Arriving Surabaya late in the afternoon
Immediately in a transport for the journey to Mount Bromo, a still active volcano,
The journey will take 5hours throughout the better part of the night, so we stopped by for dinner.
There are 4 stages to the journey to Mount Bromo:-
1. from Surabaya to Lava View (stopover chalet for resting) takes 5hours
2. From Lava view to check point A (before dawn) by 4 wheel drive
3. from check point A to check point B climbing up to the look out point riding on ponies
4. from check point B climbing up on foot to the look out point. all these in complete darkness. to watch the sunrise overlooking the Mount Bromo itself.
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at the lookout point waiting for the sunrise
Views of Mount Bromo at sunrise. The views are breathtaking.
coming down from the lookout point to the ponies
going down to the 4wheel drive
Journey to the foot of Mount Bromo
riding ponies to the foot of Mount Bromo
a temple at the foot of Mount Bromo
at the foot of mount Bromo
climbing up to the crater of Mount Bromo
"common dad I pull u up"
the crater still steaming, the last explosion was in early 2011, you can still see the effects of the explosion surrounding the area.
at the top
sitting next to the smoking crater
going down was easy
beautiful but strange landscape at the sand sea
return to the Lava View for breakfast and ready for journey back to Surabaya
beautiful views coming down from the mountain range
at a small town on the way
Stopping to sample the Durian fruits
we also stopped at some interesting places like this apple orchards
At the waterfall
at the safari
At 'tapak rekreasi
In Surabaya
at the market place
an old submarine attract our attention before flight back to K.L
