We spent quite some times up on the rim. I shot at only 2 different spots. It was too cold for me up there. I am not sure how cold the temperature was but I guess diffinitely less than 10C.

There were many people camping up there. I guess not less than 30-40 campers.

The scenery…..as I told many times…..so so beautiful. It worth all the pains & suffers. The roaring of erupting volcano is another great experience.

The Mount Rinjani & the Mount Baru emerged from Segara Anak Lake

After spending about 3 hours up on the rim, we descended to our campsite at Post 3. We then realized how beautiful the landscape was. The savanna filled with Edelweiss! Subhanallah. I didn’t use my SLR but just my P&S as the trek was rather dangerous for me to hold my 1.5kg D3. It took us only 1 hour to reach Post 3.

The savanna

The fog has come

We rested a while at Post 3 & had our ‘brunch’ (breakfast & lunch) there. As usual the local coffee & rice with ‘benang’ (which is instant noodle actually). Frankly speaking, I don’t like the food.

At about 11:45AM, we made a move down the mountain. We reached Post 2 in about 1- 1.5 hours. And rain started to pour down. We waited some times for the rain to stop but when there was no sign of stopping, we just moved ahead. Me, Abah, Pahat, Emran & Nizam (the members with spectacle in the group – we were called “kumpulan kaca mata”) lead the descend. We reached Post Extra in 1 hour. I prayed Zuhur & Asar here. This was when I was separated with Abah & Pahat. They want to pray at the basecamp.

We reached Post 1 in less than 1 hour. And then immediately proceed to Pintu Rimba. We stopped quite a while at Pintu Rimba. Had few bottles of isotonic drinks and the owner of the stall provided us with free bananas and hot coffee! Wow!

I reached Senaru basecamp at about 4:45PM. Slightly under the estimated time to descend, which is 6 hours. I don’t have problem going down especially when there is a porter to carry the load. At the basecamp, Abah was already sleeping & Pahat was cleaning himself. I was a great relief to be able to complete the journey.

Will I go to Rinjani again? Maybe. I am not really eager to repeat the journey as I already have the photos with me. Will I summit to the peak of Rinjani? Maybe…not.

By 6:00PM everyone was already at the basecamp. Everyone cleaned up & immediately after Marghrib we travelled to Ikka’s house. We stopped for dinner & the look of satisfaction emerged from everyone’s face!

That night I slept like a baby!