The sunrise tour by jeep to Penanjakan and Bromo takes about 4 hours return. By 8.30am, most of the jeeps would have returned to Cemoro Lawang. If you're visiting Bromo on foot, you should set off at 8am and allow at least 2 to 3 hours return. Follow how the Tenggerese dress. Cover yourself up with a blanket, wear mask, beanie, boots and sunglasses (or better still motorcycle helmet). It's a sand storm out there. Ain't called Sea of Sand for nothing.

As soon as the passengers got down, they started flapping their jackets and knocking sand out of their shoes. They looked like they just had a fight in the sand. Gulp.


Ion waited with us for at least 30mins and managed to help us get a jeep that's willing to take us to PHKA post for Rp 10,000 pp. While waiting, I watched in envy as these school children skipped past us.


We started walking down to the Sea of Sand at 10am. Horse-men were heading home.


That's how strong the wind was.


Selling drinks on the Moon


We left the misleading stone markers leading to Mt Batok


and walked towards the Poten temple. A blue truck was parked outside


the newly constructed temple.


Dragon chefs guarding the Hindu temple


They followed me uphill for quite a distance, hoping I'll give up and take their horses. I didn't respond so one of them stopped following while the remaining one continued. He told me to take my time in Chinese. How'd he know reverse psychology works on me?


Just when we were looking for the stairs up the volcano, we met a solo traveller and he gladly pointed the way to the flight of crumbling stairs.


Standing on the edge of the windswept crater was more terrifying than I thought.


Workers rushed up at noon and looked into the volcano in silence.


I was staring at the smoke when somebody's cap flew into the volcano and everyone went "Woah~~~"


Can I slide my way down?


To avoid late checkout charges, we hopped onto his ojek back to Cemoro Lawang.


We were running really late and there wasn't any public transport in sight so we got on his ojek again. It was fun dangling my feet in the air as we zoomed our way back to Yoschi.


As soon as we got down at Yoschi, we did exactly what the guys in the first photo did - flap our jackets and knock sand out of our shoes. Can't wait to have a good hot shower!