• Bromo and Semeru, two active volcanoes, saying good morning, after sunrise.
    Awaiting some rain to stop, on my way, forced me to ride through the mountains at night. 😅First morning view on Bromo's outer crater from outside.Exploring the area......running into the volcano observatory......and getting some nice views on the volcano.Getting close, extraterrestrial landscapes......and fading artworks in the ashes......on the way up to the crater.Growling, hissing and permanently spitting sulphur-vapour.I could have gone even further, but... 🙈In the middle of the "Sea of Sands"No picture can catch the beauty of nature.These are the "Teletubbies Hills"! Really!Sunset behind Mt. Semeru.Prepared for my ride to the sunrise: Going through a rough sand desert and sharp serpentines.But the efforts paid off with one of the most stunning sunrises I've ever seen.Shoes full of sand, literally no sleep, wrecked, but can't stop grinning from happinessLot of Jeeps going around here, especially as it's the weekend, lots of local tourists around.Earned myself a decent breakfast with an awesome view 😍

    Mount Bromo ⛰️🌋🌄🏞️🛵💨

    Nov 16–18, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    As Bromo is the most active volcano within the Tengger mountains, a huge national park with a volcanic mountain massif, it is famous for an amazing scenery and landscapes.
    I put myself a little bit into trouble, as I've decided to take the longer, nicer bike route through the mountains, again. Getting catched by some heavy rain, my ride took way longer as expected. So I rode through tough mountain roads, steep, curvy and a lot of potholes, in the dark, being stopped by locals, telling my national park is closed and road is not rideable. Took me some more time, to assure that I can ride through the sand desert at night, some more time, to explain to park guard, that I'm only going to my hostel and getting entrance ticket tomorrow. 😅 Finally I found myself at the darkest hour in an endless sand desert, navigating through it mostly with the help of GPS, as there was only sand everywhere. 🙈 But morning view onto the caldere, from my room's window, was a decent payoff.
    Bromo's crater is looking quite small and unimpressive, on the first glimpse, if you can't see the smoke. That's why the inactive volcano Mount Batok, directly aside, is often mistaken as Bromo 😅
    If you look closer, you see clearly that Bromo is active, his last (small) eruption was in 2019. The crater looks like extraterrestrial land, especially if you're walking it up. Both volcanoes are inside a wide caldera, this looks like a huge crater around them, with a reasonable sand desert inside (so called "Sea of Sands") and fascinating coloured, overgrown steep walls.
    Looking at that Tengger mountains from the north/east top of Bromo's caldera, where the tourist village Cemorolawang and some view points are located, you can usually see the Semeru volcano in the background, another active volcano, which regularly spits out small ash clouds, all these fascinating landscapes together are creating a unique, awesome scenery.
    Going around here and exploring these mountains and hills, mostly on my scooter, and on my second day with Siggi, a crazy Belgium guy, was amazing and felt like exploring another world.
    Decided to go for the sunrise on my own, another night-ride through the Sea of Sands, but this time I had some jeeps from sunrise tours, to follow 😅
    One of the most impressive sunrise sceneries I've ever seen, even if all the viewpoints were crowded as hell. The ride back, during early morning, gave me some more awesome views and the well earned breakfast, with a great view on Bromo, made a perfect morning.
    Rode further on to the south, (Sea of Sands again 🥰) on these amazing tiny mountain roads again, this time during daylight 🤩
    Bromo is a place, I'll go and see again, if life takes me back around there, again, one day!
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