TOP OF THE VOLCANO #TravelGoal

I CLIMBED MOUNT BATUR!

    There, I said it.  I'll say it a 1000 more times because everytime I say it out loud, I still can't believe I did it.

Okay so, this was the second time I visited Bali and this time it was with my close friends so you know how you dream of actually doing everything you've seen in movies? I wanted that too. And we did it! We almost check out everything from our Bali Checklist. And Mount Batur topped that list.  We knew we had to do this , come what may and thus, without even checking how far, how long the journey and how beautiful the place, we booked it for the next day.
    Mount Batur is an active volcano location north west to Mouth Ayung with an elevation of 1717 mtrs. You start at 2 in the morning to reach the top right on time for sunrise. They pick you up from your hostel/hostel and get to the first picture that's the starting point. You have your flashlights and that very important because that's your only guide ( apart from an actually guide who are really very sweet ) . The trek is not really difficult, it's just tiresome and before your legs give up, you reach the top!

The view, OMG THE VIEW, is breathtaking.  It's cold ( freezing for me ) and the guide gives you some breakfast and you just sit there hazing at Mount Ayung. That feeling when you know you get to sit there with your friends, watching this view that you've only dreamt of, controlling your tears and hitting an epiphany every two minutes. The trail is filled with backpackers and tourists all going their way up to the top so you always always always have company but that's a good part.  We had instances of my friends almost skipping down the slope but there were people who helped us, so that's a good thing no. The trail is beautiful ( mostly observed by climbing down the mountain ) and by the time you come down, it's about 9am.

It's an unbelievable memory for me, I'd give it that.  To be away from chaos and into the nature, so wild that you can see a volcano whilst being on a balcony, wouldn't you want to experience that?