Travel Blogs from Banyuwangi, Indonesia
Sort by Newest Best first
Coffee Plantations and Sulphur Lakes
DOMINIQUE HERE : Day : 114 Temperature : 24 degrees Weather : Cloudy, intermittent rain, some sunshine We left Bromo at 6am on Sunday morning and made our way back to Probolinggo. After catching an extremely busy, hot and overloaded public bus ...
Back breaker
... Ijen on the Ijen Plateau. This is yet another of the many volcanoes defining the spine of the island of Java and much of Indonesia but with one small difference - the is a small sulphur vent which is mined manually by local men and carried painstakingly, ...
The Itchy and Scratchy Show
... Asia. I accepted it, as I sat there sweating from every pore. Six miserable perspiration-filled hours later, I finally arrived in Banyuwangi, where I had planned to stay the night. Rejecting offers from locals to leave the bus at various "hotels" along ...
plateau d'Ijen
Après une route assez chaotique et le réveil à 4h me voilà au pied du plateau d'Ijen. Cette zone volcanique comprend plusieurs volcans dont celui d’Ijen qui est réputé pour son lac et ses ramasseurs de souffre. Une montée de 3km pour se ...
Ijen
So we arrived at our home stay in Ijen at a much better time than Bromo - some of the guys headed off to the hot springs down the road and the rest of us sat by the pool with some beers and enjoyed the evening. The home stay was the only thing around and ...
Dzien 13 Bromo
Dzisiejszy dzien chcemy rozpoczac od podejscia na wschod slonca do jednego z punktow widokowych Semeru i Bromo zwanego Pananjakan, a potem wejsc na Bromo. Wczoraj w hotelu powiedzieli nam ze to trudne, nie zdazymy ze wszystkim, ze dojscie do Pananjakan ...
First time overnight on pos paltuding
It's 5 am, the morning was breezing. "Are you ready", my friend, a local ranger asked me to start to head up to Paltuding. Yes, I ...
Ijen Plateau and Kawah Ijen, East Java
... it was time to bid farewell to Bali and move on to the island of Java. Of the thousands of islands that comprise Indonesia, it could be argued that Java is the heart of the country. Here you will find the bustling capital city of Jakarta ...
Back to Java
Onward from Bali & a 2 hour drive over the mountains via Lake Bratan to the north coast & the ferry port at Gillmanuk. Straight on to the ferry although Jacqueline & Liz had to rush as they wanted a loo stop first. The ferry was full ...
The Best Time to Visit
The best time to visit around Ijen plateau is between May to September. But it is possible all year. The wheater is nice during these months considered as dry season. However in the night the temperature goes down accordingly. It can reach up to ...
Kawah Ijen
EN: We were picked up at our hotel by a minibus to take us to the travel agent office where we would get on the minivan for our trip, the guy from the agency also came to the hotel so we tried to discuss the slightly higher price we had paid him for the ...
Volcan Ijen et ferry pour Bali
Me leve a quatre heures ce matin, dur encore, mais bon il fait moins froide que la veille. Je prends une bonne douche, me rase, et vais petit dejeuner, du the avec un oeuf dur et un espece de sandwich toast beurre et granules de chocolat degeulasse, ...
on the road
we waited in the bus station for a long while because we had chosen to take the long haul bus instead of one just to the ferry crossing. we tried to figure out during this time if the stares we are getting are because the men find my uncovered hair ...
Eastern Java by night.
Hostel I stayed over night was like a resort, very nice and cheap one. Had exactly what I needed – bed, internet, bucket of water and parking by the door. And additionally at the morning when I start my daily motorbike's check someone brought me ...
Into Thick Air
... ; We needn't have worried about being late at the station since we had plenty of time to buy our onward tickets to Banyuwangi - Executive Class, again (it's just too hot for anything else). The train left on time but then developed a problem an ...
Volcanoes and rainforests provide a perfect tonic
Man and Nature have fought some titanic battles over the years and, more often than not, Nature gets the upper hand. After seeing the bad side of humanity on our journey to Bromo it was refreshing to realise that Nature managed to prevail again on my ...
Bei den Schwefelminen des Ijen-Kraters
In der Dunkelheit ging es auf der holprigen Strasse zum Fusse des Ijen-Vulkans. Ijen bedeutet einsam - hier kommen nur die Leute hin, die sich den Vulkan mit seinem himmelblauen See und dem gelben Schwefel ansehen wollen, und die Schwefeltraeger, die den ...
Vulkan Ijen
Ziv ziv, ljubcki, sva ful vesela vseh vasih komentarjev, ampak plis ne jih posiljat preko facebooka. Midva jih tam ne morva videt, pa tut vc al mn nimava cajta za fb, kr nama ga ze blog vzame kr dost - racunalnicarja pac :) Torej, na Javi sva se povzpela ...
Ijen
To clinb to the Ijen park and see sunrise the following morning. An amazing scenery with the turquoise blue lake and the sulfure fumes. Was impressed with the people working there and carrying so much weight (sulfure blocs). If you go, take ...
In the Sulphur clouds
Ijen Crater We arrived on Java by the short ferry from Bali and stayed overnight in Ketapang. Very early the next morning we set off for Ijen, this was not so much for the sunrise but more for the cool of the morning and to be able to ...
Giri Wana Rally Nasional 1997
... EP, Joko Digdoyo) merupakan wakil dari Saka Wanabhakti Cabang Pacitan. Dan merupakan rombongan pertama yang datang di Banyuwangi. Setelah kedatangan kami, lalu rombongan2 lain berdatangan dari seluruh penjuru Indonesia. Bahkan dari Sulawesi dan Irianjaya ...
On the way to Bali in Bangy-Wangy
Anyway after such a cold and uncomfortable night we weren’t for staying on any longer and headed off by local minibus (bemo) down to the main town (Probolinggo) to catch a local bus to near the ferry port for Bali. Another long day on the buses and ...
Mount Bromo
Omstreeks 4u 's morgens opgestaan en vertrokken naar Mount Bromo. Vanuit het hotel vetrokken met een jeep. Na 30 min. zijn we aangekomen op de plek waar we een mooie zonsopgang zouden zien. En effectief, de zonsopgang was FANTASTISCH!! ...
Ready, Steady, Go!
... ; I had to stop by for seven hours in Surabaya, just sightseeing there, my first time in surabaya. I jumped out at wrong station in Banyuwangi, but thanks God I realised it, so I quickly jumped in to the train before it left me. There, I met ...
Lago Ijen - Arrivo a Bali (che giornata !)
In ogni nostra vacanza che si rispetti ci vuole un'impresa da ricordare...e la giornata di oggi verrà spesso citata nei nostri racconti. Comunque oggi ho subito dedotto che sia da Banyuwani che da Bondowoso non sarebbe stato per nulla semplice ...
Nov 23, 2011
Mount Bromo
... Bali the plan was to move on to Java. On the way it looked convenient enough to visit Mount Bromo ... the most famous volcano in Indonesia. So off we went on a public coach across Bali, across the sea on ferry and across half of Java. 7 hours later we ...
EAST JAVA ROUND ECO - PHOTO TOUR 5 Days / 4 Nights
... angle. You should never miss it, since the sun set silhouette with the foreground of the biggest Power Station Building in Indonesia “Paiton Power Station” with its yellow twinkle light would be a unique picture. After that, we are heading to ...
Ijen Plateau
... die hotels inderdaad al gebeld en wisten precies wie we waren en wat we wilden. Heel irritant. We namen een bemo het stadje Banyuwangi in. Daar werden we ergens uit de bemo gezet omdat we anders moesten bijbetalen. We hadden geen idee waar we waren en ...
Sort by Newest Best first

