Taking advantage of the long weekend for Indonesian Independence Day (17th August), I went to climb West Java’s highest mountain – Gunung Ciremai – which is near to Cirebon on the north coast. Gill was away looking for Eucalyptus deglupta trees in Seram and Sulawesi (don’t ask), so I was hiking with Dan and Liz, [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Bali and Gunung Agung (3,142 metres)
I was in Bali for a workshop (a tough assignment, but I was up to the task) and since it finished at 1 pm on a Saturday I thought I would avoid slobbing on the beach and go and climb Bali’s sacred Gunung Agung. I escaped from the dreadfully dull Nusa Dua and hired a [...]