Guys...
If you have been to Surabaya...lets share some info in here.
What are the activities can be done there/food and so on.
By the way, is it easy to get to Bali from here?

i been there about a year ago... please expect very boring unless ur going to mount bromo

8-9 hours driving from Surabaya to bali

Mount Bromo?
i can expect of doing hiking i guess...hehe

don't go lah,,, waste your time only...
ended up 3 days shopping @ TP only

Im on business trip...hehe. no choice...
ill try to fly to Bali from there if possible.

enjoy your boring trip

never been there b4
but its my hometown though

Hometown? seriously?
What things can be done there, tell me....

yeah about right.
everything but bromo is rather bland.

go to bromo.
Find Bromo Sunrise Tour.
During my faculty conference there, it is the best activity i had there.
I want & will go there again soon

you'll go there by bus in midnight. few hours journey.
Then change to a van due to smaller & more dangerous roads.
Then change again to a jeep. kinda like a scrambler jeep.
Reach the top in time for sunrise.
They drive like mad. Makes u fear for your life looking at the steep cliffs inches away from the u

The air is a bit cold there.
So if u can't stand it, rent a thick sweater there. Few bucks only.

After sunrise, go down with the same jeep to a place to ride horses.
A lot of horses. like 400 there all owned by the native there.
They'll take u for a ride to the top of a volcano.

In short, the experience is quite interesting.
We don't have that kind of stuff i Malaysia.

Bromo was good. View was awesome. Just that it was a big foggy in the morning.
Nice place...a must go place.

I am 26 YO now
18 years i spent in this city
6 Years in Malang (city southern of Surabaya)
2 years in Shah Alam, Selangor DE
was born there in Surabaya.

It's understandable if you feel bored in Surabaya
because you only can enjoy surabaya if you know the history
and you need local people to show you interesting place in there

got a lot of delicious food
got a lot of shopping mall
many historical place
got dynamic night life

it's all in the city
if you have transport
you can go to other destination around Surabaya
mount bromo is one of the favorite destination been there 2 times

This post has been edited by x_suncai: Jun 7 2009, 06:08 AM

Anyone had been surabaya before?

I will go surabaya for 3 days 2 nites in tis end of Nov..
Any recommendation for the places that need to visit?Food? Accomodation?
How bout the trasportation??
I heard bout the Mount Bromo is a MUST go place..Some one tat been thr before can share ur experiences /info wit me?

I did surabaya some months ago. Nothing significant to see in the city itself, the attractions are mostly outside the city. Mt Bromo is one of them but I didn't get to go since there were kids around. Stayed at Sheraton, negotiated with some drivers to take us around, show us the sights, shopping and food.

Good trip but I guess nothing special to make me want to go again.

been there in may. we didnt go for shopping in surabaya coz we spend most our time at mt bromo n kawah ijen..

How many days u spend thr?? did u take any package tour to go the places?
How can i get those info?? how much u spend for the tour?
Bromo tour 2D1N charged US$280 for 2 person, is it worth?

I change abt RM1200.00 and i still have abt 500k rupiah wif me now. not much shopping
i'm trying to get the itinery from my fren coz i lost mine. will give u the details once received.
I went for 6D5N

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Added on October 8, 2009, 2:09 pmbabyrace, pls check ur PM

This post has been edited by Lstar807: Oct 8 2009, 02:09 PM

Hi,
Going to Surabaya next week for 5days.
Just wonder whether it's easy to book trip and arrange stuff after I arrive Surabaya?

Plan to spend 2-3 days at Mt Bromo area do some hiking and trekking.

My experience from Bandung and Yogyakarta tell me that things is cheaper if I arrange on-site rather than do on-line.

Any idea?

Hi,

I plan to drive from Surabaya Airport to Bromo.. is there any problem for Msian driving there?

Anyone can recommend good driver in Surabaya?
How much is the charge?
Besides Mount Bromo, any other places worth to visit?
Am going for 4 days 3 nights.

Went to Bromo and Ijen (as well as Yogyakarta) in June. AWESOME!!! Well, we skipped Surabaya after landing as it's only a transit point for us.

BROMO: