It was at night, when
other people were floating in their dreamlands while the stars were shining as
bright as the sun does in the daylight. There were eleven fabulous friends unpredictably
came to my beloved boarding house offering a fantastic journey. They said, “This
journey will not be able to be forgotten in the rest of your life”. Thinking
about it for a while, I say yes for sure. I wondered what on earth will be
survived in that such a peaceful midnight. Without taking any confusion, I
prepared some clothes and put it inside my bag. Before leaving my boarding
house, one of my friends said that we were going to have an unforgettable
experience. The place that we were going to reach is one of those which has the
most beautiful view in this island, Java. It was Mount Bromo. The mount in
which I had desired to go for a half of my life and just looking at the picture
to cure my suffering of being there.
Being speechless, I
joined my friends riding their motorcycles, each of which were used by two
people. I saw everyone show their enthusiasm and curiousness of being at that
mountain. Informed, few of us had been there. The trip would take four hours
from our city, Malang. During the trip, my mind was there, at that mountain. Somehow, I could feel the joyfulness of riding
bicycle at midnight accompanied by thousands stars above. After arriving at an
area which was just some kilometres before the peak of the mountain, I felt the
street was getting rough and steep, and I also felt that the weather was
getting cold. Our motorcycles were also working harder than before. Sometimes,
I had to get off the bike in order to ease it to ascend. Then, as what we had
expected before, we successfully reached the peak at four. It was 2,329 metres above the sea, and the air
was extremely cold, several degrees lower than that when I had been in Malang.
One thing that mostly people chase when they are going to the mountain
at night is to see the rising of the sun. And we did the same at that time. I
looked at my watch and it pointed to four. It was estimated that the sun would
rise in one hour. While waiting for that moment, I enjoyed the situation which
was unbelievable to realise. I looked at the sky, and it was decorated with
millions of stars which were spread out in all sides. The stars that I had
enjoyed while I had been having the trip just now were not as fantastic as what
I saw at that moment. Sometimes I looked down and saw twinkling lights flashing
from the hillbillies’ houses. How great the gift of god. I was so grateful to
have that kind of moment.
An hour had passed, and it was the time that had been being waited. I
saw the totals of people around me were getting increased. With the most joyful
mood and feeling, we savoured the rising of the sun. Little by little the sky
reddened. Accompanied by thousands sounds of cameras, tinge of sunlight began
to decorate the sky which had been occupied by stars all night long. One by one
the stars disappeared, and were changed by the dazzling colour of the sun. The
mountain range surrounded by clouds over there little by little appeared and made
a different scene. What an amazing scene it was. My concentration stuck in that
fascinating scene, and I couldn’t move my eyes onto another stuff. I was enchanted.
My tiring trip had been paid off by that spectacular catching moment.
My journey hadn’t ended. After enjoying the most spectacular moment that
had enchanted me a lot, my friends and I
continued our adventure to the crater. It was so hard to reach the top in which
we would see the crater since we had to go down passing the dessert and climb
up the steep ladder. The dusty wind came and interfered our steps. Two of my
friends gave up and decided to not continue their journey to the crater. Unlike
them, me and nine friends continued our steps and reached the top eventually.
Unfortunately, we didn’t see the crater immediately due to the haze that still
covered that place. However, after waiting several minutes, little by little
the crater appeared. It was beautiful. It was another coloured frame that I
could catch while having journey in Bromo.
Well, it has been approximately two months after having adventure to
that kind of very attractive mountain. But I can still feel the atmosphere
there. The challenge, peacefulness, apprehension, tiredness were blended and
united to reach one destination: catching the inexperienced view. And we made
that. That unvalued picture has successfully been caught. What a glorious
masterpieces that god has created for people in the world.
