The Gate
It's holiday, I want to have a great holiday. It's been a really stressfull semester for me, especially after the exam in one of the University in Jakarta. I'm planning to go to Mount Padang, Cianjur West Java with my brother.
Why Mount Padang? Because it's really unique. It is not a mountain actually. It looks like a mountain but actually it's a megalithic site, some people thought it's a pyramid. A very old pyramid, older than the pyramid in Egypt. From what I read it is 15000 years old. I have a feeling that I will find something interseting there.
After some preparation, we left Jakarta to Mount Padang. My brother drive the car, it tooks 5 hours to get there.
From the far, I can see Gunung Padang. It is like a pyramid covered with a lot of plants and trees. My tiredness just disappear when I see it. There is some feeling that I dont understand when I saw it, a sense of longing but longing of who?
Mount Padang located at 885 metres (2,904 ft) above sea level, the site covers a hill in a series of terraces bordered by retaining walls of stone that are accessed by about 400 successive andesite steps rising about 95 metres (312 ft). It is covered with massive rectangular stones of volcanic origin. The Sundanese people consider the site sacred and believe it was the result of King Siliwangi's attempt to build a palace in one night. The asymmetric step pyramid faces northwest, to Mount Gede and was constructed for the purpose of worship.
There are some terraces in each side of Mount Padang. The south side with its 5 stone terraces, the east side has 100 stone terraces with width and height of 2 by 2 metres (6 ft 7 in × 6 ft 7 in). The west side also has stone terraces but is still covered by soil and bush, and the north side has a 1.5 metre-wide staircase, as well as terraces. Wall-side construction of the terraces is similar to that of Machu Picchu in Peru.
"I want to know the west side, Ka." I said to my brother when we just entering the location.
"We better go to the east side." My brother said calmly.
"I thing west side is better." My feeling told me that there is something there.
"Why?"
"I don't know, I thing it's more interseting on the west side."
"More trees and bushes on the west side, we better go the east side the scenery is good." He pointed at the west side, it's true.
I don't want to compromise with my brother, because I need to make sure my feeling. "I prefer west side."
"Ok, if you want to go to west side go ahead, I will go to the east and we meet again here in 1 hour."
"Ok."
We separate. I follow my feet to the west. The farther I walked the longing got stronger.
A lot of soil and bushes covered the terraces of west side. I found a big rock between some terraces, it looks like a door. I clean the soil and bushes from that rock. After it quite clean I saw on the surface it has some sculpture, looks like some symbols. Under the symbols there are sculpture of two palm on it, right and left. I clean the soil on it and I saw 2 line, simian line just like mine. I was amazed.
I took a picture of it and send it to simians group in Facebook. I put my phone cell in my pocket then try to make a pair with my hand because the size of the sculpture is perfectly the same with my hand. I push my hand, and I feel a vibration from the rock.
"It's moving." I muttered.
I was shock but my curiosity is bigger so I give more push and the rock slowly move.
I took one step backward when the door slowly open. There is a cave behind the door. I walk through the door. It was dark and cold, I turn on the light on my phone cell. I wonder what is inside.
There is a torch on the wall, but I can't light the torch because I don't bring any lighter. I keep walking inside carefully because the ground is slippery. I feel damp and cold, and the spider web is every where I have to clear it out of my way. I keep moving and at the end, I found a big roundrock on the ground. There are sculptures on it and it looks like some writings, symbols. All of it looks like ancient not a modern writings. And in the center there are two palm with simian line again. It's really weird. My curiosity told me to step on the rock, and I do it.
I put phone cell in my pocket then put my hand on the sculpture. Make a pair with my palm. Something open up on the wall of the cave. A yellow light suddenly ray on me. My body feels hurt, it feels like my body turn into pieces and then everything turns dark, I lost my consciousness.
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Slowly, I open my eyes and move my fingers. I feel hurt all over my body. I try to get up and look around and I'm not in a cave. There is a sun above me and protruding plants everywhere.
"What is this place? Why am I here and how?" I asked myself.
I decided to walk even though my body aches, I need to know the place where I am at. I walk a few steps and look around. From my observations I am in a temple ruins. The temple looks really old, it covered with grass, soil and trees.
I checked on my pocket, my cell phone is still there. I feel lucky because I can call my brother to get help. I took it from my pocket. My cell phone was still on but no signal, how can I call my brother?
"Anybody there?" I shouted and hoping that someone will help me. But no answer. This place is very quite.
This is not Mount Padang, I do not recognize this place. Where am I?
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