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MATARAM gutter - Cycling Walking Historic Sewer-Jogjakarta Indonesia
Thursday, February 17, 2011 | Diposkan oleh
ADVENTURE WORLD TOUR |
If you were raised as "city people", along the Mataram ditch can be a fun little adventure to enjoy views of green rice fields, shepherds, off road and crossed Krasak while shouldering bike.
During the Japanese occupation, many people of Indonesia were sent to various regions to serve as forced labor or romusha. They were forced to build infrastructure that supports the diverse interests of the Japanese military against the Allies. People who become romusha great suffering, not being fed enough and abused so many were killed.
This makes Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX are concerned and try to avoid people of Yogyakarta from the obligation to romusha. He then ordered his people to build irrigation channels along the 30 km, from the River to River Progo Opak, and reject the people made romusha by reason of their power is still needed to finish the project. The channels were originally called Canal Yoshiro now known as the Mataram ditch and still perform their function to irrigate tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields.
Going along this historic irrigation channels by using motor bike or MTB (mountain bike), promising an enjoyable experience if done in the month of October to May, because the month of June to September is usually ditch drained to break pest cycles.
Start The perfect is the intersection of MM UGM on the Road Ground. From here, there are two choices of routes. First, along the ditch Mataram to the west to meet the upper reaches of Sungai Progo, Ancol Village, Magelang regency. Second, along the Mataram ditch eastward to end at River Opak, Kalasan. Starting the trip in the morning, approximately at 06.00 pm, was the most fun because the air is still cool, not hot sun and lots of activities that can be seen an agrarian society.
Go to West Direction
When choosing to walk to the west, after passing Ring Road Western views of green fields will soon greet. Do not forget to turn briefly to the east as the sun was high. The sun shone brightly on the green rice fields and coconut trees, shadows appear on the surface water ditch that runs quietly. In the afternoon, sometimes a few students to practice canoeing nature lovers here.
After walking distance of 16 kilometers, you will enter the hamlet Barongan. Here, the trip will be similar to off road, Because you have to pass through the muddy trails and slippery, be careful not to slip. On both sides looked the door that connects the ditch water with rice fields surrounding people. You will realize that this ditch flow is the pulse of agriculture in Sleman district, Yogyakarta.
During the "off road" is also, YogYES had felt some unpleasant experiences, such as when watching the people around were Angon (Grazing) ducks, buffalo, and goats. After a grueling journey on the path through the land along approximately 1 mile, you will hit a dead end, blocked a form Krasak overdraft as deep as 5 meters. When going through a ditch before crossing the bridge over the river, here the bridge was not there. Then through which the ditch is flowing? It turns out down to the bottom, flows through an underground channel, then up again at the opposite, great is no pump at all! The laws of physics that will always mean the water surface used here. Because there are no bridges, you must turn directions through asphalt road when riding a motorcycle. When using a mountain bike, you can try the exciting experience across time in which the water is shallow with a shouldering mountain bike.
Approximately 5 miles from Krasak, you will arrive at the hamlet Ngluwar. And you shall again cause confusion Mataram ditch flow as suddenly disappeared. But do not think that you have reached the upstream flow, because the actual sewer flow still continues, through the tunnel under the village. Amazing is not it?
Two kilometers to the west of the village, you will get to the ditch upstream of Mataram, the Progo River. Looks small dam, called Weir Coral Talun, stem the flow of the Progo River. Water from the dam that then flows into the ditch Mataram. From the Ancol bridge above the dam, you can admire the swift flow of the Progo River which is also used as an arena for rafting. Your journey has been completed here.
Go to the East Direction
Different views will be found when selecting the appropriate ditch along the flow direction, toward the east. Some areas that will be passed is Gejayan, Depok, Maguwoharjo and Kalasan. Urban nuances will be more frequently encountered than Gejayan to Depok to the number of buildings and pavement cafes. If not fill the stomach, there's no harm in stopping the SGPC (sego pecel or rice pecel) Bu Wiryo north of Gadjah Mada University Faculty of Animal Husbandry.
New green rice fields will be found when it has reached the region Maguwoharjo. In some villages, you also have to cross a dirt road because the asphalt road that was built was not always in the direction of flow of the Mataram ditch. Dirt road in the eastern region is generally dry, so not slippery, but must still be careful because the roads are narrow, one-one you can be plunged into a ditch. Although even if it's fallen will be fine, but certainly not unbearable shame.
After reaching the area Kalasan, you can see an impressive panorama. From the dirt road on the right side of the ditch, you can see the center up to the top of Tara Temple. Expanse of paddy fields and tall trees into the background front. There is a paved road to the right if you want to stop by the temple that became relics of the oldest Buddhist culture in Yogyakarta.
From here, you still have to walk to the east to get to the ditch downstream of Mataram. Along the way, you will come across the ditch to flow under the railroad. Approximately 1 mile later, you will meet downstream flow of the Mataram ditch. Looks sewer water flowing downward, united with Opak River which flows south into the Indonesian Ocean. The view around was quite beautiful. Looks tall trees growing on the banks of the River Opak. The scene was a sign the end of the trip down the Mataram ditch flow eastwards.
Fun and Amazing
Mataram ditch along the stream, other than pleasant experience, will make us admire the designer. How not, the flow is from west to east as if "against the" laws of nature because of Mount Merapi in the north of Yogyakarta, causing the flow of the river here is usually from north to south is lower. Across the ditch above small-dozen times and through the tunnel under Krasak by utilizing the laws of physics, has decades of giving water for tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields and become one landmarks Yogyakarta.
During the Japanese occupation, many people of Indonesia were sent to various regions to serve as forced labor or romusha. They were forced to build infrastructure that supports the diverse interests of the Japanese military against the Allies. People who become romusha great suffering, not being fed enough and abused so many were killed.
This makes Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX are concerned and try to avoid people of Yogyakarta from the obligation to romusha. He then ordered his people to build irrigation channels along the 30 km, from the River to River Progo Opak, and reject the people made romusha by reason of their power is still needed to finish the project. The channels were originally called Canal Yoshiro now known as the Mataram ditch and still perform their function to irrigate tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields.
Going along this historic irrigation channels by using motor bike or MTB (mountain bike), promising an enjoyable experience if done in the month of October to May, because the month of June to September is usually ditch drained to break pest cycles.
Start The perfect is the intersection of MM UGM on the Road Ground. From here, there are two choices of routes. First, along the ditch Mataram to the west to meet the upper reaches of Sungai Progo, Ancol Village, Magelang regency. Second, along the Mataram ditch eastward to end at River Opak, Kalasan. Starting the trip in the morning, approximately at 06.00 pm, was the most fun because the air is still cool, not hot sun and lots of activities that can be seen an agrarian society.
Go to West Direction
When choosing to walk to the west, after passing Ring Road Western views of green fields will soon greet. Do not forget to turn briefly to the east as the sun was high. The sun shone brightly on the green rice fields and coconut trees, shadows appear on the surface water ditch that runs quietly. In the afternoon, sometimes a few students to practice canoeing nature lovers here.
After walking distance of 16 kilometers, you will enter the hamlet Barongan. Here, the trip will be similar to off road, Because you have to pass through the muddy trails and slippery, be careful not to slip. On both sides looked the door that connects the ditch water with rice fields surrounding people. You will realize that this ditch flow is the pulse of agriculture in Sleman district, Yogyakarta.
During the "off road" is also, YogYES had felt some unpleasant experiences, such as when watching the people around were Angon (Grazing) ducks, buffalo, and goats. After a grueling journey on the path through the land along approximately 1 mile, you will hit a dead end, blocked a form Krasak overdraft as deep as 5 meters. When going through a ditch before crossing the bridge over the river, here the bridge was not there. Then through which the ditch is flowing? It turns out down to the bottom, flows through an underground channel, then up again at the opposite, great is no pump at all! The laws of physics that will always mean the water surface used here. Because there are no bridges, you must turn directions through asphalt road when riding a motorcycle. When using a mountain bike, you can try the exciting experience across time in which the water is shallow with a shouldering mountain bike.
Approximately 5 miles from Krasak, you will arrive at the hamlet Ngluwar. And you shall again cause confusion Mataram ditch flow as suddenly disappeared. But do not think that you have reached the upstream flow, because the actual sewer flow still continues, through the tunnel under the village. Amazing is not it?
Two kilometers to the west of the village, you will get to the ditch upstream of Mataram, the Progo River. Looks small dam, called Weir Coral Talun, stem the flow of the Progo River. Water from the dam that then flows into the ditch Mataram. From the Ancol bridge above the dam, you can admire the swift flow of the Progo River which is also used as an arena for rafting. Your journey has been completed here.
Go to the East Direction
Different views will be found when selecting the appropriate ditch along the flow direction, toward the east. Some areas that will be passed is Gejayan, Depok, Maguwoharjo and Kalasan. Urban nuances will be more frequently encountered than Gejayan to Depok to the number of buildings and pavement cafes. If not fill the stomach, there's no harm in stopping the SGPC (sego pecel or rice pecel) Bu Wiryo north of Gadjah Mada University Faculty of Animal Husbandry.
New green rice fields will be found when it has reached the region Maguwoharjo. In some villages, you also have to cross a dirt road because the asphalt road that was built was not always in the direction of flow of the Mataram ditch. Dirt road in the eastern region is generally dry, so not slippery, but must still be careful because the roads are narrow, one-one you can be plunged into a ditch. Although even if it's fallen will be fine, but certainly not unbearable shame.
After reaching the area Kalasan, you can see an impressive panorama. From the dirt road on the right side of the ditch, you can see the center up to the top of Tara Temple. Expanse of paddy fields and tall trees into the background front. There is a paved road to the right if you want to stop by the temple that became relics of the oldest Buddhist culture in Yogyakarta.
From here, you still have to walk to the east to get to the ditch downstream of Mataram. Along the way, you will come across the ditch to flow under the railroad. Approximately 1 mile later, you will meet downstream flow of the Mataram ditch. Looks sewer water flowing downward, united with Opak River which flows south into the Indonesian Ocean. The view around was quite beautiful. Looks tall trees growing on the banks of the River Opak. The scene was a sign the end of the trip down the Mataram ditch flow eastwards.
Fun and Amazing
Mataram ditch along the stream, other than pleasant experience, will make us admire the designer. How not, the flow is from west to east as if "against the" laws of nature because of Mount Merapi in the north of Yogyakarta, causing the flow of the river here is usually from north to south is lower. Across the ditch above small-dozen times and through the tunnel under Krasak by utilizing the laws of physics, has decades of giving water for tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields and become one landmarks Yogyakarta.
