We finally pulled into the Probolingo bus station at 10pm. We'd been told we'd arrive at 6. It had been a long and grueling day, battling heat, exhaustion, bus fumes, hunger and those intense, inquisitive stares. The bus had stopped off frequently along the roadside for the men to relieve themselves. The women had to wait for 8 hours, and even then the bus nearly left without us. But the biggest relief of all was to be there, wherever it was that we were. We had the name of a cheap hotel and the 'bemo' driver wanted to charge us 20,000 Rp to get there. The local price was 2,000 Rp. We finally managed to find a ride for 5,0000 Rp each and were taken to the wrong hotel. Inside they seemed to have made up
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