Tag: Sunrise
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Sunrise and comets over Bromo
From Yogyakarta we got the train further East towards Probolinggo, the gateway to the volcano of East Java. We hadn’t been very lucky so far with our volcano experiences in Indonesia. Mount Sibayak and Sinabung in Sumatra had hidden from us under cloud, as had Mount Merapi in Central Java. We’d seen a few out…
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Sunrise Hike to Mount Sibayak
After Bukit Lawang we wanted to travel south towards Lake Toba and a brief stop off at the town of Berastagi. Berastagi is saddled between 2 of Sumatra’s active volcanoes, mount Sinabung (on the FCDO red list because of it’s potential for violent, and often deadly, eruptions) and mount Sibayak, which is fairly stable and…
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Say Wat?!? Angkor Wat.
We arrived in Siem Reap very early and had to wait until midday to check in. The night bus wasn’t great so all of us slept on sofas in the lobby until we were allowed in the room. Another lovely hostel, this place also had a swimming pool, but was a little further from the…
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