Lunch on the mountains with Guide Aduk from Rinjani Trekking Club.

It's no easy feat to get this meal. Since there's no cooking facilities or transport available on the mountains, the local porters had to carry everything required to prepare this meal, including the ingredients, utensils, even a gas stove (!), in baskets which they carried over their backs while trekking across the savanna and up the slopes with us. Perhaps its the amount of effort required to prepare the meal, or that we really worked up a good appetite, this simple meal of fresh nasi campur rarely tastes as good.

Freshly fried keropok, toufu, tempeh, and chicken, with a delicious mix of sweet & savoury stir fried potatoes, carrots, cabbage, vegs, and egg. Thank you Aduk and team, for the food and assistance, for sure you will be missed.