The gunung bagging obsession can take you to some off-the-beaten path places, and our quick weekend to climb Gunung Tampomas was a good example. Gunung Tampomas is a mountain northeast of Sumedang – a town famous for its delicious Tahu (fried tofu). We set out one Saturday from Bogor with a rented car and driver [...]
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Gunung Papandayan – bubbling mud and an elusive summit
Before the start of the long wet season and some busy work schedules, we decided to squeeze in bagging one last local West Java volcano. Mount (Gunung) Papandayan is not a hard one to get to or climb because you pretty much drive into the crater, but somehow we failed to make it to the [...]
Gunung Ciremai (3,078 m)
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, [...]