Mount Bromo Sunrise, Java, Indonesia

An early start of 1.30am to get transport over to Mount Bromo, change over to a jeep and join a convey of jeeps all heading towards the same direction. At one point we were in the plateau near the peaks when the convey split in favour of a race over the sands!

Then we started driving up towards the sunrise spot with some very steep and twisty roads, definitely an experience in the dark at about 3am.

We parked up at the side of a road, got instructions from the driver to be back at 5.30am and headed towards the viewpoints. All you could see in the dark was the the town lit up below, an ominous peak rising from the skyline and stars scattered across the nights sky.

As the sun began to rise in the east the soft glow spread across the valley, revealing mist wrapped around the mountains, and the full glory of Mount Bromo's crater.

Breathtaking and surprisingly serene considering that the landscape was also dotted with hundreds of other people watching the same show from mother nature.Read more