Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia

... in that much pain from that many different ailments before. The Mt Bromo sunrise was not only one of the main reasons I'd chosen Indonesia over Vietnam though, but also the main reason I came to urban industrial Java at all as opposed to going straight to ...

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So we booked ourselfs a nice comfy sleeper bus to probolinggo, we were told nice seats which recline all the way, A/C and toilets the whole thing. What we got was a lil mini van with some big fat loud mouth local girl who had to sit behind my seat (no ...

... national park of Bromo and relax with a nice breeze hitting me, not a bad view for dining!! Next I got a public bus down to Probolinggo, which took an hour and a half. Then after deciding to get a train to near the ferry port went astray I went to get a ...

... onto a 2-day tour from Yogya to Bali, with a stopover and sunrise atop Gunung Bromo - an active volcano in eastern Java. The volcano was indeed spectacular (although the sunrise was perhaps not worth the 3:30am alarm call) but the bus journeys before and ...