For most frequent travellers the whole ordeal of flying is often the worse part of any trip. Of course this all depends on what class of travel you are in, which airport you are flying from and the length of the flight but for serious frequent travellers just the thought of heading back to the airport can be demoralising.
In this section of the website we will be reviewing different airlines, giving you an insiders look at what each airline is like and some tips on the best seats etc.
When you do travel it is often the small things that can make a difference, perhaps the meal or an exit seat, a quiet plane or some other novelty whatever you are looking for from your airline we hope to provide you with some valuable tips and information that we hope will prove valuable in ensuring that your next trip is as smooth and enjoyable as possible. We also have a whole section worth checking out that deals with a whole load of other travel tips. If you need an actual airline ticket, have a look here. We also have all the latest news regarding Airlines, including, Airbus, A380, Boeing, Dreamliner etc.
Friday, January 18, 2008
From Probolinggo to Bromo
This is the easiest and by far the most popular route. From Probolinggo, it's 28km to Sukapura, then another 14km to Ngadisari and another 3km to Cemoro Lawang. Minibuses run all the way to Cemoro Lawang from Probolinggo. Just before Cemero Lawang, you must pay the 2100Rp entrance post.
As with mountain scaling anywhere in Asia, it is all important to be at the top of Gunung Bromo for the impressive sunrise.
From Cemoro Lawang, it's 3km down the crater wall and across the Sand Sea (Lautan Pasir) to Bromo, about a one hour walk. Get up at 4.30 am or earlier for an easy stroll across to Bromo.
White stone markers are easy to follow in the dark, not to mention all the other climbers. Horses can also be hired for 15,000Rp. By the time you've crossed the lava plain from Cemoro Lawang and started to climb up Bromo (246 steps, one traveller reported), it should be fairly light. Bromo itself is not one of the great volcanoes (www. lonelyplanet. com)
Packing Food For Travelling
After working hard on weekdays, week end travelling is much awaited. Even packing food is fun. How disappointed we will be, however, if on arrival the food is no longer edible.
It might be, the process of packing is not good enough. Remember that some kind of food cannot be packed in ordinary plastic bags for several hours. Note the following tips:
1. To save cooking time at the destination, marinate beef, chicken or fish from home. To keep them fresh, keep in a cooler box filled with ice blocks. Use adequate ice blocks in accordance with the quantity of food and length of travel time.
2. Put the cooler box in the cabin of your car where the temperature is cool due to the air conditioner. Do not put it in the baggage.
3. As soon as you arrive at the hotel, put the food in the refrigetator, to prevent decay. If there is no refrigerator, food can only be kept in the cooler box for 1 or 2 days. You also have to change or add the ice blocks.
4. If necessary take two cooler boxes, the other one for keeping things you often take out, for instance cool drinks, chocolate and other snacks. Opening cooler boxes frequently will ruin food such as meat.
5. If you bring raw meat, keep it dry as water in the plastic bag will damage the meat more quickly.
6. Separate cooked or half cooked food with the raw ones to prevent contamination.
7. Vegetables should be wrapped in plastic bags with holes in them to keep the contents frexh.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Adventure by Car
1. Choose partner the journey fitting in with your personality. This more important compared to choosing the route because your partner will very determine do journey will become beautiful memory or also become the nightmare. Important to remember that people which have often use spare time with your, can cataclysmic become monster when we have to be trapped with during 24 at 7 day one week.
2. After having good partner, invite him/her to open map and determine the journey route. Don't forget to accomodate the route with owned time.
3. Dig the information as much as possible concerning route which have been determined: is condition the way good, or is there any interesting attraction.
4. Estimate the journey time to be having the picture to desist where is, good to merely rest or do something.
5. Check the car condition, especially air filter, timing belts, oli, radiator water, condition of tire, wiper, lamp signal, rem lamp, and lamp far. Labour that checking is done from far day and is done the test drive to ascertain the car condition have really prima.
6. Pay attention the wheater condition alongside route.
7. Clean the car before going. Do the covering ground in clean car is generating mood the good.
8. Prepare equipments of emergency in car, including dramamine.
9. Cassette stock or CD hobby music to dissipate to tire of in journey.
10. Ascertaining a period to applying the plate, car letters, and Driving licence (SIM) you and who is even also gentian to drive.
11. Tanking up tanki gasoline when leaving apprehensive unnecessary so that look for pom gasoline.
12. Preparing the mental to experience of the unforeseen things during journey. All that will become the additional capital of story for your offspring in future.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
A Note If You Want to Visit Ijen
Watching directly the mining activities are not allowed for public, especially those with physical problems and vertigo. The rule especially apply to those who would feel sick and dizzy easily if they inhale the sulphuric smoke.
The journey to the crater must apply extreme caution. On your way up, never talk to the miners carrying baskets if you don't have to. They would later stop and talk with you which would slow their rhytms and forcing them to use extra energy located at the bottom of the mountain at Pal Tuding. What an extraordinary scene, yet gloomy for us.
About ten minutes later, the path ended at an open space with the sight of a beautiful valley on our right. Up here, we could see Rante and Raung Mountains in the distance. It was less than twenty minutes for us to reach the Ijen Crater from here as we could already smell sulphur indistinct. Although, the mountain was still active, still the picture of enjoying the Breathtaking crater that only few could enjoy -ad diminished their worries.
Ijen Crater was the final destination for the visitors, but actually it was a start for the miners. Yes, down below in the deep crater the mining was located.
The journey to the mining place was rocky and very steep. To reach it, we had to take a small path along the rocky wall on our right and 200-meter slope on our left. The path itself was very sloppy. What a startling outlook to see the miners had to carry up to hundreds kilograms of sulphur on their shoulders along the hard path. Yet, the picture was not complete unless we could see directly the mining activities on ground zero located on the side of a la ke.
(Appetite Journey, February 2007, Pg. 26)