funtrekkingbali: Mount Batur

MOUNT BATUR, ASCENDING IN SHAMBLES

Mount Batur

Our journey to Mount Batur was late as we arrived at the parking area at 09.30 am and we hunted for breakfast as almost all the foods in Warung has been sold out, but thanks to Ibu Warung for sharing her rice and fried us some eggs. The breakfast hunting made us to start the trailhead as local native say “a very late hiking”. After had some advice from a 15-year boy who coincidently hiking tours guide, we took our first step to the mountain at close to 11.00 am.

The left and right side was a bit shady with some pine trees and farming tomatoes & peppers and we kept moving forward and forward, the surrounding was not shady anymore but volcanic rocks and grass until we realized there were no trek path ahead…and Yes…we were lost, no maps, no knowledge of the track just hold the past 12 years’ experience. Luckily, the mountain is hardly without forest so we could see the surrounding looking for other people.

The Way Ahead

Yes......We're Lost

An orange tent was flashy in the northeast and we rushed towards the tent. It was belong to a group of students & lecturers along with government officials from Yogyakarta, Java performed research of Batur Geopark (I didn’t know what type of research). Afterwards, we were back to the correct path.

Back to the Path

It was 12.20 pm when the treks became harder with our hands holding on the volcanic rocks and some trees + direct sunlight burned us, we covered ourselves by the windy strong cool air.

Take a Break

So Do I.......

Finally we reached the top. There were a Warung on the top of the mountain and again no more foods available. But, we have shared some Rice and eggs we got previously from Ibu Warung near the trailhead. We enjoyed the top and then had the lunch + hot ginger orange tea (the only menu that’s left on the Warung). For more we met other people (student’s from Udayana University, Bali) and shared memories with them about the Campus (It was my Almamater).