Assalamualikumwarahmatullahiwabarokatu
On October 14-16, I was a tour to Toraja . And this is my
tour story
first day, at 7.30 we gathered on the Makassar tourism
polytechnic campus precisely on the GO (orens building). Before departing, the
distribution of lagugge tags, id cards, and absence is done. At exactly 8:00 we
left for Toraja. And just like the previous tours, we were divided for the
first day, second day and third day, so during the Makassar trip to Toraja, the
4 participants were guiding. On our way through maros regency, pangkep regency,
barru regency. 4 hours drive we stopped at one of the restaurants in Barru, the
name of the restaurant is KUPA BEACH RESTAURANT. Before entering the restaurant
we are given a welcome drink like the picture below
the welcome drink tastes good, fresh, the welcome drink is
thick coconut juice. After drinking welcome drink, we entered into the
resaturant for lunch, after lunch we prayed in congregation at the mosque
restaurant, after prayer we returned to continue the seventh toraja trip by
passing through the city of Pare – Pare city, sidrap regency, Enrekang Regency.
On the trip in Enrekang the weather was cloudy and it did not rain for long,
but the rain was not so heavy. And in Enrekang we stopped at Bambapuang for
coffee break by seeing a very beautiful view of Mt Nona.
After the
coffee break we continue the trip to Toraja. Do not feel we have been 8 hours
on the way, we arrived in Toraja precisely in North Toraja at the indra hotel
at 19:10
after arriving at the hotel we
checked in then went to our rooms - each changed clothes to go to the
restaurant. when we were in the room we were given a welcome drink he said
earlier from the hotel forgot to give us time to arrive so they brought to our
room the welcome drink. After changing clothes at 20.00 we gathered in the
hotel lobby and then walked to the restaurant penyet chicken which is not too
far from the senses hotel. after dinner continue with the evaluation then
return to the hotel for a break.
The second day, morning call is
done at 04.50, then at 05.00 we gather in the lobby for those who want to take
a walk around the city, and for those who do not want to hang out at the lobby
at 06:00 then breakfast, and those who take the walk also have breakfast at
06.00. after breakfast return to each
room - each to prepare to leave for trackking. At 07.00 we left for the
trackking location, during the trip also conducted a guiding. This trip is
rather streamed because the road is slippery and small and our left or right
sides are sometimes cliffs, and if you pass another car there must be 1 car
that relents to retreat to look for a slightly wide road and then drive
Approximately
30 minutes we stopped in timenmbayo here we saw a very beautiful view, the
mountain fields, the trees are all very beautiful like paintings, here we are
not long because the streets are small and there is no place to park the bus so
we just look, take pictures and then continue the journey again. along the way
our eyes are spoiled with a very beautiful view and a very thick fog in the
morning
Not long after we arrived at
Loko'mata, Loka'mata was a stone grave. After we were given time to take
pictures then we surrounded this stone grave, when around the stone grave we
saw a grave that was still new, there was a stone still in the hole, and it
turned out to make a hole in the stone before it was burned to make it more
easy when working.
After that we met with tourists
from Australia who were tracked accompanied by 1 local tour guide. We also
talked to tourists whose name is Melani, he was very happy to take a stand in
Toraja and we also talked with the tourguide who accompanied us to be very
lucky to be able to talk with Melani and Turguide because we got more
information about Toraja.
after that we started doing soft
trackking from loko’mata during the trip we got a very beautiful view, and very
friendly citizens. On the trip we saw there was a crowd we were haunted and it
turns out residents are doing mutual cooperation to raise the pole tongkonan.
Stone to raise the pole should
not be lifted but must be dragged. And here I see a pig that has been processed
This pig looks really good from
its aroma, and said the boiled mothers will be served to the fathers who have
worked, this processed pig is just like a konro cow. and here we met with
tourists from Japan. Tourists from Japan are their husband and wife come to
Toraja without using the tourguide, they travel around toraja using the
motorbike they rent. After seeing the residents working together we continued
to trackking. 30 minutes later we arrived at mentirotiko restaurant
restaurant that offers a very
beautiful natural scenery, and this restaurant is subscribed to the Caucasians,
Caucasians, and here we are served traditional food that is papiong,
Chicken marinated in coconut and
other spices cooked in bamboo and papiong tastes very good. After lunch we pray
at the mosque restaurant and then we take the bus to the next trackking
location, we are only 15 minutes on the trip and then we get off the bus to
continue tracking. on our trip we stopped by to see residents who were carving
tongkonans
it looks so cool, my eyes keep
watching the person who carved the tongkonan because it looks so cool all the
size is exactly the same. After seeing the carvings we continued our journey
and we saw a very high gravestone,
the higher the tombstone means
the higher the degree while living. And tombstones here are old or can only be
seen from the stone, if the stone is mossy and overgrown with plants then the
stone means it's been a long time. We are also trekking through the fields,
there are some friends who fell like a very exciting moment in my opinion.
We
also stopped by to see the residents' buffalo, the overall black-colored and
also the white-colored buffalo on the body, the buffalo bonga, which has a large
size. For an ordinary buffalo that costs 85 million rupiah, and for an unusual
buffalo like a bonga teddy it costs 350 million rupiah.
We visited people’s homes with
lots of buffalo horns , and there is a tongkonan that has a necklace that means
that the tongkonan has 24 times cut buffalo.
All residents who were met during
the track were all very friendly, and the last we visited was a baby's grave in
a tree trunk or commonly called a baby grave in a tree. Not all trees can be
made as a grave for infants only the Tarra tree 'because the tarra tree has pus
which is believed to feed deceased babies, and not all babies can also be
buried in the tree, only babies who do not yet have teeth that can be used bury
in a tree
At
the baby grave location we met with tourists from France, he came alone and
without tourguide. French tourists ask us to make videos by greeting their
children. We enjoyed meeting this traveler.
After that we finally saw the
bus. We did not immediately get on the bus but we were alone in the rice fields
sitting - sitting while eating refresmant then boarded the bus and returned to
the indar hotel
While on the way to go, it felt
like a long time, and when we got home very quickly arrived at the hotel and it
turned out we were very far away, we all did not expect, we were great and we
were happy. too far from the hotel.
After that we returned to the
hotel on foot from Tami to the hotel. When we arrived at the hotel, we went
straight to our rooms - each to take a break, to take a shower and at 7 we
gathered again in the lobby then we walked back to the restaurant penyet
chicken, after the evening meal continued with the evaluation for the tour that
day, then headed back hotel for rest
Day three, morning call at 05.00
and 06.00 we have breakfast, when breakfast we have to bring our goods in the
lobby as well as check out, after breakfast we immediately take the bus to the
Rantepo market to shop, here we are given 30 minutes to shop , unfortunately
because at 07.00 we went to the market there were still many kiosks that were
not yet open. But many friends buy traditional toraja cakes, deppatory, many
are shopping for bags, clothes, toraja gloves, etc.
After that we continue the
journey to Makassar, and we also singga at the Toraja land roundabout to see
the male statue of Padada,
then we continue the journey and
on the way home we returned to stop in Bambapuang for coffee break for approximately
1 hour we returned to continue the journey to Makassar. After 4 hours of our
trip singga on the terrace terrace in the city of Pare - Pare for lunch
after lunch we returned to
continue the journey to Makassar and in maros relapse back to dinner at the
ideal rastaurant, then after eating we continue the journey to Makassar , and
at 20.37 we arrived at the beloved campus of Makassar tourism polytechnic.
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