Bro-ing out at Mt Bromo

Mt Bromo is an active volcano in eastern Java. The volcano sits in the middle of a large caldera that is filled with a sand like ash from previous eruptions. Mt Bromo has erupted in 2004, 2010, and 2011.

From Yogyakarta we took a 14 hour bus ride to Cemoro Lawang, a small mountainside village near Mt Bromo. We stayed the night at a guesthouse before starting our pre-dawn ascent to the volcano. We only got two hours of sleep due to the Brazil-Chile World Cup match.

Our 14hr ride to Bromo was pimpin

View of Ceromo Lawang from our guesthouse

At 4am we took a jeep to the side of Mt Penanjakan to get a view of the sun rising above Bromo. Unfortunately the view was not all that great because Bromo is much shorter than the surrounding mountains and it was impossible to see it through the morning fog. However, the view of Bromo's neighbor, the larger and much more active Mt Semeru was very good.

Sunrise over Mt Bromo

Mt Semeru smolders behind the hordes of tourists

After the sun had risen, we made our descent into the caldera where Bromo sits in a sea of ash. From there you can climb Bromo on foot or on horseback.

The walls of the caldera rise in the distance

Sulferous gas rises from the bowels of Bromo

Bro(mo)s

Previous eruptions created the ash desert that surrounds Bromo

Bromo is much shorter than it's neighbors making it an easy climb to the summit