in fact this incident I faced when I was at Mount Bromo. that time I was with daan holthousen and family. when I entered the city of Malang, I've heard from friends who live around cemoro lawang. cemoro lawang is a small village the last village to the bromo caldera. that time my friend told me that bromo is active but the bromo volcano monitoring post warned not significant, meaning bromo still able to visit.
We, the five of us with family daan holthousen time staying at lava view lodge, just once at the end of Cemoro Lawang village, we came close before dark.
after I finished the family drove to the hotel lava view lodge, I left them and headed straight to the house of my friend named markuad. He was a jeep driver in the region of Mount Bromo and he is also a psychic spiritual guardian of Mount Bromo.
He talked to me at that time so do not be afraid if bromo erupted, because bromo are building a house.
it according to his mind's eye, but in my eyes it is a scary thing. He tried to explain all in a clear and logical so I am not afraid and how to deal with in case of eruption bromo great. indeed when I arrived in the area was dark Cemoro Lawang village, but it's not because the time was late afternoon but it was because of the dark cloud that has been active Mount Bromo.
attested by a cloud of red just above the top of Mount Bromo and the thunderous sound from the belly of Mount Bromo. I can not take photographs of this incident because I did not have a good camera for use at night.
then I go back to the hotel where the lava view lodge where the family lived, I would tell them not to fear.
as usual in the morning at 3:30 I was at the wake by markuad to continue the tour to the summit of the mountain to see panajakan bromo sunrise. six of us reached the summit at around 4:45 am Pananjakan that too, usually around 05:15 hours already seen the red cloud that marks the sun will rise. moment there is a sense of disappointment but after that, we saw more sights than normal, seen glowing red cloud above the mouth of the crater of Bromo, such as a furnace that is being used to cook a spark issue. apparently it is a stone fire stone that spewed from the mouth of the crater of Bromo. impresive, attractive and stunning indeed.
not only us who are on the top of panajakan, there are still some other tourists from other countries. of Pananjakan after our trip to the Bromo caldera proceed where there is a Hindu temple near the stairs to the top of the bromo. holthousen at the moment to ask me, "agung is it safe to bromo now, because after seeing the red cloud bromo probably will erupt," and I replied as markuad explained to me.
less than 1 hour we were at and we see bromo caldera from the usual sights. there are no other tourists except for the five of us, there is usually a horseman, the day was not there, just very different than usual. markuad parked a bit away from the Hindu temple to avoid the things that are not in want.
after almost a step close to the Hindu temple in the center of the caldera bromo, and there was a great eruption bromo, black cloud out of the mouth of bromo and a very thunderous sound. Mount Bromo and eventually erupt in front of the five of us are just 1 kilometer away from bromo. sights that can not be fresh fresh again and make the heart afraid of the power of god. honestly the only time I was very close to death because I see very great eruption bromo.
the five of us amazed, awed and terrified the bromo atraktsi that is given to us at that time Face to Face with Power of Nature.
