What To Pack For Your Mount Rinjani Climb Before climbing Mount Rinjani, I read several blogs and heard from my friend who had done it before that it would be very tough. I knew it would test me physically, but I was hoping that it would not be dangerous, like Mount Agung in Bali. You […]
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Mission Rinjani 2023: Day 4 & 5 – Pos II / Mataram / Singapore
15 April 2023, Saturday Woke up at 5:45am this morning and it was a cool 20 degrees C outside. I climbed out of our tent and saw the sun just peeking out from above the mountaintop. 24 hours ago, I was making the strenuous climb towards the summit, hoping to make it there before sunrise. […]
14 April 2023, Friday I had set my alarm clock for 2am but I was woken up an hour earlier by the alarm from the tent next to ours and I couldn’t go back to sleep again. I continued lying in bed but my blocked nose didn’t help. At 2am, I crawled out of the […]
13 April 2023, Thursday After a good night’s sleep, we woke up bright and early at 5:30am, packed our bags and went for breakfast at our Rudy Trekker guest house at 6:30am. Breakfast comprised of a simple omelette, toast, coffee, watermelon and pineapple – just the way I liked it. For the 3D2N trek, it […]
12 April 2023, Wednesday [Exchange rate: 10,000 Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) = S$0.90] I woke up at 4am this morning, had my usual breakfast of bread and coffee, then left home at 5am. As always, mum and dad accompanied me to the airport. We arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 1 at 5:30am and met up with […]