đź“ŤÂ Mt Bromo, 19th of August 2018.
Booking Bromo and Ijen tour
Today was the day we were going to find out whether we had transferred 1 million IDR (apx. 70+ EUR) to a stranger for nothing. Let’s rewind. In a couple of days David’s vacation is over, so we wanted to be in some location where we could settle down a bit, have a beach, good wifi and interesting things to do for those of us not working. At the same time, we really wanted to still visit a couple of things in the East of Java. The only way to combine the two was to go with an organized tour - something which we were trying to avoid for various reasons. After reading some blogs we came across BROMOIJEN TOUR. The reviews were great, but the website looked a bit suspicious. Nevertheless, we decided to give it a go. A couple of emails later we had our trip to Mt Bromo and Ijen booked. We had to transfer a deposit and be at the set location at 9 AM. Which brings us to today. A bit nervous, we got out of the hotel at 8:55, but before we could even finish the “what if” thought we were greeted by two lovely gentlemen – a company rep and our driver - Pri. We instantly connected and immediately started exchanging jokes, mostly at David’s expense. Woohoo – this is going to be fun!
Let's the get the adventure started!
The 4 hour drive from Surabaya to Mt Bromo went really fast  – a/c in the car, wifi (!), a nice stop in a fisherman’s village with lively colored ships and great conversations with Pri. We have written about it already many times, but since we are still not taking it for granted, we’d love to repeat – the Indonesians we have met so far are so fun, witty, friendly, open and kind! We know already now that we are going to miss it so much!
