I see all the ? horrified faces of everyone I know. There are people (like my parents) who travel with tour groups and then there are others (like moi) who take off with just air tickets?! And the best thing was, it was a rather easy climb to witness this wonder!įebruThe Joy of Planning for My Next Holiday! When the sun came up from the east, they were lighted up, little by little, set against the most amazing combination of pink, purple and blue. Yes… Fairy Land!!! The mountain trio swathed in swirling, wispy clouds. Of course, before that, I had to do lots of reading up (yep, even though it was only a 4 day trip) on how to get around. But all I wanted was to hike up without aid and to show that, “hey! it’s totally possible to go around SE Asia without getting it all planned out, nice and tidy!” ![]() It is extremely easy to “scale” Mt Bromo as there are numerous travel agencies and various kinds of transportation means, ranging from horses to jeeps to bring you up. I have generated so much interest in the tourism of that area. Lots of friends have messaged me, facebooked me, instagrammed me as I released my Mt Bromo photos on social media. Too many back to back trips (I made my way to Denmark after the Mt Bromo trip) and a mountain of work backlog to clear when I got back. Woah! It’s taken me 2 months to actually pen this down. JWe have Made it to Mt Bromo – Without Booking a Tour! “Adventure lah! Or do you prefer to sleep outside?” “Goodness! I haven’t stayed at such a place for gazillion years!!” No photos… Just imagine – 4 walls, 2 beds, one dingy toilet, no basin, no mirror, just a tub of water. He got someone to lead us to a row of houses just behind and into a bare room. We bargained on the price a little (haha… still had the audacity to bargain…) and it was a done deal. “I can get you a room in the guesthouse beside ours. Win lor…?♀️ Siao liao… This would be my first time sleeping under the stars… Miss Sharon : “I did! It’s not a public holiday in Singapore! I didn’t think of checking for the local holiday” She said sheepishly. Whhhaaat…!? “Ooi! Didn’t you check that it’s not a public holiday?” I poked Miss Sharon’s arm. And even at the foot of the mountains, the view was… breathtaking! Look out for the photos in the later part of the post!Ĭonfidently, we walked up to the reception of the guesthouse which was nearest to the entrance to the national park. We finally arrived at the little village after going up and up and up on a winding trail. I woke up at 4ish that morning… *Yawn*), while keeping one eye open to check the road signs to ensure that we hadn’t been brought to some weird place. So we were able to snooze in the car (to catch up on lost sleep. I just had to assure myself that I had a good deal! :p) (I verified this when I was at Cemoro Lawang. And it would have cost a lot more if we were to do last minute bookings or if we had booked when we got there. Using a contact that was provided by a friend who went 2 years ago, we booked a private car for 1.6mill IDR for 3 days of transport. In the end, we settled on booking a private car to save time and hassle. We toyed with the idea of taking buses and trains to Cemoro Lawang, which was the village at the foot of the mountain. It’s a good sign that we would have a wonderful trip! (That room cost us S$100!!! Heartache!) But we wanted to pamper ourselves for the last day before we came back to slog in Singapore.Ī full rainbow on the flight there. Singaporeans can be so unspontaneous….Īnd so… we booked our air tickets (very early in fact! Because we were cheapos and wanted to buy the cheap budget ones!) and a 5* resort room for the last night. ![]() That’s what we did for our Australia trip too – booked air tickets and a car, then whack!! People looked at me in disbelief. ![]() ![]() Must we really join a tour? Everyone said, “ Of course lah!! You siao arh! Indonesia leh! You know how to speak Bahasa meh?!!”Īnd we just had to do it OUR OWN WAY – without joining a tour, climbing all the way up on our own, didn’t book any accommodation, walked in and stayed in a guesthouse. So we started reading up and asking around… Everyone I knew did it this way – flew to Surabaya, joined a round trip tour, travelled to the summit in a jeep, back to the city of Malang, then airport and finally back to Singapore. Her pictures are quite swee leh!! Why don’t we just go there? Nearby niah… Probably can only go on short trips from now on… We have always gone to faraway places, let’s try the nearby ones! Save money leh…
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