I must be crazy but I wish to plan itinerary for the next trip! It can be the basis for discussion with Mas Kaboel.

Day 1 (Preferably Saturday)
0845 Board AirAsia AK6381 from Kuantan to LCCT
1335 Board AirAsia AK1004 from LCCT to Yogjakarta
1525 Arrived at Yogjakarta Airport
1630 Travel straight to Dieng Plateau (estimated 6 hours journey).
Route: Yogja-Magelang-Temanggung-Wonosobo, unless there is a shortcut!
2200 Arrived at Dieng Plateau – overnight here

Day 2
Visit places at Dieng Plateau from sunrise to sunset

Day 3
0500 Travel to Mt Sindoro basecamp (braekfast along the way)
0700 We should be able to start the trekking (approx 6-7 hours, should be max 12 hours)
(maybe via Kledung, and trekking down via Sigedang – I don’t know which one is better)
1900 Should reach the last Post by now. Camping here.

Day 4
0500 Ascend to the summit – still not sure the exact route
0700 Should be able to go back to the tent & packing
0800 Trekking down
1900 Arrived at basecamp.
If we can sleep there, we just sleep there, else have to check-into the nearby hotels in Wonosobo.

Day 5
0500 Travel to Yogjakarta (5 hours drive)
1000 Arrived at Yogjakarta. Can visit outdoor boutique or Malioboro again.
Lunch & solat there.
1400 Drive to airport.
1555 Board AirAsia AK1005 from Yogjakarta to LCCT
1925 Arrived at LCCT
1200 Board the last bus to Kuantan! Or with a MAS SuperSaver, we can fly using MAS.

This trip is a ‘santai’ trip. I don’t like sleeping inside a van. So we should plan our travelling nicely. And we need good sleep especially before & after the tiring trekking. So who are with me for this trip?

A picture of Sindoro…..from flickr

Sindoro & Sumbing (The Twin SUSI Mountains)….maybe Arey & Paie would want to skip Dieng & attack Sumbing then together we can go to Sindoro…

How about the view from the top?

Some references:

1. http://www.joglosemar.co.id/mt_sindoro.html
2. http://isackfarady.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/back-packing-to-sindoro-sumbing-part-i/
3. http://blog.kenz.or.id/2005/05/16/slower-rain-pendakian-gunung-sindoro-6.html

About the flight…

Just a teaser….

So for flight from LCCT-JOG, its about RM400 each….and for KUA-KUL returns flight, super saver price…If AirAsia offers special price, or RM0 fare, then without further ado, I’ll buy the ticket!

About extra RM200 per person if we want to fly from Ktn-KL…emmmm….but the journey will be more comfortable. Since it will be a long time till Feb July 2009…we should start saving….

Update: What a coincidence. Just musing about AirAsia’s promotion….but it will be in my busiest months of the year!

About the date…

Can you all see the date? 7-11th Feb is OK? Meaning 3 working days. So need to apply 3 days leave. Need longer time?

OK here is a snippet about Java climate…

So, its true April-August is the best time to visit Java. And its coincide with AirAsia offer….so I will finalise the date & it should be in July 2009. Wah…another one complete year!!

Maybe mid-July we will go to Dieng-Sindoro. As for Bali-Rinjani……I don’t know. One trip per year should be OK I guess……

About the people…

For ‘petualang’ from Kuantan OK or not? We should aim for max 9 people for this trip, as this is the most cost-effective number. Oh btw, we need people who can setup tent, willing to cook (teh hangat…..boil the canned food….those simple stuff) & willing to carry maybe upto 15kg backpack. If we can get a proper porter than we can hire one. Else we have to carry stuff ourselves.

Muahahahaha…..4 people already given me their names….

1. Me of course
2. dR ali
3. Nizam
4. Kavalera –> the first to confirm
5. Jasni

Jasni, are you coming? Remi, you can fill-in the rest. That’s quota for Orang Gunung! Else many Orang Gunung wannabe wanna go.

About the gears…

I plan to bring my 35L Future Deuters instead. And a usual travel slig bag. Because from the previous experiences, most of the time the bag will be at the top of the van. And when we trek, we only need to bring a pair of cloth, the tent, water (maybe) & taht’s all. The rest are camera stuff.

I think I am crazy…..