Name : Sutiah
SRN : 1801121345
Class : Essay Writing (B)
" Sunset From the Top of Tangkiling Hill"
Holiday
second semester last time, before my friend returned to his hometown she
invited me to tour to Tangkiling hill. At first I was hesitant to join because
I thought we were just the two of us, but after hearing the persuasion and he
turned out to bring another friend, I finally decided to join. However, I also
brought my cousin, who happened to be not going home at that time. We also
agreed to use two motorbikes to go to Tangkiling hill, and take turns
piggybacking. Because this is my first experience to go climbing a hill, it
must be very tiring.
Friday
morning around 10:00 am, I and three of my friends left from boarding house
where I headed for Tangkiling. The journey takes approximately 2-hours by
motorcycle. Because it was Friday, so we decided to stop for a while at a food
stall, while waiting for Friday prayers to finish. After the Friday prayer was
over, we immediately drove to the registration place for climbing the
Pergasingan Hill. The registration fee for one person is IDR 10,000 and the
motorbike maintenance fee is 5,000 per-motor. After the registration business
is complete, the registration officer then gives us a trash bag to take our trash,
my friend asked the officer, "what is this trash bag for?", and the
officer said “If you want to throw trash, you have to throw it in this trash
bag, if you get caught littering you will be fined". Yeah, it's one of the
best ways to keep the hill clean and to educate people about how important the
cleanliness is. But, I also saw quite a lot of rubbish on my way climbing to
the hill.
Finally,
we also began our climb to the top of Tangkiling hill which is about 500 m
high. The first track we had to take was the stairs that were quite uphill.
This track is easy to pass because the terrain is still flat. About 10 minutes
later, we began to enter the second track. The second track is very challenging
and quite draining because the road continues uphill and without stairs to
climb. Here we must be careful when walking, because if not then the
consequences will be fatal. As a home-based child whose job is only to lie down
and work on college assignments, climbing hills with a height of approximately
500 m, is something unique that I am quite or very tiring for me, because this
is the first time for me to climb. Not infrequently I ask my cousin to rest for
a while to let go of fatigue, and the results of my friends and their friends
first to the top of the hill. Finally, after about 1-hour hike, we arrived at
the top of Tangkiling hill. Finally! The atmosphere at the peak of the time was
quite quiet, there were only us. Well, maybe it's because of Friday.
The
view from the top of this hill is very beautiful. In front of us, we can see
the appearance of the beautiful city of Palangkaraya. Really beautiful scenery.
We then started taking photos from the summit to be captured. After that we sat
relaxed enjoying the evening atmosphere at the top of Bukit Tangkiling. The
dawn has returned to his bed and leaves an orange sky that is so beautiful to
the eye. What a beautiful sky.
The
clock had shown at around 6 pm, and we immediately packed all of our equipment
and started heading home, with going through the same path. We walked home
feeling happy and happy and satisfied.