22/05/2025
1am travelling on snake road on the way to Mt Ijen.
Waiting for the another local guide to bring me up while my personal one could catch up with sleep.
Filter made me looked so cute, in reality I cui until beyond without makeup.
I had to give in to women who could do full makeup in wee mornings.
Damn stupid looking with a head lamp.
Entering into Mt Ijen.
And darn, it was windy.
I paid about S$100 to hire people to pull me up and down on a cart. It was a very long way, took about 45mins.
Initially I was very heartache over S$100 but later I felt really bad, they deserved the hard earn money.
One ang mo helped the worker to pull, haiz...
Solidified sulphur!
The guide gave me this and I tugged it home as a souvenir.
It's around 3am. Eyes felt stink and sulphur was strong had to wear a mask
The guide knew I would insist to go down for the blue fire. So he showed me this path to get down.
CMI, even if I made it down, how to get back up sia... It was quite ashamed that my weak legs couldn't make it. Work for it and travel while you are young. Don't get married and held up in life... travel.
So these photos were taken by the guide with my phone. He took an hour down, another hour to get back. I waited for him in the wind for 2hrs.
Let me go open my gas stove for these sights I didn't see with my own eyes.
Day started to break around 4am, I finally able to see where I was standing.
The crater with a big pool of sulphur in magical tiffany blue. But when the wind blew it was so pungent.
The smoke/cloud/fog (whatever), went on and off, so we had to wait for the right time to take photos when the crater pond was revealed.
Sweeeee until out of the world.
No regrets even if this was the last time I get to travel.
I sat onto one of these barrow cart to get down lolxx... The locals called it their Lamborghini lolxx...
On the way down, was it another volcano? Or a normal mountain?
The scenery was breath taking.
Back to the foot of Mt Ijen.
And back into his arms.
The piece of sulphur that I brought home.
On the way back to the hotel through lush forest.
EL Hotel.
Went for buffet breakfast.
It was my last meal with him.
Pity that I didn't get to enjoy the pool and facilities of the hotel.
I suddenly realized that we had to part soon.
Ketapang Port.
He left and we will never meet again.
Free seating with locals and some tourists.
I shouldn't be, but I was crying for no reason.
Let the sea breeze took away the tears.
Goodbye!
The tourists (from Taiwan, China and other countries) were all so well behaved, they actually queue up to alight the ferry. I didn't join the queue, my porter told me to sit. Then when the ferry docked, I followed my little porter walked straight out leaving the queue behind. I had no idea what was the queue's reaction cos I dare not look back. I wasn't in my best mood anyway and smoked my way out.
My car was already waiting for me.
The car was very plushy and comfortable, made the 4hrs drive to Canggu better.
The Prime Canggu, it was gorgeous!
Paid around S$100/night, they gave me breakfast for free, luckily I never opted to pay more for breakfast during booking.
It's stated as 32sqm, but I think it was easily 45sqm.
The interior was classy and the bed was extremely comfortable.
Had 4 bottles of drinking water, 2 at the TV console and 2 at the vanity counter.
The bathtub was huge enough for 2 adults.
Dinner - room service: S$7.20 Nasi Goreng Kampung with FOC welcome mojito.
It was so good!
It was a rainy night, hoped next day would be sunny.
