Blogs from Bromo Tengger Semeru, Java, Indonesia, Asia - page 6

We see the day and the night coming and passing by, the change of seasons, flowers blooming and fading, snow falling and melting, the sun, the clouds, the rain, the storm, the thunder... coming and going... and all that reminds us that this blue-green planet we are dwelling on is in a constant change. In some parts of this world, you have the chance to see volcanoes. Volcanoes have something magical and seducing, they are beautiful and scary, they can be peaceful now and a few moments later destructive. They show that this earth of ours is actually alive and kicking, and constantly changing not just on the surface but deep inside as well. Volcanoes do all kinds of interesting things, they sleep, grow, grudge and explode. While you're reading this, somewhere a volcano is pouring ... read more

Arrived at my destination in Bromo by mini van 10 hours from Yogyakarta and nearly got my foot run over when I got out because the driver didn't put the handbrake on, but the live band's Bob Marley remix 'I shot the tourist, but I did not shot their travellers cheques' made the night. I was going to walk the 6 hour route that took in all of the volcanoes in the area starting at 3 in the morning. Good job I took a jeep instead cause I was out of breath in the 30 minutes it took up the steps to the first volcano. The views were amazing. The landscape looks like your on the moon, hopefully someday in the not so distant future my travels will take me there. Now I'm in Bali, and ... read more

From Yogyakarta we took a 10hr hair raising mini-bus through to East Java...our mission...to climb an active volcano called Gunung Bromo... Gunung Bromo is natures Borobudur, compared with Java's other major peaks, Bromo (2392m) is a proper midget mind! But it's: 'the beauty within its setting'...which makes it Java's best destination...apparently? "Shuttup! thats just another mountain volcano fing init?"...well no, Bromo is one of three volcanoes that have risen from the guts of a huge 10km crater, Tengger Caldera (in case you were wondering!) We were woken early (again..grr) at 3.30am by the hired driver...then hastefully shoved into the back of a 4x4. We were also joined by two Dutch dudes, who also looked half asleep. The roads were incredibly fogy and very very steep! It was an eerie drive! After an hour we reached our ... read more

The trip from Denpasar, Bali to Probolinggo, Java, was a real day long adventure. We decided to take the earlier, economic bus despite all the travel agents telling us to take the Eksecutif (which only cost about 1 dollar more). But I insisted that we had the real experience, together with the locals. At first, everyone looked hostil. I did not feel at ease, and fell bad for the decision I made. Smoking, heat, vendors everywhere, constant stops, beggars, amateur musicians. It was a ackward experience for a few hours. All of a sudden this old man sat beside me, with a kid. He kindly offered me a nasty piece of fried fish, bought from the vendor inside the bus. Although worried (Robert had just been really sick the day before), I decided to accept the ... read more

an end-of-the-world place another supernatural moonscape where gunung batok, bromo and kursi just put altogether in a plain lava sand then mahameru is smoking in a distance this year is a complete mission where i also do trekking to gunung penanjakan viewpoint early morning before sunrise then heading to ranu pani by myself! thank God, love you in every single minute for this gift i love this national park adore her more than ever! ... read more