Bromo Trip Part II

Bromo from the top

When you see this amazing view of Bromo mountain, you won't be able to hold yourself not to take pictures! Every angle of it is sooo pretty . . . You can also see a temple or "pura" from the top. This "pura", which is called Pura Luhur Poten, is only open once in a year when the Tengger tribe holds Kasodo, the Tengger annual ceremony. Tengger people are the local people of Bromo who are majority Hindus. The word Tengger came from Roro Anteng (princess of Majapahit King) and Joko Seger (son of Brahmana, the Indian God). Tengger people are believed as their descendant. The ceremony is held at midnight, right at the peak of the full moon, in Kasoso month according to Javanese calendar.

Pura Luhur Poten taken from the top

 After we felt satisfied spending time at the mountain, we decided to go down to look for some food and continue our journey.

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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.