Kawah Ijen

Kawah Ijen

May 28 2022, I went to Kawah Ijen Bondowoso with my father’s friends. It was my first time climbing the mountain and I was so excited. We departed from Sidoarjo at 10 PM by minibus and arrived at Bondowoso at 4:30 AM to pray subuh. After praying, I had breakfast with kebuli rice and a cup of hot tea because at Bondowoso it was freezing. And then we continued our trip at Kawah ijen, around 7 AM we arrived there.

And that is my photo with my father. We took that photo before climbing to Kawah Ijen. But, can you see my outfit? wkwkwk it seem that i was not ready for climbing, i was not wear a shoes, I wore a jeans and i brought my leather sling bag, It was not like the usual climber outfit but I was oke *hahaha After taking a photo, we walked together. We started to climb with 14 people from my troupe at 7:47 AM. The tour guide said that we had to walk 3,5 km to reach the peak. When I started to walk, I still enjoyed it because I thought that the track was not that difficult. But after 20 minutes walking, I felt exhausted because the track was uphill. We stopped many times to rest and drank water. And in the middle of our climbing, 8 people from my troupe gave up. They decided to back to our minibus because they were so tired and incapable of reaching the Kawah peak. Some of them were walking and some of them got on the wagon. I still continued to climb the road with 5 people including my father.

Actually I was so tired, because for people who were new to this walk up, it was not easy. We stopped many times, but I felt so happy during climbing there because I can take a deep breath of fresh air without pollution. And the view was so amazing. And this is the photo I took when I was on my way.

I can enjoy the mountain view from there. I felt that it was unreal because I was in that position, person who likes to sleep and lazy to walk can climb to Kawah Ijen and I was so proud of myself *HAHAHA.

Around 10:09 AM, we arrived at the peak of kawah ijen. I was so HAPPYYYYYY OMGGGG!!! FINALLY AFTER WALKING FOR ALMOST 4 HOURS I CAN SEE THE VIEW OF KAWAH IJEN!!! *hahaha

And this is the picture of Kawah Ijen, but I was not that clear because there was a lot of smoke and it smelled so strong.

We did not stay there that long, because the smoke was smelly. We only took some pictures, ate a cup of instant noodles and drank a bottle of water. I had no idea, why instant noodle was so tasty when I ate it at mountain *wkwk.

And there are the picture of instant noodle with the view and the picture of me *xixixi