Kami sekeluarga memang suka melancong. Kalau dulu guna MAS,memang mahal. Kami sekeluarga sudah ke Japan, Hongkong, Korea, Beijing China(2 kali), Medan (4 kali), Bandung dan Jakarta dengan MAS. Tapi bila ada AirAsia nampaknya ia memberikan pulangan yang menguntungkan. Kami mula menggunakan AirAsia sejak tahun tahun 2007. Target utama kami bercadang untuk melancong ke seluruh Pulau di Indonesia dengan AirAsia melalui pakej Go Holiday. Memang menguntungkan. Sebagai kakitangan kerajaan kami akan melancong setiap 5 bulan mengikut cuti sekolah (InsyaAllah). Semenjak ada AirAsia ia memang banyak membantu menyelesaikan masalah minat kami sekeluarga yang suka melancong. Dengan AirAsia kami telah pergi ke Jakarta 2 kali, Surabaya, dan InsyaAlah akan Jogjakarta pada bulan jun ini(sudah ditempah)

Pemandangan Kota Surabaya dari hotel
Kapal Selam ditengah bandarSurabaya?
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Jogja has always been my favorite city in South East Asia. In 2008, I've had 3 repeat visits and written a travel guide on Jogja :p

Andongs at the busy streets of Malioboro

There are so many things that I love about Jogja - one of the oldest cities in Indonesia. From batik arts/craft at the bustling Malioboro Street, the yummilicious street food, the street performers, the Kraton (Sultan's Palace), the arts and culture i.e. theater, gamelan music, batik, wayang kulit (shadow puppetry) to the friendly and helpful locals!

Symbol of the Kraton
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One of the finest feeling (for me) is to wake up in a foreign country without knowing what's gonna happen and the people I am about to meet for the day. I find that very....liberating :)

Surabaya warms my heart and left a stunning impression after the fortunate event. I wished I'd stayed a little bit longer and get acquainted with the cheerful souls at Hotel Gubeng. But I was too eager to move on to Mount Bromo - my first volcano.

The easiest way (and probably the only way) to get to Mount Bromo from Surabaya is to travel by train to Probolingo and proceed with a bus ride to Cemoro Lawang.

The journey from Surabaya to Probolingo by train took about 2 hours. I was lucky to get hold of the one last remaining executive coach to Probolingo for Rp.110,000. From Probolingo station, it's another 7km ride by becak (Rp.10,000) to the bus station. However, instead of taking me to the bus station, the becak peddler brought me to a travel agent who then arranged a tour to Cemoro Lawang, trekking Mount Bromo and a bus ride to Jogja. All for Rp.300,000.

The 2 hour ride in the tiny 12 seat minivan sandwiched by close to 20 people was utterly unbearable! It's amazing how the minivan was never ever too full to pick up an additional passenger, despite protest from passenger with glaring looks who refuses to make space for the unwanted passenger.

But I guess I wouldn't mind going through the experience if I have to do it all over again, in exchange for what awaits me at Cemoro Lawang. The tea plantations, vegetable gardens, beautiful pine trees and gazillion stars that shines so bright in the sky at night was all so amazingly breathtaking.

With Tugio at Cemara Indah cafe
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