Day 4 - Rinjani (Lombok)

During the night, I could hear the strong howling wind and the rumbling of the volcano.

Woke at 4.30am to get ready to climb to the rim of the crater again before sunrise.

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Pre-dawn.

I could see the molten lava and hear the rumbling of the volcano.

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Mt Rinjani

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Turquoise Lake

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Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to swim in the lake.

It would have been an awesome experience.

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Simply magnificient

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Clockwise from Top lefthand Corner:

Jon, Mich, Mel, SR, SM, Chandra, Boon, PY

Unfortunately, YP was not feeling well to join us in the morning.

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Group Photo @ the rim of Crater (2600m)
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Our campsite

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I had to do my regular morning "business".

It was really hard to find a flat and grassless spot.

The trick is to flatten the grass & bushes with your leg.

It was by sheer luck that I found a spot that I could smell the fragrance of the flowers.

The smell was freshing and fragrant.

It was a pleasant surprise in the morning.

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Breakfast time!!!

Yummy Banana Pancake.

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Taken from the Base Camp

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Waterfall from the Canopy.

This is something that I have never seen before.

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Nice!!!

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Ferns watered by the waterfall

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7 of them enjoying the waterfall.

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SR and myself decided to give it a miss.
I would have joined them if I did not have a wound on my shoulder.

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Anyway, after the descend, majority of the group did not want to trek to the waterfall, and I was the minority that I wanted to see the waterfall (I even changed into my swimming gear). But to my disappointment, there was no pool for me to swim.

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So once again, I did the "stunt" of suggesting and not participating again.

haha...

Chandra would find this very familiar. :P
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Farmland

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