Tag Archives: Indonesia

Climbing Up to the Ijen Crater in East Java

Posted on March 23, 2013 by jipp

Climbing up to the crater of Mount Ijen – the active volcano in the farthest east of Java island – was certainly one of our top priorities when we traveled to the Indonesian island of East Java. To make things … Continue reading →

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Going to The Middle of Nowhere

Posted on March 20, 2013 by jipp

I really like Ijen right from the beginning to the very end of our stay there. We enjoyed every moment of it. The bus ride from Bondowoso to Sempol near Ijen was one hell of an adventure. We were sandwiched … Continue reading →

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I Fell in Love with BONDOWOSO

Posted on February 25, 2013 by jipp

Bromo was so great and we enjoyed every moment there. We wished we could stay there longer but we had a long journey to do all the way to Ijen Crater on the further East of Java Island. It would … Continue reading →

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Watching the Sunset over BROMO

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jipp

We fumbled our way out of the warm comfort of the room right into the chill air of Bromo at four in the morning and hopped groggily on a waiting jeep. We shared the jeep with five others including the … Continue reading →

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Desperate for Entertainment in Surabaya

Posted on February 15, 2013 by jipp

Surabaya that we found out is not really an entertainment city. We’d been through some physically and mentally challenging days in Bromo and later Ijen (will write about them in my  next post) so we wanted to find a little … Continue reading →

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