I really like Ijen right from the beginning to the very end of our stay there. We enjoyed every moment of it. The bus ride from Bondowoso to Sempol near Ijen was one hell of an adventure. We were sandwiched inside the van together with a dozen others when the van could probably accommodate only half of us. And they don’t call it HELP for nothing. The van is like the life line to the people which transports food stuff…
So, taking the advantage of staying in KL, I did a little bit of weekend escapade last week, this time I went to Krabi on the west coast of South Thailand. Despite most people’s belief that Krabi is an island, it is actually not. It is part of Thai mainland which makes it reachable by vehicle from Bangkok and even KL. The very first thing I realized about Krabi was that, it’s very expensive. From meals to drinks and even…
Bromo was so great and we enjoyed every moment there. We wished we could stay there longer but we had a long journey to do all the way to Ijen Crater on the further East of Java Island. It would be a very long journey from Cemoro Lawang to Probolinggo and later to Bondowoso before heading to Sempol nearby Ijen – all on different buses. I did not quite like Probolinggo. I was only there for about an hour or…