Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo ( Gunung Bromo ), an active volcano two hours east of Surabaya, East Java, is by far the most accessible volcano in the region. Still active and occasionally spewing ash and smoke over the area, it is built on an uncanny level as the sea of sand, a caldera on the four volcanic cones are set known. A nature reserve since 1919, this area is home to the Tengger people Hindu, has the story, in the highlands fled the advance of Islam in the 16 th to escape century.
most visitors approach Bromo about Probolinggo in East Bromo, but we take a shorter route via Pasuruan, partly because it is closer, but also because it is more beautiful and less touristy. The route takes us through the highlands Tengger villages with outstanding views down the valleys that fall below the mountain slopes.
The first stop is to an elaborate village market in Pasrepan. Here are goods in from the surrounding countryside, everything from vegetables, chickens and goats to farming equipment, fish and tobacco.
Few visitors come in this way, so we draw a lot of attention, but certainly in a friendly way. The product here is about the best there is: cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes abound, all grown on the fertile slopes of the volcanic region, and they look amazingly fresh and worth buying. Buyers come from far away to buy here, to supply restaurants and city markets in the region.
The road winds up to a severe degree of inclination, but the asphalt surface is good and it is only the twists and turns, which can be dangerous. We adhere to the points along the way where we can look into nice, neat valleys down to where terracing any tax advantage for planting. The angle at which the farmers have to work, looks unbearable. The Tenggerese live in simple wooden houses that are precarious sit on the mountain perch, on the street. These people are just that. With ruddy complexion and sinewy limbs Sarongs draped over her shoulders, as a kind of scarf against the cold.
riding the horse
Finally, we reach the entrance to the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, where we transferred jeeps hardtop (all Toyota Land Cruisers from the 70s) for the trip to Mount Penanjakan (2,770 m), which offers great views down to the sea of sand. Our drivers are hardy folk and joy on their minds to serpentine in driving. It is everything we can do to keep themselves firmly in the back, something we can not find grip. Mist comes out in and quickly, so it is sometimes necessary to catch a glimpse of the look to linger. This is where, at sunrise, hundreds of serious photographers jostle National Geographic look catch, but during the morning we did it ourselves. This is heaven.
The descent down to the sea of sand is a hairy drive. Loose gravel means that traction coming bad and sometimes at the speed we encounter jeeps and only by the driver skill, avoid collision. The sea of sand stretches in front of us - a dirty black level of volcanic rock soil for millennia. Horsemen, Tenggerese men, eager for our trade, suddenly appear out of nowhere as decided to reach us first for a reservation. Ahead, the tourists in packs waiting dozens of riders. After a kafuffle we choose our leaders and having mounted, we rely on the 30-minute hike to the foot of Mount Bromo (2,329 m) from. This is hell bit. This is an eerie landscape of nothing but sand, fog, whiffs of sulfur fumes away, and a light that waxes and wanes between stabbing bright up forebodingly bleak. We go through the mountain Batok (2,470 m), an almost perfect cone with a cut-off top and neatly folded down sides, which carved the molten lava their way, and the rather dreary Hindu Poten Temple.
Climbing the 250 concrete steps
reach our horses, how far they can go. Children selling bouquets of dried Casuarina and Javanese Edelweiss. Descent, we climb the 250 concrete steps leading us on to the edge of the crater. It's a tough climb in the thin air full of sulfur vapors. One weekend this can with tourists are packed nationally and internationally, but today we did it ourselves. When at the top at last! We use handkerchiefs our mouths and eyes from the fumes to gag, which are from the inner vessel in our faces demolition. One meter wide ledge is all that protects us from down in the kettle tumbling. Peering, as well as we can the inner sides of the cone are of ash, but it is below that you can see the reddish glow of the fire. A few minutes is all that we can bear, so we go as fast as the stages enables downward. Halfway, the vapors begin to dissipate, and we can breathe again and see. We take your breath away and check if all to see in our group, is with us. to be at the top, would quickly suffocate and medical services are stuck away Back on solid ground mean a world.
we mount our horses back to the main collection point. Providers offer welcome cups of tea and coffee and steaming bowls of instant noodles. After a break we take the jeeps from the entrance area to the point where our driver waiting for us. The consensus among us is that Mount Bromo is truly one of the most impressive views of the world and the most peculiar places, but highly recommended
province .: East Java
height: 2770 m
Directions: Take from Surabaya to Pasuruan. Turn on the way to Puspo and drive to Tosari. Take jeeps from there to the two views on the mountain Penanjakan and then down to the sea of sand and to the foot of Mount Bromo. Garuda, Air Asia and Silk Air all fly in Surabaya
night .: Java Banana, Raya Bromo, Wonotoro, Probolinggo. Tel: (0335) 541 193 www.java-banana.com; Lava View Lodge, Cemorolawang, Probolinggo. Tel (0335) What to bring 541 009.
. hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, jacket, scarf, gloves, face mask
Costs: Park entry: Rp.300,000 per person, Jeep (up to four people): Rp.500,000
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