Salam again
In Malang we stopped for lunch at Assalamualikum restaurant right infront of University of Islam Muhammadiah..located beautifully in a valley..no pictures as the camera was not with me..
Right after that we were transported by a four wheel.. Then stopped at a 'pondok gunung shop'..Luckily they did not have credit card facilities..otherwise depa borong sakan..branded stuff selling at heavily discounted price. Well the shop owned by Boni..one of the guides cum entreprenur. After that off the road again ..to Probolinggo and to Ranupani. Ranupani is only accessible by four wheels. The area is 2500metres above sea level.. Highland with agricultural activities, occupied mainly by local Tangere, descendants of a tribe from Bali escaped from Majapahit administrators..long time ago. The majority of them are still practicing Balinese Hinduism, Alhamdullillah they are also Muslim Tangere..The cold wind started to blow us slowly. We landed Juanda International Airport 12.00 o'clock..arrived Ranupani around 9.00p.m..Indeed a long journey for the day...Resting for the night before ascending to Ranu Kombolo (Lake of Kombolo) the next day...
The pictures were captured around Ranupani areas...
Group photo before departing to Ranu Kombolo- half way to the base of Mount Semeru(the destination).The most senior in the group is Hj Ali the guy in a red wind breaker. Guest what he is 68 years old...any contender?
The journey to Ranu(lake) Kombolo took more than 4 hours..since I was always resting at every post(wakaf)..The rest of the group did not take much break so they arrived almost 1 hour ahead of me..
To be continued
Puziah
28th June 2009/5 Rejab 1430H
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