2 weeks ago, I went on a budget hiking trip to Indonesia and it was filled with amazing experiences omgg. Here are some of the pics! Didn't edit them cos I'm lazy and there's too many hahaha
After we landed in Surabaya we had to rush a bit cos the amount of traveling needed in Indo is crazy lol.
Finally reached our accoms for the night! Slept here for a few hours and woke up at 3am for our hike up Mt Penanjakan to see the sunrise at Bromo! Tbh it was a bit underwhelming and not as breathtaking as expected lol. And it was super cold!
Then we hiked down and headed to the actual Bromo crater (the thing that's spewing smoke in the pics hahaha)
We rode to the base of Bromo by ojek! It was super thrilling lol! But come to think of it, it was also super unsafe cos we didn't even wear helmets and the riders went pretty fast hahah
#YOLO
If you go, don't support these people offering horseback rides! I don't think the horses are treated very well...
The actual crater!! It was making super loud thundery noises omg
So there's an area with a short railing at the more crowded part, which supposedly prevents people from falling into the crater. BUT Van wanted to walk around the edge of the volcano to the area without any railing... to take a photo!!!
The drop on the right falls right into the volcano.
That, my friends, is the definition of #doitforthegram LOL but I have to admit, it's a really nice photo hahaha
That, my friends, is the definition of #doitforthegram LOL but I have to admit, it's a really nice photo hahaha
Stayed a bit further behind where the path was wider cos I have no balls lol can you see the fear on my face hahaha
After that we quickly made our way back to Probolinggo to catch a bus/train to Ijen. But apparently we weren't quick enough cos we missed both the morning train and bus :( So we chilled, played cards and edited our photos hahaha while waiting for the evening train.
Our guide for Ijen picked us up at the train station and brought us to our accoms where we slept for like 2 hours before we had to wake up again to start our hike to see the blue flames and acid lake. It was a pretty crazy hike! And the thin sulfur-smelling air and crazy horde of other tourists made it worse... but we did it!
Yeah that's the blue flames in the background hahahah. Super underwhelming... but the view of the acid lake after the sun rose totally made up for it!
#wow #LOTRfeels #ihaventwatchedLOTR lol
After we hiked down, we had breakfast and started our journey to Bali! Otw to the ferry terminal, our guide took us to see a waterfall lol
Journey to our airbnb in Bali was a total 8 hour nightmare LOL
The bus was damn dirty and stuffy, and it dropped us off in an area run by a mafia?! So no uber wanted to pick us up and we ended up having to walk to another area to get an uber because no way were we gonna pay for the exorbitant car prices quoted by the mafia or submit to their dirty business model haha. At least our airbnb was really nice and we finally had a good shower and dinner before crashing for the day.
Next day we started balling hahaha
The beach was so beautiful!
Most luxurious meal of the trip at Sisterfields haha
After cramming all the typical Bali stuff (massage, drinking on the beach, shopping) in a day we had to fly back already :(
#airportfashion
Had an amazing trip and am super thankful for such great travel buddies!
xx.
