Day 10-Sunrise at Mt.Bromo

This morning we woke up at 3am,very early but everyone was so excited to see the Mt.Bromo which is this volcano that is still very active. Today we won't be doing the hike but if anyone would like to do it, it is possible too.

None in my group would like to do the hike but  instead they will be taking the Jeep up to Bromo. The temperature it about 10-14 degrees but sometimes even worst then now, it is very cold for me hey! . So at about 3.30am, we got into the jeep and it took about one hour drive to get to the view point which is the best place to see the sunrise and the view of Bromo which is way down below us. We passed what we call "sea sand" area, which was 1000's years ago actually the crater. From there we head up to the view point which was non stop up hill! It took about half hour from the sea sand area to the top.
The view point its about 2700 meters above the sea level and from here - 'Oh My God!' - The view is so stunning. The weather was clear and we could see Bromo with the smoke come out from the crater. We could also see the highest volcano in Java, Mt.Semeru and it about 3670 meters and still very active. When Semeru is very active, sometimes we could see every 5-10 minutes this volcano "pop up" the smoke and ash.
At about 5.15am the sun was rising and as there were many people here waiting for this moment, everyone were busy with their camera to take the most impressive sunrise. I said to my group, "Guys....you better watch out or your memory card will be full with sunrise pictures only"...!

Anyway, the sunrise was perfect for little while then the cloud came down and was a bit covered by the sun, so we went back to the parking area where the jeep parking but before we got on the the jeep, we stay about half hour to have some coffee and hot chocolate and stay around the fire to warm our body as it was very cold for some of us. Jumped to the jeep and drove down to where Bromo is. from parking area where we start to walk to Bromo rim. It takes about half an hour to walk to the rim Then we had to walk about 300 steps up to rim, here we could see where the smoke always come out. The smell of sulfur is very strong but the view down there also very nice.

From there it was back to the hotel where we have breakfast and at 9am we have to leave Bromo for Lovina (Bali).

Its will be other long travel days to day as we woke up since 3am. We make it to the ferry and the view from the ferry was also quite beautiful especially when the sunset time, stunning!! We could see the other volcano near the ferry port call Mt.Ijen. Bye byeJava....Thanks for such wonderful time we had!


Then is was time to say Welcome To Bali.....one of the most popular tourist destination in the world. This trip sometimes feel like we cross into different countries as lets say Java, is mostly Muslim religion and there about 4 languages. Compare this to Bali, where mostly the people are Hindu religion and there are so many temples around Bali that we could visit, also for me as the person from Java and I speak different languages and different religion ( I am Muslim ) I felt I was in other country when the 1st time I went to Bali which was about 13 years ago! In Bali, they speak with the Balinese languages which is totally different with the languages I use, but as Indonesian, everyone has to speak Indonesia for communication between the regions...

Anyway, here we are in Bali, which is we are now in Lovina (north of Bali ). We checked into our hotel and had some dinner, not for long as we were so tired from long travel today especially since we woke up since 3am. We would like to get some good sleep. I hope!