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My time on Sumatra comes to an end, slowly but steadily.
So as I started to think about some places to see on Java, and seeing volcanoes is a childhood dream of mine, I soon stumbled upon Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano.
Hard to find a guided tour, or even valid information online, how to get there, let's see, if I can figure out something 😬😉
So first I went back to Lampung by bus, not really many other options, here. So an enjoyable bus ride through Sumatra's mountains, amazing views, great weather, and worth doing as a day trip, instead of going by night. Decided to give Lampung a day of sightseeing before heading on, still not sure, where to go next.
Not too much to see, there, still fascinating to visit a mid-sized city at Sumatra, not touristy but exploring Indonesian daily life is still fun, always and again.
You can find a lot of nice street- or public art paintings everywhere here, but in Lampung even huge highway bridges were painted colorful and nice 🤩.
Meeting up again with Rafael, Judi's father, for a breakfast at Starbucks (🙈) was very nice, he is such a fascinating and wise person! Please stay healthy and all the best! 🤗
But travel decisions have to be made:
Should I book a very expensive and exhausting day-trip to Krakatoa from Java, or should I simply try my luck here on Sumatra? You know the answer already 😅😉
With very spare and obviously outdated information, I took a cheap minibus to Kalianda, a small city at the south coast close to Krakatoa, expecting to ask a lot of people, where I've to go for my desired volcano tour.
Kalianda has an amazing nice beach you cannot swim at, due to heavy currents here, which seems to be an issue at many beaches here, between Sumatra and Java.
Several new tsunami warning signs already indicated some recent issues here, nevertheless the beach was obviously prepared for many local tourists and had a very good infrastructure.
Had a nice milkshake (unfortunately no fruit juice available 😅🙈) at the beach, but soon headed on to Canti, a village 12km more south, as people sent me there for my desired tour. Still a bit concerned, as normally people tell you here something like "go to this shop/travel agency" or directly bring you there, so let's see, how this will work out.
At least the bike-taxi-guy was bringing me to a reasonable priced accommodation, as booking platforms only had luxury hotels on their lists, here.
More to come... 😬Read more