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…
We fumbled our way out of the warm comfort of the room right into the chill air of Bromo at four in the morning and hopped groggily on a waiting jeep. We shared the jeep with five others including the driver. Then we joined dozens other jeeps to dash across the sea of sand towards Mount Pananjakan where we’d watch the sun rising over Bromo. The ride was exhilarating. The road was a zig-zag and mostly uphill and it was…
Surabaya that we found out is not really an entertainment city. We’d been through some physically and mentally challenging days in Bromo and later Ijen (will write about them in my next post) so we wanted to find a little bit of relaxation before wrapping our trip up and returned to our normal life back in Malaysia. Looking for a place to chill out has proved to be not an easy task in Surabaya. Even taxi drivers didn’t seem to…