Jogja At A Time
8. From Tepus to Banjarejo Tanjungsari

"So to Tepus Set ?" Tanya Muji saw Seti packing in her room.

"Be it, just wait for Dibyo to come back from campus," replied Seti. His hand stuffed two pieces of black t-shirts and jeans into a backpack.

Before long Dibyo was seen approaching from under the sapodilla tree while whistling. It seems he's happy Seti will be coming to his village.

"Are you ready for Set ?" Tanya Dibyo after joining the two.

"At the end of the day ready to be dib. I'll wear shorts." Said Seti wearing shorts and a black long-sleeved t-shirt that read Metallica his favorite metal band. His bag was bagged placed near the mountain sandal to be used.

"Don't forget to buy aqua one gallon for cebok. There is no water.hahaha..." Muji laughed out loud.

"Oh veduuus ..." Dibyo grunts at Muji's words.

"What is Dib ?" Ask Seti.

"It is, we go to the lake," Dibyo replied as she passed to her room. Not wanting to long argue with Muji who was still laughing mocked him.

"How many hours to Tepus Ji ?" Ask Seti to Muji.

"Day ..hahaha..." Muji is still making fun of Dibyo village again.

"Ah the real Ji" debate Seti.

"I've never been there Set. Maybe about two hours if you walk normally."

"Well, it's about 60 kilos."

"Can be. Depends on getting into the corners again not Dibyo village."

He leaves his room, locks it and approaches Muji and Seti.

"Yuk off. It's still four in the afternoon." Dibyo said towards Seti.

"Be careful on the dab road. If the flat tire tell Dibyo who led"

"Jalan ji first .. do not ngrayu mbah Jum loh during our stay.. hahaha..." Reply Dibyo to Muji.

"Kriiiiiik ..." Muji reply cursed familiar teolokan Dibyo.

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From Samirono the Denok pass through Gedong Kuning leads to the ring road South, then towards Patuk towards Wonosari road. The sun has begun to dim friendly over the Denok.

Starting uphill entering the hill Patuk, Dibyo reminded Seti to be careful.

"Suit Settings. In front there is a bend Irung Petruk. Don't speed it." Dibyo.

Right said Dibyo. After his words, a sharp turn to the right of the steep uphill. Seti painstakingly drove the Denok up a steep incline. His heart is beating fast.

Five minutes passed through it like hours of endless climbs. Passing the last turn, Dibyo tells Seti to stop.

From there Dibyo pointed to the North watching the city of Jogja. There were ten minutes Seti and Dibyo watched the city of Jogja while waiting for the Denok to cool down.

"Let's buy Set's grasshopper in Wanagama forest if you have money" Dibyo said as he prepared to walk again.

"Balust ?" Seti.

"Yes. Wooden grasshopper. Only allergic people will be puyeng ..hehehe..." Said Dibyo again.

"Well, we'll buy. I still have money," Seti replied, then turned on Denok left the hill Patuk.

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Not long from the desolation of the limestone hill on the right left of the road to Wonosari. A green expanse of soothing eyes is visible on the left side of the road.

"Hutan Wanagama Set's. Got my campus," Dibyo proudly pointed to the green trees that stretched.

"The forest icon was once a barren hill that was transformed into green with very hard work and personal money for UGM lecturers" said Dibyo again. Deserve Dibyo is very proud of the campus.

Run the Denok slowly along the forest. Seti was happy with his trip this time. Not in vain to take the time to drive Dibyo. Unfortunately the locust seller was no longer there along that road.                              

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Approximately one and a half hours from Jogja arrived Denok to Wonosari, the city of the District and the capital at Gunung Kidul. Then turn right near the T-junction of the Court. Continue south to Tepus.

"Still far away from Dib?" Ask Seti curiously.

Following Dibyo's orders. Seti follows the path of Wonosari Tepus which is quite smooth and quiet.

Left right only visible limestone hills that were once on the sea floor. The explanation of his lecture theory is now beginning to be understood Seti.

Half an hour later, we reached the T-junction to Krakal beach. Dibyo told Seti to stop for a moment when some of the boys were seen brandishing locusts pricked in coconut leaf litis. There are about 20 grasshoppers in each lotus.

Buy five skewers for two thousand rupiahs. Seti is still amazed by the large grasshopper that will be flanked by Dibyo later.

From the T-junction, Dibyo told Seti to turn to the left, into the mesh of Dibyo village which is only composed of a pile of coral stones. Seti can not imagine the slippery road if the rainy season comes. 

The Denok limped as he entered a small village filled with hills and towering cliff faults and stopped at a semi-permanent house that read ... Village Chief Banjarejo ....

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The sound of crickets was heard from outside the Dibyo house. Across the road rises about 30 meters of limestone hill faults filled with irregular forest teak trees. With an attached electrical cable that is placed on the slope of the cliff just like that.

Seti woke up from his beds on a wooden cot without a mattress. There was an hour he lay back tired after the trip. Been in nowhere.

Out of the room, Seti approached the teak chair with a large teak table in front of him, then sat down to relax his fatigue. Sipping a glass of coffee on the table while watching the outside of the house is pitch black. There were no neighbors on the left. 

Dibyo emerged from the back room carrying one large plate of fried grasshoppers. Put it in front of Seti who smelled the hot smoke that looks and smells good like the smell of seafood.

"Try these two or three grasshoppers. If you're dizzy and your tongue feels weird, don't go on." Dibyo took one from the plate, biting and chewing it. " I'll take the tiwul rice with the same sauteed ketella leaves." Dibyo disappeared again to the back.

A pair of men and women of the same age as Mr and Ms. Seti enter when Seti will try to taste the fried grasshopper Dibyo. 

"Wake up, son ?" Beware of that man. Goggled and wearing a scabbard. Mr. Dibyo greeted Seti. Sit down with Seti.

"Yes sir. Good night," Seti replied, then greeted the man and the tow-clad mother of Dibyo.

Arriving at the house earlier, Seti had not had time to meet the two. Fall asleep in the room of Dibyo. Dibyo's older sister is married and follows her husband in Jakarta. 

Talking while telling the family each warmed up the introduction at Banjarejo's house. Occasionally the last laugh of Mr. Dibyo out if Seti offended the cuteness of Dibyo at the boarding house.

Dibyo appeared again. Still busy preparing dinner. A basket of hot tiwul rice and a plate of sauteed ketella leaves are on top of the basket he is carrying. Mother Dibyo arranged it on the table carefully.

"Be careful eating grasshopper nak Seti. Can get dizzy if not strong." Dibyo's mother smiled kindly as she saw Seti chewing on the grasshopper she had taken again from the plate.

"Yes ma'am, Dibyo was already reminded," replied Seti. The bright reddish color and savory taste of the grasshopper seemed to tempt Seti to continue to taste it.

"Suwun nak Seti's. Dibyo often ngrepotin at the boarding house," continued Mother Dibyo after fixing a table full of food.

"Ah who says ma'am. I am the one who often ngrepotin Dibyo. Every day washed dirty glasses and dishes." Seti. His gift to Dibyo was revealed. His eyes stared alternately at Father and Mother Dibyo who looked simple.

Apparently every home. Dibyo tells Seti who always helps him if he runs out of pocket money.

There was joy and excitement in the middle of the conversation. Then Dibyo's mother told Seti to eat, feeling that the pleasant conversation was enough. 

"This is rice tiwul Set. From the gaplek." said Dibyo. His hand poured the tiwul rice-filled centhong into the dish after his Father and Mother entered.

"The stuff's good Dib. It tastes exactly fried shrimp. I think I'm strong enough to spend it, " Seti said.

The fragrant smell of sauteed ketella leaves and the sprinkling of grasshoppers on it aroused his hunger. Following Dibyo, two centhongs of tiwul rice were poured over his plate. 

"Tomorrow morning we walk to Drini Set. Bathe in the sea and then stop by the fields you take watermelon." Invite Dibyo on the sidelines of the rice feed tiwulus.

"Let's also know the beach here.  My lecturer said the beach here is steep and deserted." Answer Seti.

"And haunted," Dibyo laughed. 

Mystical stories began to be discussed in between dinner. From the matter of abstinence and prohibition in Banjarejo to the ghost of people who commit suicide in the limestone hillside caves around Banjarejo.

Listening to the mystical story, Seti can't wait to tell it to Silence and Asri. And of course the journey from Samirono to Banjarejo to the taste of fried grasshoppers that he tasted.

Imagining them curious makes Seti increasingly want to find out the others in Dibyo village.

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*Wedus: goat in Javanese.

*Kirik : puppies in Javanese.

*bakul: place of rice from woven bamboo.

*gaplek : soybean that is aerated for about a month until the mold is slightly black, then dried to dry.

*Tiwul rice: a coarsely ground gaplek steamed in place of rice rice rice.