My Hiking Experience at Mount Batur, an Active Volcano in Indonesia!

It was the day for the ambitious sunrise trek to Mount Batur, which was the main reason why I visited Indonesia. Lately because of the tsunami that had hit the northern coast, the weather was not getting any better and I was quite concerned about the fog. Fortunately, the very night that I left my hostel along with other hikers at 2 a.m., the weather started clearing up and I must say that I had not been under such a starry night in a very long time.

I had not slept much and had been sipping Bintang Beer with others at the hostel. I was so jittery for the trek. It takes about 2 hours of climbing up the accent over a rocky terrain that is a little exhausting yet greatly rewarding.

At about 5 a.m. we were at the peak. The view that unravelled in front of our eyes was too surreal to be true. After a moment of hype, we all calmed down and enjoyed our moments of solitude while taking in as much of the spectacular sunrise as we could.

After the hike, I felt like indulging in a spa but I did not go along with the idea for all the wrong excuses that I seem to regret now.