Either my memory failed me, or Surabaya had really changed. I mean, I remember Surabaya to be so boring and there was nothing much to do. Now that we were back after 13 years, Surabaya seemed to be a place that was full of vibrancy. It even looks much cleaner than I remember it was back then. We were there on the first of May, when the whole world was celebrating Labour Day. It wasn’t the best day to be…
So, after we were done being mesmerized by the wonders of nature at Tumpak Sewu, it was time to go to Bromo, the super magical place that had prompted me to declare Indonesia as the undisputed country for nature wonders when I first visited it 13 years ago. Traveling from Tumpak Sewu to Bromo had required us to do a few hours of joyride across beautiful villages and every now and then we’d stop to enjoy the view because seriously,…
Out of the three main destinations that we were heading to in my second trip to the East Java, the Tumpak Sewu waterfalls were the place that I was very much looking forward to, simply because I did not go there during my first visit. In fact, I didn’t know the existence of such a place back then so it really was a big miss-out. So fresh from our climb to Kawah Ijen, it would be another 5 hours drive…