Saturday 22 October 2011

Bromo Trip

It was more than a year ago when my friends and I got this crazy spontaneous idea. Yeah, we went to Bromo!
This mountain is located in Probolinggo, East Java. It is famous for its beautiful crater.
Bromo crater
Bromo is also one of the active volcano mountains in Indonesia. This mountain is often used as a movie's setting because of its beauty. It's also a big secret that it has the most beautiful sunrise view!!! There is an amazing sensation to see the sun coming up as if the mountain has thrown it up slowly while the clouds are below us. It is awesome!
Sunrise

Waiting for the sun to pop out from its nest


and the morning begins . . .

The ocean of clouds

Anyway, there were six of us together . . . We went there by motorbike. It was one of our touring expeditions. Actually, for those who want to go to Bromo, you can go by public transportations or travel agencies. There are a lot of travel agencies who offer Bromo package tour nowadays. To go there by bus, first thing you should do is going to Probolinggo Bus Station. There, you can take a local public transportation, a colt which will take you to Ngadisari.. If you want a simpler way, you can always take a package tour which is offered by some travel agencies with different range of price depends on where you are from.
We went there in the afternoon. It took about two and a half hours trip from Pandaan, East Java. We planned to camp there while waiting for the sunrise. However, when we arrived there at 7.30 in the evening, they didn't allow us to hike in the night, so we decided to build the camp on the pavement outside the gate as what the other visitors did. We cooked instant noodles for dinner using the stove that one of my friends took and made some coffee to warm us up.

Ndrenges Djaja Crew

If you don't like camping, there are a lot of hotels and villas provided around Bromo. Some local people also rent their houses or rooms around Rp 80.000,- to Rp 200.000,- per night. There are some street vendors or "warung" around the area which provide some hot meal and beverages. There are also some hard top cars, the four-wheel drive cars to take you to the mountain. It costs Rp 200.000,- to rent one car which can take around 4-6 people. These cars will make your trip easier since it's difficult to pass the sandy areas below the mountain.
However, an adventurer never takes the easy way. That's what we did. We went near the mountain by our motorbikes at three o'clock in the morning. We parked our bikes in the parking area provided and walked to the mountain holding all our stuff. It was tiring but we were happy to be there. The road to go to the top was sandy and rocky, but easy for me.
If you don't like walking, there are horses to rent to take you to the bottom of Bromo's stairs. It costs around Rp 20.000,- per ride.
It was around 4.30 when we finished climbing like two hundreds stairs which get us to the top of the mountain. I felt the most fantastic feeling when I got into the top. It was my first time there, so I was amazed by this God's creation. It was like the most beautiful painting I've ever seen: the mountain, the clouds and all around me.
Bromo and me
Gosh! How I want to go there again . . .

to be continued . . .

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