This morning we got up at 3am to watch the sunrise over Mt. Bromo. We stayed in the village next to the park, in the mountains. The landscape of the village was quite beautiful, and reminded me a little bit of Peru. There were farms everywhere, growing cabbage, onions and corn.
It took about an hour drive to reach the observation area with bumper to bumper traffic. There were many tourists there, including some locals. We watched the spectacular landscape appear in front of our eyes as the sun was coming up. The sky was red, with perfect horizontal lines across. The landscape looked like something from another planet. Bromo was puffing smoke every now and then. I sat next to a few local boys, who were happy to practice their English with me, and offered me some local wine. Afterwards, we got back in the jeep, and were driven to the base of Bromo. We hiked up to the top of the crater, which was full of smoke. I worked up an appetite with all this walking, so I had a lovely breakfast inside the giant crater - wonton soup with ramen noodles - delicious!