The fruit falls near the tree… ~ Indonesian Proverb HE SAID... Today we were travelling east from Mount Bromo to Kalibaru– by road. We checked out of the Grand Whiz Hotel, clambered into the back of a minibus and left the volcanic Bromo region at 10:30am. The descent was slow, as we were dropping from a high altitude. We eventually levelled on flat land, turned onto a busy road and sped towards Kalibaru. We stopped at a petrol station around midday for a short break, picked up some fried banana chips from an IslamicMart (attached to the petrol station) and then continued our eastward journey. We passed affluent villages with old colonial homesteads and dwellings. We passed less affluent villages with basic dwellings and evident poverty. We passed sugar cane plantations, tobacco plantations, rice fields, palm
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