This really happened: Mt. Bromo / Ijen tour company disaster
This morning at 1am while in the process of departing for a time-sensitive tour to a nighttime-only natural phenomenon, our crappy tour bus driver tried to extort a bus load of westerners into paying him double entry fees for entry to the attraction, or he would not leave. We loaded the bus anyway and banded together in refusal. After wasting about 15 -20 minutes of our time, after only 3 hours of sleep, our anger and refusal to comply finally shamed him into departing without his fake fees. On the way up the volcano, our front driver’s side tire blew. The chauffeur had no flashlight, a bald spare and no…Read more