Gwing1313: BROMO oh BRomO ...... still xpdc

BROMO ......

are U familiar or aware of d' NAMe...

IF NOt .... here for U to look at IT ....

Somewhere .... in JAVA Timur ...d' nearest city is SURABAYA ...

Two particular mountains here .... Bromo and Batok

BROMO.... NOt highest BUt MOST particularly popular... reasons...

National Park Bromo Tengger Semeru providing facilities to tourists ... resorts for night stays ... comfort cool nights
Arrangements to witness SUN RISEs from highest location of d' park ..
Highest View point to view the surroundings ...especially, d' beautiful scenery of Bromo's Crater..
Trips to closer looked at d' Bromo's Crater ....
trips to see wide sand land surrounding d' crater ...
Bromo is still active volcano.... ???
.... ok ..more..

5.15am .... Leaving 'Tengger Highlands' cottage..

As in Group ... made used of our 4wd vehicles to go to d' assemble place of higher location in this Bromo National Park for better view of morning... reason was to see d' SUN rise .... funny eeh .... typical normal daily sun rises become a subject of INCOME here ... nOt ... once in blue moon ... daily.. lol

On arrival... NOT us d' only group .... streams of people looking for this NOT phenomenal .... as they called SUN Rises ......

Ascending ...up to d' public stage of view points

Wow.. thick clothes ..... experiencing ....WINTER ... here in BROmo ..

NOT exactly .... little chilly...cool wind.. higher latitude.. of Mountain BROMO....

Here .. a lot of international people .... NOt only tourists... local people on vocation also like to see .... early gathering before dawn .... d' first light of sun ....

It was like a fiesta... a concert to see our top celebrities ..... stage seats were carefully arranged to certain split levels of stadium liked .... people had their own choice of free seats actually... some arrival with their guides.... high schools ... probably higher institutions ... universities.. lol.... nnn .... d' month of December seemed to end of d' year term holidays... too.

Patience... but for how long.. ??? .. morning time seemed approaching... only silky white surroundings.....

SAdly... raining... a bit ..... NOt clear dawn......

Term as 'frustration' ... for everybody here... could not see d' raising SUN...

Tourism becomes more nn so important here as well as main income ... promote widely....even seeing sun rises ..a natural thing happened daily also gives the local people creativity idea to earn living.... imagine ...
It is NO different where ever we are ... so EArth has only ONE sun ..... experincing... dawn nn dusk .... !!!

So now ... everybody back to their ....assigned resorts... on different locations.. here.. in Bromo National Park ... depending on approached tourists' agents offering d'amount $ charged including budget ones... to their clients ... tourists... as well local... nn students...

On d' way to our.. resort's cottage at TAMAN NATIONAL BROMO TENGGER SEMERU.... d' scenery at day light could be clearly seen.... we arrived late night ... so could nOt enjoy seeing d' panoramic ....

Here ... background view ... dark blueish is another highland.. probably mountain.... so this is Java Timur... mountainous highlands ....

Houses were built on terraces.. as well.. look at d' roofs behind us .....

Back to our cottage.... still early.. at 9.00am.. so capturing d' pictures surroundings.. d' flora looked green .... beautiful ...nn well kept

TOP.... To our left view... farrr back.. at NIght we could see d' lights there... but day time... just ordinary flat land....

actually that location is a city.... SURABAYA .....

After an hour rest.... checked out.. to go to another destination ... so driving slowly down hill ...

Another NICE.... viewing station.. to see Bromo's Crater...

Bromo National Park provided d' places of view point area where tourists could make their viewing d' beautiful scenery of Bromo ....

We were taken soon to have a nearer looked of d' Bromo's crater as witness far down ... clearly..... surrounded by wide sandy flat land.
It was caused by d' eruption..... d' volcano is still active ...... ???
On left corner.... far .. down.. could be seen here.... d' Crater Temple... Mount Bromo

Descending ....going down ...as looked steep as far as 60 degree downward.. so driving had to be extra precaution here... coz.. d' danger of over shooting... so slowly..... by using d' low gear.. rather than brake ...

NOT much brake to be applied.... or expriencing over heating nn a possible lose brake ...

NOT long to wait when descending... we already landing on d' ground level .....yoww..

BROmo.....

Feeling Happy... our SUccess.. as group...

... so ..why NOT... a pose.. while still .....SMIling....

TEnsion....... nn stress.... partly over for a moment... eeeh

Here .... d' children of BROmo XPdc...

They were still young... .. my children.. Malina was Year 8, Zakka Year 9, nn Liyana Year 11 ...so their peer group friends.. too.

NOw.... Malina already PRE U so... Zakka...

Bromo... beautiful... no two.. three..

NO .. many Bruneians... ever dare to drive here.. if NOt with experienced group's leader.. Hj Ibrahim ...

Soo this...is part of our live .... past experienced ... like to share... to be shown... here ...

Anywhere... everywhere... people... find WAys to SURVIVE.......

Horses... local ponies ..( small type) aslo gave GOOd INcome ... good for RIDE... but nonexistence in daily live... in cities.. here.. lol

( ... as ..in Europe.. UK.. Horses mainly good income in races.... used by Police NOT only for d' RIOTs... daily.. in certain areas ..as well as...weekly football matches ...)

..... if.. Uu like to Horse - RAces ... even Horse Power is referred to... engines' power too... ???

But here...Nice to try out.... as vehicles were NOt permitted to drive closer .. near d' Temples .. as Hindu.. believers ..have to pray there..

Horses used for rides nearer d' Bromo's Crater ... as well, to the foot-path of steps up to see d' Bromo"s Crater ...