hiking the slope of mt. bromo, we were given these majestic views of the plains, mt. batok, the hindu temple dedicated to the volcano and the inner caldera rim. bromo tengger semeru national park february 2012.

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a portrait of an ostrich taken from inside our vehicle at taman safari indonesia II near pasuruan, east java. february 2012.

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after dispatching our two kids on a horse for rp100,000 return fees and to meet them again near the foot of mt. bromo some 1.5km away, we were finally free to roam and explore the sea of sand on the plains of the caldera. it was a win-win situation! pics of alif and yomi getting mighty excited to be riding on a horse for the first time, and another lone horse vendor who missed the opportunity near mt. batok (2,470m). february 2012.

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tussock grasslands on the plains of tengger caldera, made more greenish by the rainy season. looking north towards the caldera rim. bromo tengger semeru national park, february 2012.

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from inside the tengger caldera, on the sea of sand, we looked back at our off-road vehicle and the caldera rim from where we observed the sunrise a few hours earlier. east java february 2012.

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looking east towards mt. lamongan, at 1,651m, is another active stratovolcano and the ever dominating iyang-argapura volcanic complex in the background. taken from tengger caldera rim near mt. pananjakan. february 2012.

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we were unlucky to have a cloudy sunrise atop mt. pananjakan (2,770m) on the tengger caldera rim looking south towards the expansive views of mt. batok (2,470m – foreground), mt. bromo (2,329m – on the left with the large crater) and the distant mt. semeru (3,676m – behind the clouds, the highest in java). an hour later our luck changed! february 2012.

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a very recent photo of a grazing zebra at taman safari indonesia II at the foot of mt. arjuno (3,339m) near pasuruan, east java. february 2012.

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