This weekend we went to Bandung to climb Gunung Cikuray with Merrin, Pete and Dan who we met on the Java Lava trip to Gunung Lawu. Bandung is the largest city in West Java and is about 3.5 hours drive to the east of Bogor. It is surrounded by mountains and has a reputation for [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
Gunung Salak (2,210 metres)
We took advantage of a “bonus” national holiday for the Indonesian Presidential election to finally climb Gunung Salak. We hiked with Karen and Michael and Dan (who had braved the economy train from Jakarta to Bogor). It was a great idea because we did not see anyone on the trail or the summit all day. [...]
Gunung Lawu (3,265 metres)
We finally made it on a “Java Lava” trip and bagged Gunung Lawu (3,265 m) in Central Java, near to Solo. The Java Lavans are a group of expats and Indonesians that enjoy scrambling up and down the volcanoes of Indonesia and we have been meaning to join them for almost a year. Gunung Lawu [...]