21/05/2025
Choppy ride at 1am on another jeep. To King Kong Hill for volcanoes viewings. There's no way to get a clear photo in the shaky vechicle.
The reason to get up so early was to avoid being too far away from the viewing area.
Rest area waiting for sunrise.
One whole stretch of such rest stops, selling beverages, cup noodles and some little souvenirs. The opposite were washrooms, not too clean but no smell.
I didn't even have energy to feel tired lolxx...
Secretly wished there were BBQ skewers.
Day break looked like sunset. The string of yellow lights were jeeps lined up on the road. Being late allowed more sleep, but had to walk quite a few km up and down.
Sea clouds at the wrong place. Was so excited to see them in Sapa, then here I prayed that they get blown away and get lost.
I found GD's daisy.
But it was ok, cos he was with me.
Suddenly Mt Cemeru began to smoke, wow...
Thank you for being with me.
This was the best view we had before leaving.
Personally I feel that coming after the crowd disperse (any time after 8am) can save a lot of agony, from a person who had seen numerous sunrise and sunsets.
Drove for 5 to 10mins to Sea of (black) Sand which was unavoidable to get to Mt Bromo.
The area only allowed horse ridding or motorbikes (which I am not sure of how to rent one).
Read online that ang mos felt that it's animal abuse to ride on the horses.
But if I didn't ride on one, I am abusing myself. So I tried to get a strong looking horse for 60kg.
It was 1 to 2km with slopes, it's tedious for me.
Foot of Mt Bromo and the scenery was something I never seen before.
My legs turned jelly and knelt down on one of these steps you see at the right side of this photo. Broke my skin on one knee and later I went pouting my lips at him.
Could this be Mt Batok?
So it was about 250 normal concrete steps up, not forgetting coming down was the same 250 steps.
I had arthritis, panadol, sports tape, stubbornness, cat's curiosity and love for nature pushing me through.
Looking down from the top, it was cloudy.
Reached the crater, then had no courage to walk any further cos there wasn't any fence whatsoever, one could slide down into and instantly became an offering to their gods.
Bumped into friendly Taiwanese who helped me with this photo. Then the next day, we meet again in Mt Ijen.
The crater was smoking and could hear it rumbling and roaring. It was once in a life time experience that I would never forget.
Was it dangerous? I don't know, but there were hundreds and thousands of visitors including myself, all alive.
Mt Batok??
Then I had this young man to take a photo for me.
Looked at the landscape formed by lava.
I had no idea how I made it down... The landscape was out of the world.
Such a neat looking volcano isn't it.
The little stall selling dried flowers as offerings and other souvenirs.
Butt pain horse ride back to Sea of Sands where he waited for me.
Photos taken by him.
Finally back to the resort for breakfast.
Then it was a 6hrs drive to Mt Ijen area.
Pee cum smoke stop, ice-cream not nice.
Sleeping in the car was on and off, it was so tiring that we had Mcdonald's drove in for dinner.
Reached EL hotel around 7.30pm and had to leave at 12.30am, urrggg...
He was so afraid that I might eat him up, in such a hurry, he left his phone. Then he came back for it with a sheepish face lolxx...
Very nice hotel, but time spend was hardly 12hrs in total.
Wanted to cry for having to leave at 12.30am.
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