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The sun appears in a reddish color at approximately 5:00 pm, poking among the twigs of trees are green. Its rays made the heavens are divided in three main colors, blue, orange and yellow. In unison when the color of the sky began to split, group of black birds began to enliven the space and create an original sound soil insects slowly melirih fast.

Four big mountains in Java Island, namely Merapi, Merbabu, Cleft, and Sindoro poking among the white mist. The thickness of the white mist that looks like the waves that drown the remaining land to form a composition of only the fields and trees siring footprint located on higher ground. From behind a white mist, too, the top stupa Borobudur Temple looks black appears on the surface of the ocean mist.

That's the scenery that can be seen at dawn when it stood at Suroloyo Peak, the highest in the Mountains Menoreh buykit located at 1091 meters above sea level. To enjoy it, you must pass through a sharp winding roads and a fairly steep incline menakhlukkan, and began the journey at least at two o'clock in the morning. Two routes can be selected, the first route Godean Road - Sentolo - Kalibawang and the second route Magelang Street - Market Muntilan - Kalibawang. The first route was chosen because it would be better to bring you up faster. Of course you should be in excellent physical condition, as well as vehicle fuel must contain full and if necessary carry spare tires.

After walking about 40 km, you will see a signboard at the Spring Sono. You can turn left to get to the Peak Suroloyo, but you go on first suggested as far as 500 meters to meet with a small T-junction and turn left because the road is more subtle. From there, you still have to climb another 15 km to get to the Peak Suroloyo. A tiring trip indeed, but it paid off with beautiful scenery can be seen.

Your sign has been up on the hill is the invisibility of Suroloyo three substations of view that is also known as the hermitage, each named Suroloyo, Sariloyo and Kaendran. Suroloyo is the hermitage of the first encountered, can be reached by walking up the stairs with a slope of 286 300-600. From the top, you can see more clearly the Borobudur Temple, Mount Merapi and Merbabu, and the views of the city of Magelang when the fog did not cover.

Suroloyo Hermitage is the most legendary. According to the story, in this hermitage Raden Mas Stimulation is then styled Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo be imprisoned for running wangsit who come to him. In the book Cabolek Yosodipuro Ngabehi works written in the 18th century, Sultan Agung had two wangsit, first that he would become ruler of Java that runs pushed westward until he came in the Mountains Kotagede Menoreh keduia that he should melakuykan kesatrian asceticism in order to become ruler .

Towards another hermitage, you will see different scenery. At the top Sariloyo located 200 meters west of the hermitage Suroloyo, you will see Mount Cleft and Sindoro more clearly. Before you reach the monastery, you can see the monument of the provincial border with Central Java DIY standing on flat ground Hot Tegal. From the hermitage Sariloyo, if you walk 250 meters and up to the hermitage Kaendran, you will be able to see the city skyline and the beauty of Kulon Progo panati Glagah.

After the third view in the hermitage, you can walk around and see Suroloyo Peak area of population activities in the morning. Usually, starting at around 5 o'clock in the morning the people had been left to field-rolled cigarettes while sucking. When you walk in near the residents, the savory aroma of incense will greet the senses of smell because most men who smoke rolled tobacco mix with the smell of incense to menyedapkan.

In addition to having wonderful scenery, the Peak Suroloyo also save a myth. This peak is believed as a mecca Pancering earth (center of the four corners) in the land of Java. Local people believe that this summit is a meeting of two lines drawn from north to south and from west to east Java. With myth, history and natural scenery, of course is the perfect place to visit on the first day in the new year.