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Monkasel – Inside a Submarine 21 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
Having suffered claustrophobia and thalassophobia (fear of the ocean) I couldn’t imagine myself living inside an encapsulated vessel plunging the deep, dark seas for days where gigantic and eerie s...
Ijen, and The Quest of The Blue Fire 16 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
We set off to Bondowoso for another leg of our excursion just after we completed the morning tour to the Whispering Savannah and Bromo. We met Nick and Jeremy in front of Café Lava waiting for thei...
Bromo, The Close Encounter 4 Jul 2013 | 09:30 am
“It doesn’t look that hard, climbing Bromo” I pointed out to DH, as I squinted on the straight, white staircase that connects the Tengger caldera bed to Bromo smoky rim. The jeep drove off across t...
The Whispering Savanna 9 May 2013 | 08:58 am
The fresh scent of grass and morning dews hit my nose as the dark green jeep we rode bumped all the way across the misty plains. We had our eyes transfixed at the view in front of us as the fog fain...
Sunrise Over Bromo 17 Mar 2013 | 08:30 am
I was already awaken to the cold morning in Cemoro Lawang when I heard a knock on the door. It was Pak Ecok, Cafe Lava front person, calling us to get ready for the pre-dawn hike to Mount Penanjakan...
A Lazy Weekend at Berkelah 7 Mar 2013 | 09:00 am
Last week we joined our trekking friends, hiked up the Berkelah Falls and camped there. This time the kids were going with us; after Chilling last year Berkelah will be their second waterfall trekking...
Probolinggo; Where Strangers Meet 14 Jan 2013 | 09:30 am
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” Fyodor Dostoevsky used to say that. A ...
Bumpy Road to Si Piso Piso and Brain-Freezing Shower in Berastagi 8 Jan 2013 | 09:45 am
Melancholy was the feeling as the ferry departed from Samosir. From the corner of my eyes I saw Lekjon’s red Batak rooftop getting farther and smaller until it finally disappeared behind rolling hil...
The Trial Stones, Man-Eating Rites & Royal Tomb with Runaway Bride 14 Dec 2012 | 09:30 am
Samosir is not only tranquil as it is beautiful; the land is also rich with legends and cultures of the Batak people. Historians believed the Batak were initially tribe people that dwelled in the mo...
I Dream of Samosir 22 Nov 2012 | 11:42 am
Two weeks had passed since my last write up about Samosir. Many had happened during those time – I’d been to several interesting places if not caught up with my menial day-to-day life; the reason wh...
