Semeru Part 1

Surabaya-Ranu Pani It took us 6 hours of a car-ride from Surabaya airport to Ranu Pani, a nice village at the bottom of Mount Semeru. We passed by the entrance to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, which gave way to a beautiful scenery of rolling hills with vegetable farms on the slopes. If you are…

Semeru

First thought after returning from Semeru. I don't know which one does impress me the most : The industriousness of Indonesians. They maximize everything including the space between houses and factories , planting paddy or other staples. The sight of Ranu Kumbolo that is so mesmerising The great puncak Mahameru. It is scary and so…

Berkelah Waterfalls – Part 2

Where were we? We left you at the scene of "premium"campsite where the crew started to put up tents, fly and ground while they let us took a short nap to recover from the heat. Our lunch consisted of fried chicken masala, "bendi goreng stail Utagha" and fried eggs. Delicious! I wonder who were the…

Berkelah Waterfalls – Part 1

Although it has been 2 weeks since the epic camping trip to Berkelah, I still have no idea how it is pronounced. Is it ber-kay-lah as in "picnic" in Malay or ber-ke-lah as in that famous rare fish? Either way, it is a camping trip that smashed my expectation. Saturday night, when KL-ites were out…

Langkah Pertama

This is akin to coding “Hello World”  during the first day of your programming class and then grinning with joy as you saw the text on a console screen.  The other side of this is like taking the first step out from your home with to a totally unfamiliar destination. Butterflies!!! But I got a…