We set off at 8:30am for an 8 hour bus journey as told by our guide. The itinery says it should be 4 hours, so we are all confused about why it should take so long. We had all lost complete faith in him now! We drove for hours with some unnecessary photos stops thrown in. We stopped for lunch in an overpriced restaurant and headed on further. People were dropping like flies with a sickness bug and someone was even sick on the bus. This caused a chain reaction of people feeling sick too! We finally got to our hotel 9 hours later. It was so horrible. There were so many creepy men everywhere and I really did not feel safe. Those who were still standing went out for dinner at a western restaurant. I think our guide though we could not handle the local food anymore, and to be honest I had got really bored of the menus. Before we visited the restaurant we went to a Chinese temple and got shown around. We could then also get out fortunes told. We had to kneel down and hold these two pieces of wood that looked like a banana cut down the middle. You had to tell the gods your name, where you were from and what you wished for and then throw them on the floor. If they landed one up and one down, you could continue to the next step. Mine did on throw one and so I was allowed to continue. Next step was to hold a large container of sticks and shake it until one of the sticks fell out. It was so hard but eventually one came out. Next step was to thrown the bananas again. Mine fell correctly and I got to hear my fortune, translated from Indonesian. Not sure how exactly well it was translated but I think it was relevant to finding a job. Need to put it in google translate to no for sure!
When we got home me and Tracy went to the roof top bar and found a hostel up there which was pretty strange. We got talking to a rather nice Dutch guy and saw so many hot guys waking in there boxers to and from the outdoor bathrooms! Pleasant viewing!
The next day my roommate was also sick so I was desperate to get out of our stinky room! I went on the city tour which constipated of seeing the famous flower market. It was shit. No flowers, just lots of little lanes between people's houses with pot plants outside. Next to it was the bird market which was big but not so nice. Lots of animals in cages for sale. Not just birds but also monkeys, cats, rabbits, rodents and strange looking wild cats. We were given an hour to look around and needed about 20 minutes.
Next up was a famous coffee shop which served apparently great coffee and homemade ice cream. I had a coffee with milk and asked specifically no sugar, as all the coffee here seems to automatically come with sugar, but it was too sweet to drink. It was so bad. Back to the hotel to pick up the ill group and we set off on another epic journey to Mount Bromo!
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