Blogs from Mount Bromo, Java, Indonesia, Asia - page 2

Vi havde bestil en tre dags vulkan tur mens vi var paa Borneo. Her blev vi hentet af privat chaufoer kl 8.00 i Yogya. Turen startede lige med 12 timers koeretur gennem rismarker, skoen natur og elendige veje. Vi ankom til vores hotel op af vulkanen Bromo kl 20. Her fik vi lige lidt aftensmad som bestod af en pakke nudler mums, inden vi lagde os til at sove vi skulle op kl 03.15 for at vi kunne naa op paa toppen og se solopgangen. Og ja billederne taler vist for sig selv. Herefter gik turen videre i bil i 9 timer og vi ankom til nok verdens klammeste hotel kl 16. Efter en laekker frokost bestaaende af to chokolade boller hver og en pose chips, traengte vi lige til en laekker aftensmad bestaaende af en ... read more

We checked out the hotel at Banyuwangi to cath the train to Probolinggo from where we would continu to see Mount Bromo and its crater. The morning train had already left, so we had to take the next train (economy) at noon, that was gonna take between 5 and 6 hours to bring us to Probolinggo. Still a few hours to go so we went back to the hotel to relax by the pool and left again later for a second time... great hej this kind of travelling, luckily we had plenty of time! We got on the train, a very slow train that stopped in every little station... It took more then 6 hours and we were all very tired by arrival. The train was like a true market place, at every stop hawkers got ... read more

by Jan After spending 10 whole days in Jogja, it was time to move on, if we wanted to see some other parts of Indonesia. We booked a tour which included the transportation to Mt. Bromo, accomodation for a night and a transportation to Bali the day after. We got picked up in front of a hotel close to where we were staying at 9 am, as agreed. It all started off really well. The mini van was already more or less full when we got picked up, so I sat next to the driver, while Polona got a seat in the last row, next to a Polish couple who didn't understand that they are supposed to share the three seats with another person. The 350 km drive took us more than 12 hours as there ... read more

few days left till Pierre going to leave Malang.. no wonder we used any spare time we have to be on some trip together.. and this time we went to see Bromo which already in eruption for about 2-3 months.. actually Bromo is an active volcano which always smoking, but about 3 months back then, it's started to explode!! had no idea how bad is the eruption till we reach there.. these time I only knew the news from newspaper only, not on the real place!.. now, let me share you this eruption story.. hoho.. Happy weekend!!.. :* why happy weekend? well, cause we went on weekend! hah, what a lame sentence :d.. so, before I already planned to do some backpacker style using public transport via Tumpang town, then rent motorbike there for only 100000IDR ... read more

Luxe! een middelbare-school vriend van Erica woont en werkt in Java, hij heeft zijn eigen meubel industrie met fabrieken in verschillende locatie's in Java en heeft ons uitgenodigd voor een bezoek, wat uitgelopen is tot een verblijf van 3 dagen in een luxe appartement met geweldig uitzicht en zwembad. Eindelijk werden onze kleren uitgewassen door bedienden wat uiteindelijk gestreken op ons bed lag te wachten om vervolgens nooit meer in aanraking te komen met warm water en zeep. Elke dag zijn we drie keer uit eten gegaan waar ik een waar culinair hoogtepunt heb mogen bereiken, voor Anka werd de vegetarische Indonesische keuken ontbloot en eindelijk werden de onverklaarbare gerechten ontcijfert door Reina (de vrouw van Oscar). Gado gado is de nieuwe hamburger voor ons leken uit de lokale keuken. Helaas, Aan al dit westerse toilet, ... read more