INDONESIA - Mt Bromo
One of the worst trips I have ever done is this 2 day trip from Yogya to Mt Bromo then on to Bali.
The bus was due to pick us up from Yogya at 9am, but didnt appear until 11.30am. For some reason sitting doing nothing in Indonesia is not a problem, but if I was in the UK I'd be jumping about going mental!
Anyway, there were 8 of us on the bus, which at least had air conditioning, and I spent 12 hours gazing out the window watching the scenery whizz by. We arrived at our accomodation, which mysteriously had changed names from what we had booked. We kicked up a stink, but then we actually looked at the rooms and were very impressed. So I had about 3 hours sleep before my alarm went off and I chucked on my clothes and we jumped in the jeep for the drive to the viewpoint.
It was still dark on teh drive so not much to see, but it was amazing how many people were at the top of the viewpoint. It felt like we were waiting for ther hogmanay bells to ring! Anyway I shoved my forward to the front and got some ok fotos, although the clouds came in. Back in the jeep we headed back down to the foot of Mt Bromo and it was a quick 20min walk to the rim of the crater which was smoking away.
Back in the jeep we drove back to Yoshi's guesthouse and with the sun up we were able to appreciate the spectacular scenery. But not for long though. Soon we were bck in the minibus to Probolingo then on the local bus squashed like sardines for 12hrs to get the ferry and over to Bali.
Never again!
The bus was due to pick us up from Yogya at 9am, but didnt appear until 11.30am. For some reason sitting doing nothing in Indonesia is not a problem, but if I was in the UK I'd be jumping about going mental!
Anyway, there were 8 of us on the bus, which at least had air conditioning, and I spent 12 hours gazing out the window watching the scenery whizz by. We arrived at our accomodation, which mysteriously had changed names from what we had booked. We kicked up a stink, but then we actually looked at the rooms and were very impressed. So I had about 3 hours sleep before my alarm went off and I chucked on my clothes and we jumped in the jeep for the drive to the viewpoint.
It was still dark on teh drive so not much to see, but it was amazing how many people were at the top of the viewpoint. It felt like we were waiting for ther hogmanay bells to ring! Anyway I shoved my forward to the front and got some ok fotos, although the clouds came in. Back in the jeep we headed back down to the foot of Mt Bromo and it was a quick 20min walk to the rim of the crater which was smoking away.
Back in the jeep we drove back to Yoshi's guesthouse and with the sun up we were able to appreciate the spectacular scenery. But not for long though. Soon we were bck in the minibus to Probolingo then on the local bus squashed like sardines for 12hrs to get the ferry and over to Bali.
Never again!
posted by Cat @ 5:59 AM
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