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And the volcano journey continued

And so we have completed Mt Bromo tour. From Cemoro Lawang, we came down to Probolinggo. The van would then dropped some people and picked up some. At the end of the day, there were 6 from Malaysia, 6 from France and 1 from Argentina, headed to Kawah Ijen. The journey to Kawah Ijen took one full day, considering we departed late. We met 2 Malaysian backpacker dudes and 2 ladies. Guess what, the dudes also had the same travel itinerary like us but in reverse. They started their trip from Yogjakarta and left from Surabaya. To get a different perspective view of Java, access the two dudes' blogs below.

Xiaowei's blog

Teh's blog

to be continued...

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