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Inspired by @ruffatotmeee's walk through her neighborhood, I wanted to share some of my recent experience exploring parts of Tasikmalaya through walking. In my current job, some of the responsibilities I have to do is to collect data of the planted trees and building in the impacted area. Just so happens, the location is nestled underneath Mt. Galunggung which makes the region quite charming on its own way.

The weather can be quite cold during the evening but still quite pleasant. Though during the day, it gets extremely hot and makes it quite challenging to actually work in the field. But it's the risk and we get paid for it. So all we have to do including myself is just walk through it.

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Through that 7 days, we walked through fields that looked like this. It's dry season and it's why the field isn't being worked on. It's simply empty vast field and in the future, this area perhaps could be the main road. The mountain can be seen through this picture and when we were there, typically, it wasn't always a sunny day.

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In some of the field visits, I get to see this fungi around the field. It was such an experience because I rarely step out of my chair and home to be able to be in the field. Though still, I don't know why it's hard for me to lose the weight 😄

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This is also the reason why I rarely post during site visit. It is already quite exhausting. There's also interesting area during my walk that I walked across was this volcanic stones around this area. Apparently, this exact site used to be a small hill which people now use as a source for sand mining.

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You can already tell from the picture that there's little to none clouds that shade us. This looked like walking an ancient/stone era place. So, I actually think that this could be a tourist spot on its own if it's well-developed.

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In case you're wondering why the date is different, that is because it is taken across different time. I walked a lot during the last 7 days but unfortunately, nothing was truly done well and I am now going back home having a bit more headache. Yet the view of the surrounding area is truly unmatched. This one was one of those best experiences so far.

I feel like whenever I do onsite visit, I always get to see beautiful places and walking through it. Maybe, for some of my co-workers these are usual but for me, it's not something I get to experience everyday.

Now that I get to see where I walked around, I feel so blessed to have been exploring this nook and crannies of Indonesia. I have more stories to tell but for now, this walk through the field is one that gets my attention and something that can be used as a prelude to my other stories from Tasikmalaya.

See you in my next adventure story!

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𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺.
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Comments · 4

  • @ceszianne(68)· 4d

    Peaceful walk and very beautiful views.

  • @mhe(67)· 5d

    True! 😄 Sometimes work takes us to places we never expected to see. It’s nice when the journey comes with new experiences and beautiful views along the way. 🌿✨

  • @caroscope(54)· 6d

    @macchiata the place look like much o=withntye places in the Philippines.Missing the country side feels.

  • @teknon(73)· 6d

    I remember one time school made me do something similar. It was a field assignment where we had to collect data from locals. At first, it felt like a hassle, one hell of a punishment 😂. But once we journeyed to the area we were assigned to, it actually became fun.

    The sun was scorching, though. It was one hell of an adventure, but an interesting one too, because I got to discover new things and see different ways of life.

    So yeah, I can imagine how brutal and fun those walks must feel under that kind of weather. Hopefully, your next site visit comes with a little more shade and a lot less headache.