My Hiking Adventures
Climbing up to the crater of Mount Ijen – the active volcano in the farthest east of Java island – was certainly one of our top priorities when we traveled to the Indonesian island of East Java. To make things easier for us, we asked the guest house – the Arabica Guest House – to arrange the transportation to the foothill of the mountain and it turned out to be so hassle-free. We left very early, at 1.30 am so that…
The trail from the camping site to the peak of Mount Trus Madi was much tougher that we had all expected. It was so hard that we were so glad that we didn’t have to bring our backpacks since we were going back down to the camping site instead of camping at the peak like most climbers would (used to) do. But it was also one of the most beautiful forests that I’ve ever been to really. We were there…
I had always wanted to climb Mount Trus Madi. I grew up looking at it every morning since it could be clearly seen from the village that I grew up in. One day – I said to myself – I am going to be standing up there and tell the world that I am a man of his words. 😛 Being the 2nd tallest mountain in Malaysia, surpassed only by the over-rated Mount Kinabalu, conquering Mount Trus Madi has proved…