21-24 June 2012 Adventurous Trip to Surabaya
My traveling buddies from the left are Tee,Me,Wat Su & FP
Our Journey : Kuala Lumpur-Surabaya-Ijen Crater-Bromo-Madakaripura Waterfalls-Surabaya-Kuala Lumpur
Total Cost about RM 750
Flight RM 91
Package tour RM480
Cab to LCCT RM 70
Food RM 109
Day 1 ~ 21 June 2012 ~ Surabaya to Ijen Crater
We departed from Kuala Lumpur at 9.35am and we arrived at 11.20am in Surabaya International Airport. Our tour guide waited for us at the airport & off we go to Ijen. Had our lunch along the way. About 7-8 hours journey to Ijen Crater with winding road up & down the hills. You will passed through a few villages, tea plantation & coffee plantation. No street light at all! About 30 min we had to go through the very rough road it is very bumpy. Always ever ready with my Novomin pills.Reached Ijen about 8pm and had our dinner in the hotel.
Crowded Surabaya view from the plane
Beautiful sunset on the way to Ijen
Our room in Ijen. Not so good.
Day 2 ~ 22 June 2012 ~ Ijen Crater
Woke up about 5am & had our breakfast in the hotel. Weather in the morning about 18-20degree. Cold morning but by noon it is about 25degree. Proceed to Ijen crater for about 30 min journey. On the way we saw a beautiful sunrise. We did not see the sunrise in Ijen Crater. We need to walked about 2km to reached the crater and another 1km to go down to the lake.We met a miner & he become our tour guide & we paid him IDR50,000 for the tips. On the way going down to the lake is very challenging coz full of rocks. We had a great time at the lake & the miner site. On the way up, we in hale the fumes. It is a very horrible
experienced. Our eyes are so itchy & teary. Our throat get so
irritated by the fumes. Our guide told us to pour some water on the mask
and it will help. Breathtaking view along the way & we had a slow walked and we took about 5 hours for Ijen crater. Our clothes smells of sulfur! Then we went back to the hotel to freshen up. Continued our journey to Bromo for another 6 hours. Cold weather at night & had our dinner at one the shop in Bromo. Good food!
Beautiful sunset greeted us early in the morning at about 7am.
Beautiful sun ray in Ijen Crater
Met the sulfur miner on the way to Ijen Crater & he become our tour guide
Morning dew......
Sulfur blocks in Banyuwangi pit stop
Amazing view of the Ijen Crater
On the way to Ijen Crater with the sulfur laden basket. It is quite heavy!
The miner carrying the sulfur laden basket
An active vent at the edge of the lake is a source of elemental sulfur,
and supports a mining operation. Escaping volcanic gasses are channeled
through a network of ceramic pipes, resulting in condensation of molten
sulfur.[3]
The sulfur, which is deep red in color when molten, pours slowly from
the ends of these pipes and pools on the ground, turning bright yellow
as it cools. The miners break the cooled material into large pieces and
carry it away in baskets. Miners must carry loads, which range from 75
kilograms (170 lb) to 90 kilograms (200 lb), up 300 metres (980 ft) to
the crater rim, with a gradient of 45 to 60 degrees and then 3
kilometers (1.86 miles) down the mountain for weighing.
Ijen volcano,
which has a one kilometer wide turquoise-coloured acid crater lake. The lake is the site of a labor-intensive sulfur
mining operation, in which sulfur-laden baskets are carried by hand
from the crater floor. The work is low-paid and very onerous. Workers
earn around $5.50-$8.30 (Rp 50,000 - Rp 75,000) per day and once out of
the crater, still need to carry their loads of sulfur chunks about three
kilometers to the nearby Pultuding valley to get paid.
Reminds me of the Care Bears cartoon jumping on the clouds
We met a family from Jakarta to Ijen Crater
Beautiful abandon hut in Ijen.
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| Coffee plantation in Ijen (Luwak coffee) |
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Our dinner in Bromo. The drumstick is very delicious! Hot ginger drink or jahe is also good for the cold weather.
Day 3 ~ 23 June 2012 ~ Bromo
Woke up at about 3am to see the sunrise at Mount Penanjakan. We paid additional money for the jeep for 4 of us only. Super cold morning about 5-10 degree. Winding road to the top and have to walked about 100m. We tought it is very far & took a motorcyle there. Sea of people to view the beautiful sunrise. Proceed to Bromo crater & had our bakso there. We took the the horse and need to climb the sandy staircase to the crater. Mr Sun is out & weather is better. Back to Bromo Permai hotel for our morning breakfast and check out. We also stop along the way to visit the vegetation in Bromo. We paid a visit to our driver house as well. Had our lunch in one of the village & "duduk bersila" there. From there we continued our journey to Madakaripura Waterfalls for about 3 hours. Back to Surabaya for another 3 hours. Checked into V3 hotel and had chinese food for our dinner. Walked about to see the monument.
Corn seller at Penanjakan Peak
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| Sunrise in Penanjakan Peak |
Beautiful Bromo crater
Beautiful view from Penanjakan Peak
We took a horse to Bromo Crater. We paid about IDR75,000 for to & fro journey. I paid lesser coz I walked back to the Sea of Sand. My 3 other friends rode the horse.
Pathway leading to Mount Bromo caldera
Bromo Crater
Luckily we have the face mask. It is very sandy.....
Daun Bawang & potatoes in Bromo
We visited our driver & his mum home in Bromo
Beautiful view in Bromo
Lunch in one of the village on the way to Madakaripura Waterfalls
Lovely waterfalls of Madakaripura
Visitors climbing the peak of Mount Bromo and then bathe in the holy
Tirta Sewana before travelling to other visiting points in the Probolinggo area.
Heroic Monument in Surabaya
Day 4 ~ 24 June 2012 ~ Surabaya
Had our breakfast in the hotel. Went around Surabaya town. We visited House of Sampoerna, Church, Cheng Ho Mosque and Tunjungan Plaza. Had our lunch in Tunjungan Plaza and did some shopping here before proceed to the airport.
The company is named after the founding Sampoerna family, and was founded in 1913 by Liem Seeng Tee, a Chinese Indonesian who immigrated to Surabaya from the province of Fujian, in China.
Interesting facts about the kebaya.
House of Sampoerna, a famous cigarette museum owned by Sampoerna Group
House of Sampoerna is a cigarette museum, and also one of the factory of Sampoerna brand cigarette. Closed on Sun.
Church in Surabaya
Trishaw in Surabaya
Cheng Ho Mosque, a recently built mosque, the first in Indonesia with Chinese-style architecture in Surabaya
Had our local lunch in Tunjungan Plaza.. So delicious & yummy!
Tunjungan Plaza motorcycle park & safe too
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