Thanks to Jubilee Weekend SG 50 (7Aug and 10 Aug were declared as public holiday in Singapore), Ganteng Group (10 pax) went travelling to East Java 6-11Aug15.
The trip covered: Surabaya - Madakaripura Falls - Bromo National Park - Malang - Sempu Island Nature Reserve - Batu Secret Zoo
It was definitely an unforgettable trip with great scenery, great experience, and great companies!
On 6Aug15, we caught a night flight by China Airlines and reached Surabaya at around 11pm. We checked in the hotel (Midtown Hotel), and then did some research to decide which place to go as an alternative to not going to Ijen and Menjangan for safety reason.
On 7Aug15 in the morning, we had a quick shopping at Indomaret to buy water and some snacks, followed by late breakfast at Rawon Setan at around 11am. I'm not a fan of Rawon, but overall it was a nice food. Afterwards, we had a long trip to Madakaripura Waterfall. Upon reaching there around 3pm, lots of people were selling raincoat...lol.. was wondering what that raincoat used for. Apparently, we needed to walk around 30mins and passed by a waterfall to reach the nice spot of the falls itself. Not bad, we rented it for Rp4000 (SGD0.40)
It was indeed refreshing and beautiful!
Next stop was the highlights of the trip, Mt Bromo. After done some cost benefit analysis, we booked a Bromo Villa called Tengger Asri 2 instead of hotel. The unit looks new and most importantly they had hot water to bath in the morning. Not particularly nice, but good and clean enough to sleep for a short night before we left the house at 3am to go to Bromo by Jeep. Reached there, we got to walked in dawn with a very cold weather to catch the sunrise at 5.30am. We managed to eat instant noodle and hot drink there before the sunrise. Indomie never taste that good before!
Alright, the view was stunning with a clear sky and Mt Bromo as the background and yeah it was sunrise showtime! Beautiful!
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| Sunrise |
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| Mt Bromo view |
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| With Christina - taken at Mt Bromo |
Finished looking at the sunrise, we went to see Bromo crater. It was definitely a challenge for me who do not exercise regularly. Need to hike this sandy area around 45mins and my heart feels like so heavy. I should had got a horse riding to reach there to save up my energy. Oh well, but once I did that, I felt an accomplishment and satisfaction! Oh well, at the end I still got a horse riding for only Rp35,000 (around SGD3.5) when I went down
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| Half of Ganteng Group |
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| Hiking to crater |
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| The Bromo crater |
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| Since I already walked so tiring, I should have a selfie up here |
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| Me with the Jeep - typical a must photo here... |
8 Aug - After done with Bromo, we then traveled to Malang, had diner at Pizza Hut and rest for the day at Hotel Aria Gajayana.
9Aug - The next day we asked the hotel to pack the breakfast for us and we ready to go to Sempu Island Nature Reserve. We rent the boat and managed to get the tour guide to walk in the forest...
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| Group photo at the beach |
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| pardon my selfie |
10Aug - After we had the breakfast at the hotel, we went to buy food - for gift at Malang and continued to go to Batu Secret Zoo.
On weekday the price is Rp75rb (and yay discount 20% using BCA card)
Surprisingly with this cheap price, the quality and the experience in Batu Secret Zoo was very worth it!
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| The museum batu |
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| Lion King |
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| White tiger |
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| Very cute bear |
After done with the zoo, we travelled to Surabaya and had dinner at Carl Junior. Thank to Christina's friend, Jeting - she helped us buy the crispy almond (over 40pax I guess) and the spikoe surabaya lapis cake. So fortunate we are.
Finally, we went to the Square Hotel to end the day.
One special mention that can't be forgotten - almost every night game 'werewolves'
Overall, I'm very happy and satisfied with this trip! It was fun!
Special thanks to Hans (our organiser) and Winong (our photographer) and of coz all the Ganteng Group members as the best companies during this trip
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