Rabu, 22 April 2015

Mt. Bromo, Indonesia



They Said, “It’s crazy and bizarre!”

Before, my friend has shared this at her blog: Link
However, I’m still gonna talk about my adventures in Bromo (with my version lol), one of the so many beautiful mountains in Indonesia. You will be stunned by panoramas in Bromo, and it will be one of your unforgettable adventures in your life. Especially if your experiences are unusual. You will see the adventure of 6 girls by motorcycle, how people stunned about them and thought of how crazy they were.  

I was amazed when they said, “We’re not going to Devi’s home in Malang anymore, we are gonna go to Bromo!” I couldn’t say anything except I was so happy and felt like I had lied to my parents about that. Yeah, we had had a plan that we’re gonna go to Malang by train, not Bromo by motorcycle, but that’s the story, aaand the journey began. We chose the track from Probolinggo. There was no problem except a little accident in the ascent of the road of Bromo. On the trip, there was little rain in the slope of the mountain on the way. For the trip to Bromo, we don't need to worry about being lost because there were many signs to reach Bromo along the road. All along the road, I stunned by the green terrace scenery, the best view of nature. On the way of the trip, we lost our friends in 1 motorcycle because her bike was a kind of old motorcycle. Then, when I saw two girls in Bromo, I thought that luckily we were, we found the girl who drove a motorcycle too. But, I realized that they were my lost friends, then we stop our motorcycle, put off our rainy coat, and took a picture!
Captured!

We arrived at dusk and hurried to find a rented house for prayer, because there was no mosque anymore. Most of Tengger people are Hinduism. We rented a house to sleep for a night and must wake up at 3 am to see the sunrise of Bromo. We’re all must pay 200 ribu rupiah for that, and that rented house was just circa 300 meters from the entrance of Bromo.
We woke up at 5 am, far from our expectation at 3 am, but it's okay to see the sunrise of Bromo. We took the dawn at Penanjakan 2
Here was the sunrise from Penanjakan 2


For so many people, it will be a better view if you look at the sunrise of Bromo from Penanjakan 1 on the Pasuruan track. Who cares.

After sunrise, we went to the savannah of Bromo, there was so much sand, black sand, a lot of sand! Like a desert, but it was not as hot as the desert. With the cold air, we drove our motorcycle through that sands. That made us sometimes slipped, yeah, there are a lot of sands in Bromo. We arrived in the grass field. The green hill in this place is like in the Teletubbies hills and area. 

Savannah of Bromo



After savannah, the next was the Bromo Crater. In Bromo crater, we could see Mount Batok, next to Mount Bromo. The good view from Bromo is Batok, be honest, I think.




But not at all, It's beautiful too ;)





The beautifulness of nature and I


Soo green!


After that, we packed our stuff at 9 am and went to Madakaripura Waterfall. Just circa 30 minutes, we arrived at Madakaripura. I will post about Madakaripura Waterfall, well, maybe in the next post. See you.

Sabtu, 04 April 2015

Betapa Tabahnya Hujan Bulan Juni


Setabah dirinya yang selalu merindu dalam diam, menanti tanpa ragu, namun berharap kisahnya berakhir seperti hujan bulan juni.



HUJAN BULAN JUNI

Oleh: Sapardi Djoko Darmono



tak ada yang lebih tabah
dari hujan bulan juni
dirahasiakannya rintik rindunya
kepada pohon berbunga itu


tak ada yang lebih bijak
dari hujan bulan juni
dihapusnya jejak-jejak kakinya
yang ragu-ragu di jalan itu


tak ada yang lebih arif

dari hujan bulan juni
dibiarkannya yang tak terucapkan
diserap akar pohon bunga itu