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All posts for the day February 16th, 2013

Sanur…

Posted by Ismawan Ismail on February 16, 2013
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Cloudy sunrise at Sanur...

No need to explain much about Sanur…

I guess this place has been infamous for decades, or even more, so I don’t think I can explain enough about this place, for there are lots more people know this place far better than I do. For you that have never been in Bali before, well, I can explain a little bit about this place… 🙂

Sanur is a handy place for a new arrival. Airport taxis might charge around IDR100,000 to Sanur and the journey is around 20-25 minutes For people choosing Sanur over Kuta or Nusa Dua, nowadays most of them would be the elders and the families, the advantage is a less intense atmosphere than Kuta or Nusa Dua… Continue Reading

Mount Ijen…

Posted by Ismawan Ismail on February 16, 2013
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Going to the crater...

Sulfur miners walk down the Ijen crater path…

Around 30km north-west of Banyuwangi – East Java, there stood mount Ijen with its huge crater lake located at 2380 meter above the sea level, one of several tourism attractions in Banyuwangi area. Mbak Iin – a friend of my sister-in-law living at a village nearby the mountain – invited us for a visit, so there we went on this holiday season…

Mount Ijen actually can be reached from two cities in East Java. The first route is from Bondowoso via Sempol village, and the second is from Banyuwangi via Licin village – the village where our friend lives. Most of people said that the second route is the easiest one, and also the shortest one if we consider the distance of the basecamp from the nearest city. From Banyuwangi, we can also drive until around 3km from the peak before hiking to the peak of the mountain. So, lucky us, I guess…

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