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Jakarta to Dieng Plateau Central Java
Dieng plateau on Central Java to Bali

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Mar
2004-09-14 16:42:50

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The minibus on the other side pulls back to his own lane; the touring bus finally found some space to pass me but still pushes me aside. That’s the reason why I keep cycling in the middle of my lane, I will always have enough space to use in these occasions and I force the traffic to watch me. From the open door at the back of the touring bus the driver’s assistant waves at me happily. Just good friends.

Mount Bromo – East Java

As we are not cycling anymore steep mountains (“what an excuse”), we take public transport from Surabaya to Mount Bromo, one of the major attractions on Java. First a train to Probolingo and from there a minibus to Yoschi’s Guesthouse that we immediately position as the number one on our list of top guesthouses. The guesthouse arranges tours to the famous active crater and again we wake up at three in the morning to see the sunset from what is promised as yet another worthy viewpoint. It’s dark and very cold and when we leave the 4WD that drove us up the crater ridge, locals attack us: “rain coat, rain coat?”, “Mister, very cold, very cold”.

They are right indeed, together with a hundred other people (mostly Indonesians) we have fallen victim of something called ‘freezing to death for a view of clouds’. Unfortunately it’s not a lucky morning but we have artistically interesting foggy pictures. The 4WD brings us to the crater (what a lazy trip, all by car), and we walk up to the ridge. From there we look straight into a 100-meter deep crater where a yellow sulphur whole is spitting foggy clouds, fabulous! But also, why is everybody coughing… Every time a sulphur cloud rises from the crater to the ridge where we are, it feels like several needles are touching your eyes and you start coughing immediately. But again, worth it!

Madura Island and back

Java Island is getting smaller and smaller ...