Enchanting Moment

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.