Jaladara Steamed Train can be hired for a group from Purwosari Train Station to Sangkrah Train Station with some stops enroute.

The train uses teak wood as fuel

The train interior using wood.

If you take route via Jolotudo or via sites, you will be passing some temples. There are still some temples located scattered that can not be passed with just normal climbing itinerary, 2 Days 1 Night. 
Though there are other routes which is faster, if you love history and maybe seeing the sites, you can take the route passing the temples.

Bayi Temple Site

Putri Temple Site

Gentong Temple Site

Sinta Temple Site

Carik Temple Site.

Lurah Temple Site.
This site has a bit vast flat area, suitable for camping 5-6 tents

Guru Temple Site
This temple is located before we reach the peak.

Solo has new museums displaying keris from Java and also from other regions of Indonesia. The three stories building also has diorama about keris making in the past, philosophies and intricacies about keris. 

The first floor displays information about the material of keris. The second floor displays about parts of keris: such as pesi, badik, waranggana. On the next floor displays keris and also tombak. 

I find it very interesting visiting this museum. There are some information in the museum that we never knew, like the part of keris or spears (Tombak) which is used to take out the intestines of the enemy, like what happened to Arya Penangsang. When he fought against Sutawijaya of Pajang Kingdom, and hot stabbed on his stomach, that his intestines was unpacked , that Aryo Penangsang must twine his intestines around his keris to keep on fighting. 

The museum is informative and it has also guide who can explain more to visitors. And it has lift facilities that it is disable friendly.

Located on slope of Mount Penanggungan, this museum with educative and entertaining is located. It taked about 2 hours drive from Solo City to Rumah Atsiri Indonesia, in Karanganyar. 

The tour is very educative, that visitors will know more about atsiri or essential oil. And i just knew that essential oil is not just fragrant but also flavor. There are essential oil plants that can be seen here such as: rose, rosemary, lemon grass, citronella, cendana, lavender, and many more. 

The establishment was still new, but in the near future, there will be tour to know the process of making essential oil. Right now, what is already read for visitors are Atsiri garden tour and enjoying marigold plaza and we can purchase essential oil made by Rumah Atsiri Indonesia. 

This establishment was planned by Indonesia’s first president, Soekarno, for essential oil factory, in cooperation with Belgium in 1960ies.  However it was stopped for some reason and since 2015 it was run by PT Rumah Atsiri Indonesia as museum. 

Balekambang village located on slope of Mount Penanggungan is not rich for its remnants of past history. The village on its slope also still preserve some traditions, and one of the tradition is Sedekah Bumi, a ritual as grateful gesture to God for good year, good harvest. 

One of the villages is Balekambang, located about 5 minutes drive from Jolotundo spring temple. This year, Sedekah Bumi ritual was held on 2nd May 2018. The villages brought some foods, fruits and other local snacks to the village altar located in the middle of the village. The altar itself has been there for generations. It is made of stones and on the four corner of the altar has poser of one meter height. After the celebration and prayer, the foods can be shared to other village members like in several villages. However in Balekambang, the foods are taken back home. I am not sure if this tradition is altered overtime, and maybe in the past they had meals together around the altar. Even though this tradition is not a  moslem tradition , yet the prayer for the ritual is in Islam. 

Not long after the ritual at the altar,  rattan fight is held. The participants are males. There is a live gamelan playing playful rhythm. There is a male who looks like the referee carrying rice on batik jarik spreading the rice along the fight. Before the fight starts, the rules are read, participants must not be angry after the fight, and must forgive each other after the fight. Participants must not aim to hit head and under the belly. 

The Ojum fight in Balekambang village is quiet unique, that it is not so hostile. The participants dance following the gamelan and fight once,and then dance again like a break. 

Women audience can give some money to the fighters for an appreciation.  

In Baki Village about 30 minutes from Solo City, you can enjoy horse cart ride or locally known as dokar. Baki Village is known for its batik, whether hand painted batik to some more modern batik.

This is the first step of Batik, making the first drawing using pencil on a glass and lamp on a white fabric.

The next step is waxing on the drawing, using hot wax and canting. Waxing is very important as it is used to differentiate colors on motives.

Coloring the fabric.

More modern kind of batik.

Screen Printing Batik.

Candi Sari is a big establishment, and estimated functioned as place to store items for ritual and discussion and where the priests lived. The Building is two-storey.

The wall of the temple is engraved beautifully with human size woman and man carving, kinara kinari and friendly kalamakara. The wall is sealed with vajralepa to make the color brighter and long lasting.

As the establishment is not for worshipping, the inside is brighter. Candisari has window around the walls, and it is believed that on the wall there were statues.

Candi Palgading is located in the middle of settlements. This temple is Buddhist temple, as it was found avalokitesvara statue on site. Avalokitesvara is the love god and protector God in Mahayana Buddha. The temple built in the heyday of Buddhism in INdonesia, about 9-10th Century.

Located about 11 KM from Yogyakarta City, this temple is not really well known. There is no stairs to enter the temple and probably in the past the stairs ti enter was made of organic material. The temple has niches with Nandiswara statue. While another niche is now empty. The temple is Hindu Temple by the fact that it has Yoni, Ganesha statue and Nandiswara statue.

There is a yoni locate inside the temple and kala makara decoration on the upper entrance.  

In my opinion the roof of the temple has similar to that of Bima Temple in Dieng, with kudu statue. On the top of the temple there is a lingga which is placed above a lotus pads.