Java Jamboree: One Early Morn

Would you wake up at three or four in the cold, dark and dreary morning just to visit a place? Just the other day, a friend asked me to join him in a one day trip to Ikea, the Swedish-Dutch company specialising in furniture in Kuala Lumpur but I declined since I had to wake up at four a.m. for the trip. In Surabaya, Indonesia, however, I remember having to wake up around this odd hour just to make a trip. It was after the sumptuous dinner in the Javanese restaurant and we had left immediately for our hotel. I remember the white walls of the little room, the not so clean white bed linen and the not so comfortable bathroom but we really were in need of a place to clean up and to rest our tired bodies. The room did not come cheap; in fact it was one of the most expensive we had paid while in Java and we had only but a few hours to catch up on sleep. I can't remember sleeping well and suddenly, it was time. Groggily, I made my way to the vehicle which would take my friends and I to watch the sun rise from behind Mount Bromo...


Watching the sunrise in Mount Bromo...














Traveling Tip: Wake up early if you must!

Comments

Liudmila said…
Why not? It's interesting!

By the way did you seen the full sun eclipse yesterday or when it was?
footiam said…
If you ask me to wake up just to see sunrise on my own, maybe, I won't but I'll go if there is someone to add to the experience. As it was, the one in Bromo was a great experience. It was cold up there and one could hire winter clothing for 100 Rupiah.
I read about the eclipse in the paper. I think it was reported that we could not see it here. Anywa, on that day, the sky was dark and I had thought of taking photos of the eclipse. I went out of the house to see that it was beginning to rain. So, no eclipse in the place I was living.
Liudmila said…
It's sad that you can't see the eclipse. I thought, I'll be able to see it with your eyes... Next time.
footiam said…
You can still see many other interesting things! Cheers!
Sally Lee said…
Is it worthwhile to wake up at this odd hour to c d sunrise?i cant c any of ur fotos showing d "breathtaking sunrise".In doubt.