may be valuable information. You can understand how people live their lives, their culture and they can change your perspective of life. To see Grandpa Tugiman normally maintains the parking or Arjasangku father may be another option. They are examples of leaders Sundak Beach. To have a conversation with them, not only do you just see the witness history, but it allows you to direct the history witnesses how the story was carved.

Parangkusumo

Upon entering the door Parangkusumo Beach, you will feel instantly at the sacred shadow of beach that lies about 30 km south of the city of Yogyakarta, and is believed to be the gateway to the Southern Ocean. Soon you will smell the flowers and incense as materials, a victim, the color that you will not find anywhere but in that range.

The sacredness of the place feels different when you look at the flowers scattered and set the bid on the stone of love found in Puri where Panembahan Senopati Cepuri complex and Queen of the South met and reached an agreement. At that time, meditating on the great stone Senopati in the north when the Queen of the South came up and sat on the small stone in the south.

The meeting between the two authorities have had an influence on the relationship between Yogyakarta Kingdom and Bale Sokodhomas Kingdom. It began when the Senopati perfected his supernatural powers by the ritual Tapa ngel own slip away in the stream. At a certain stage of his meditation, suddenly there was a storm on the beach, the trees were torn from its roots, sea water was boiling and the fish was thrown to the ground.

The presence forced the Queen of the South appear on the surface of the ocean to see Senopati. Senopati Mataram expressed his ideal of government and asked the Queen of the South to help. The Queen agreed to help with conditions Senopati and their descendants would be willing to become her husband. Senopati demand conditions was that the marriage is childless.

The agreement of Yogyakarta Kingdom as one of Mataram controversy for having close relations with the Kingdom of the Southern Ocean. Evidence of such a relationship is Labuhan Alit (make a sacrifice by throwing themselves certain things in the sea), which is done annually. Part of the Labuhan planting ceremony is part of the Sultan's nails, hair and clothing in the area of ​​Puri Cepuri.

Senopati meditation which has borne fruit useful leads many to believe that all requests will be answered if they are told by Stone Love. It is no wonder that hundreds of people from different classes and religions come to the place of some days, they consider sacred. Go on pilgrimage to Stone Love is also suspected of helping someone to release the heavy burden of him and revitalize the spirit.

In addition, Stone Love and Labuhan procession, you can also enjoy the beauty of the beach and the winds and the sea on a horse-cart. You only need to pay 20 000 IDR comfortable ride.

There are many warongs where you can buy food and drink. A large number of visitors packed every day makes the area even late at night. Some of them stay in this beach to say their prayers. If you want to share a spiritual experience Parangkusumo Beach, you can join the pilgrims to pray.

Depok

Other Beaches in Yogyakarta, Depok Beach is apparently the only beach that has been designed to become a center of culinary tourism enjoy a varied menu of fish. Some warongs was intentionally designed to face the ocean so that visitors can enjoy the waves rushing to shore, while having a delicious meal.

The Warong and fishing activities have improved since 10 years ago. The story goes that around 1997, some fishermen in the area of ​​Cilacap Depok Beach is a good place to put their catch ashore. Fishermen catch fish with inspired local people who made their living as farmers to catch fish.

Some coastal communities have begun to Tekong, local name for the fishermen. The Tekong goes to sea with their boats. Fish catch occurs almost all year round, except on certain days that are considered sacred, namely Tuesday and Friday Kliwon (one of the five days of the week Javanese). The Tekong make good catches, except from June to September when the fish are rare.

With such a large amount of catch, the locals opened a fish landing, which was complemented by a center for trade in fish called Mina Bahari 45. Fishermen from other areas may even sell their catch there.

With the increasing number of visitors to the beach is 1.5 miles of beach Parangtritis, Wednesday Warong opened accordingly. Generally, traditional tones Warong supply. The buildings are simple, with a traditional roof called files, while the seats available for cross-legged on carpets with small tables for eating. Simple, are clean and comfortable.

A variety of seafood dishes are worth trying. The most popular fish is tuna at a reasonable price to IDR 8000 Fri / kg, consisting of 5-6 fish. Other fish are Kakap Kakap selling red and white around IDR 17,000 to 25,000 IDR per kilo. Rather expensive for a fish that sells Bawal IDR 27000 - IDR 60 000 per kilo. In addition, fish are also crabs, lobsters and octopus.

Fish and shellfish are usually served grilled or fried. You can choose fresh fish, the other takes you and then you go to one of Warong to cook. We tried to get a kilo of tuna cooked and had a glass of tea, the total cost IDR 22,000 only.

After a good meal, you can stop Depok Beach and Beaches Parangtritis Parangkusumo turning right to reach the asphalt road. Along the way, you will see the sand dunes surprising that the only example of a view in South East Asia and is rare in the tropics. The wide area like the desert sand.

It takes thousands of years for the formation of dunes around the single process. Some of them are forms Barchan dune crests of dunes, parabolic dunes and longitudinal dunes. Now only Barchan and longitudinal them are present. The wind on the sea and the steep hill of sand is due to due to the activity of Merapi Mountain, on the banks of the river to blow on the side to form the dunes.

To get to where you can enjoy seafood while enjoying the sand dunes, which can take the same path that leads to Parangtritis Yogyakarta. Just before the box of tickets for Parangtritis beach, turn right onto the small paved road. The entrance to the beach is Depok IDR 4000 for two and a motorcycle. If you pass by a car, pay IDR 5000 for the car and the additional price per person.

Glagah

When you come to Glagah beach is directly plains of coastal land. This gives you the opportunity to get a view widespread in all directions. Looking forward to see over the horizon that connects the ocean and sky. The beauty of the coastal bend line will satisfy your view when looking well to the west or east.

Both the land of the coastal plains and long coastline also give some other sites to see the beauty of the coastal landscape. Each site seems to have different shades, even if you are in the same area. At each location, you can enjoy the image of the beautiful beach of coral reefs without Borders enormous.

First to get the best view of the coastal zone is one that is scheduled to dock in the future. You can find the place, when you follow the Fist "PP" mark times when the ticket by mail. Full-of-a meeting place for the harmonious flow of the river and ocean waves can be seen as a place to go and see the message.

Since the first location a few hundred meters to the west, you can find a Loog with water flowing into the estuary. The lagoon divides the coastal area into two, one with coastal plants and weeds, and the second with the dunes, directly adjacent to the sea You can cross the dune area through a connecting bridge, located near the estuary.

Go further west, you can see the activities of local and some fishermen. When we visited, they are above the shoulders, along the shoreline with their fishing rods. Gently sloping area offers plenty of fish for local fishermen. Some pharmacies sell fish and seafood with different menus worth a try.

Apart from the beautiful coastal landscape, Glagah Beach also has a variety of tourist facilities beach. One of them is a motocross track, located on the sea, will satisfy the lovers of this sport. At the same time, paved the way connectiong Glagah Beach and other beaches can be fun activities to take advantage of the bike.

You can also enjoy agro-tourism, visiting the Department of planting Wanadri Kusuma. You can see the cultivation of medicinal herbs, such as dragon fruit and flowers Roselle process. In addition, you can also rent a boat of bamboo (in Javanese: gethek), canoeing, rowing, and the duck, which allows you to explore the lagoon or over the wooden bridge, you can become an area of ​​sand dunes sea.

When you feel tired after a long walk, you can make the arrest in the cockpit with legs crossed in the field planting Wanadri Kusum. Some exotic menus and drinks worth trying. You can try dragon fruit juice and is renowned for its effectiveness in curing some diseases, or order the Roselle flower syrup to quench their thirst and to neutralize the different toxins in your body.

If you want to enjoy the beautiful scenery around Glagah, you can take one of two alternative routes. First, go south through the streets of Bantul Bantul and turn right - the road then you will Purworejo Palbapang. Secondly, go west through the Yogyakarta - Water - Purworejo the road and turn left after finding a sign directs his Glagah Beach. It would be better to drive your vehicle to reach more likely to get.

The trip to the beach is not as difficult as reaching the beaches of Gunung Kidul region. The road is flat and not much, then climbs to reach the beach while you relax your mind. The road leads to the town beach Glagah Purworejo also connects with other Kulon Progo Regency beaches. In other words, you can kill two birds with one stone.

Ngobaran

Ngrenehan going to the beach and enjoy the grilled fish will end, if you fall Ngobaran Beach, which is close to it. The position of a high cliff on the beach is located about two kilometers from Ngrenehan Beach. It's not far, is not it? The locals also speak Ngrenehan Beach and visit Ngobaran Beach, because is not it?

Ngobaran is such an exotic beach. When seawater falls, you can see the spread of algae both green and brown. Be so from the top, spread of algae growing in coral reef looks like the spread of rice fields in a densely populated area. Tens of thousands of marine species also found in coral reefs, from sea urchins, starfish, shells for different types of shells.

What you can not find other beaches is always a cultural fascination with the construction of local food. One of the most interesting places has four places to pray side by side. It is the form of multiculturalism? Who knows.

The most important of which is a building that looks like ornaments of the temple of God statues in white. The building was completed in 2003 to commemorate the arrival of Brawijaya V, one of the kings of Majapahit, Ngobaran. People who use the place to be Kejawan faith. The name "Kejawan" from the nickname of the son of Brawijaya V, ie Bondhan Kejawan. Who built the building to recognize the offspring of Brawijaya V and a person appointed to this place.

Walking on the left side of the place to pray, you will see building Javanese Joglo, used by followers of the faith Kejawen to say their prayers. When we visited this place, some people were saying their prayers. People tell us that faith is different from a Kejawan Kejawen. However, they are able to identify the differences.

If you continue the road to the front of joglo, please fill in the box to see dry stone plant it. The plant is only a gray wood fence. At the point where the dry-growing plant was where Brawijaya V pretend to burn himself. He took this step because he was not willing to fight for his son, Raden PATAH (the first king of Demak).

The truth of this story Brawijaya V. Many historians suspect. The reason is that when Raden PATAH attacked Brawijaya V, gives the impression that Islam was spread by violent means. Many historians, the existence of historical evidence is not sufficient to conclude that the attack PATAH Raden. You can find more information on the safety of it.

Few meters of the box, where the plant grows in dry a Hindu temple there are people to say the prayer. No detailed information of its founding.

In front of the dried plant grows, there is a mosque with a size of about 3x4 meters. The construction of the mosque is quite simple, since the soil is sandy, as if it unites with the beach. What is unique is its direction. Most mosques in Indonesia facing west, but this mosque is oriented to the south. The front, where the religious leader leads the prayer is open to directly see the ocean. They even be surprised when the founder of the mosque is a well-known Kyai Nahdatul Ulama, who lived in Gang Pang, Gunung Kidul. For common sense for those who wish to pray in the mosque that local people a sign on the wall with a red pencil.

After being caught with a religious Web site, you can go down to the beach. When you come early, you will see people make algae. They sell seaweed by 1000 to 1500 rupees per person. They use the benefit of their daily lives.

If you come in the afternoon, however, will people in search of sea urchins for their support during dinner. The sea urchin spines should be the first cut, then searched with a sickle. The interior of the sea urchin meat is removed. When searching for sea urchins, people tend to carry a bucket, coconut screen, anemia, and a hat to avoid the sun.

The ingredients for cooking sea urchins are salt and pepper. It is then fried. Not many people sell this menu. They say the meat is quite delicious. If you really want to have a try, you can ask them to cook for you. Maybe you have a special recipe to cook sea urchins, so it can serve as a favorite kitchen and improve the welfare of society.

Not ready yet? There may be other options for the beauty of the coastline, charming places to pray, and the tempting food, as this beach.

Sepanjang

If you want to enjoy the nostalgia of Kuta Beach in time Sepanjang Beach is the place. Sepanjang shores of a long, clean water, sand and medium wave. You can just choose: tan under the sun, surf or simply enjoy the beautiful beach. You can enjoy all these things when you get to the beach, located a few miles from Sundak Beach.

Sepanjang Beach is a newly opened beach. "Sepanjang 'The name means" long "is derived from the characteristic of the beach, which has longer lines in all the coastal ranges of Gunung Kidul. The atmosphere of this beach is so natural. The sea is decorated with palm trees and huts covered with dry leaves. Coral reefs in the rise and fall of the tidal area is kept well. The constraints of the reflected waves signals blue sea water polluted. With such a situation, it is not wrong if the local government and investors are considering making this range, the other in Kuta Beach.

The atmosphere makes Sepanjang natural range of the beach of Kuta. Sepanjang not offer things like making coffee from the beach and luxury villas, but the proximity of nature. You can still dig for shellfish reefs and sea stars (Echinodermata). You can also remove algae from the corals. However, be careful not to stick to the spines of sea urchins. You will not find all these in Kuta, right?

Staff of the Community to the coastal culture. No permanent buildings along the beach, just a few huts where local people live. Still on the coastal zone, there are fields where people are planting soybeans. The beach slope is directly dashed by waves prevents people from going off. Looking at the back, there are two hills where the valley where people grow maize as their staple food. He landed on top of the hill was purchased by an investor to make the villa, where visitors can stay.

Sepanjang also a historic site, Banyusepuh. "Banyu" means "water" and "sepuh" means to wash. Thus the name means that the place used spring water used for washing or bathing. Those who have used the place was pious Islamic leaders, who washed their sacred weapons. You need to ask local people to find this site. When we came to the scene, there were only dry waste wet with wild plants around him.

When you're tired, rest. The local people often sell food and drinks in the shelters along the beach. You can sit in the seat of bamboo, while chatting and enjoying the wind from the sea Yogya had the opportunity to enjoy the quiet time in the cabin. When night falls, look to the west where the sun sets. The locals will welcome you to stay home because there are no villages.

Souvenir, you're going home, do not worry. You do not need to cook as a souvenir, right? Some people live about a mile from the beach, shell crafts to do it, then sold to the inhabitants of the coast. Though not as commercial as in Malaysia, ranging from handicrafts. Means of transport at the Royal, a statue of the hair or pinch of dried ones, and was buried in white sand. Some of them were painted. The price is right, only 5,000 Rupiah each.

Cheap does not necessarily mean low value. Handicrafts made of seashells, the precious historical value. If you read articles or books on Conchology Mollusks, you will know that the craftsmanship is of high culture to develop in coastal communities. People in Hawaii in the United States, islands in Melanesia or Maori in New Zealand to develop similar craft. They put the shell to become a necklace, pants, belt, and cut to make beautiful fine art.

If you do not have a budget for souvenirs, you can collect shells on the beach. This little thing gets interesting now with further processing. Take a piece of shell and put it in a plastic bag. Upon arriving home, buy snuff or mint and mix with alcohol 90%. Once you soak overnight, take it slowly and polish. The process will remove the layer of lime peel, leaving the central layer (prismatic layer). Polishing makes the bright color of the shell.

It is interesting to take the Beach Tour Sepanjang? What are you waiting for? You can only drive a motorcycle, car or presses the accelerator. You do not have to worry about the rocky road in this place, because the beauty of nature and culture that is willing to pay for this. Trust me, you will pay for everything and you will agree that a Dutch tourist said. "This is truly a Kuta There are many beaches here and there are many tourists in Bali, the beach here is so quiet, so funny."