In Reply to: sunrise trek to mt batur posted by freezn on Wednesday, 27. May 2015 at 14:17 Bali Time:
I bought a "Sunrise on Mount Batur Trek" in Ubud for Rp 300,000.
The Bemo picked me up at 2.30 am in Ubud. I conked out halfway up the volcano and rejoined my group on their way down. My feet were slipping sideways on the wet volcanic rocks, causing me to fall. Othere were running past me, treating the rocks as a step exercise in a gym. The guides set a very fast pace. I could not even stop to tie my shoe laces, as I woild have lost contact with my group.
I could have completed the trek in daylight with a hiking pole and setting my own pace.
It was a pleasant experience sitting by myself in the dark watching the lake below fill with mist and then rise, so I was in the middle of a cloud. Then the cloud rose past me until it was overhead. I blame all that free beer and cocktails that I had consumed in Kuta for stopping me from climbing all the way up the volcano. The Bemo returned to Ubud at 10.44 am.