The minibus from Cemoro Lawang to Probolinggo wasn't as bad as the ride up. We paid $2.50 this time, but the driver was still tryingto squeeze money out of us. He told us that we could go with the $2.50, but it would take about 2 hours because we'd have to wait for more people to get on and off. Or we could rent the whole thing out and get there in an hour. We didn't even give him a chance, we said 2 hours is fine and got on.
Josie and I, and this time Liz, got in the back and we left pretty soon. We picked up more people along the way, but it wasn't too bad ... until we got down about 20 minutes. The minibus stopped and we waited about 10 minutes. The driver told us, "You go that bus," pointing to the minibus in front of us. We asked why, but he kept saying, "No pay." I didn't trust the situation at all, but what can we do? We got off, pit our bags on the other bus and got on.
Josie and Liz sat in the front and I sat way in the back this time. We waited a good 20 more minutes before we took off. I counted 11 seats, but 20 people, with one guy hanging off the side outside the bus too. I sat next to the window so, although it wasn't a pleasant experience, it wasn't unbearable. The worst part was that there were all these old ladies around me and they had all their vegetables, grains, and fish. So I got my medley of interesting smells wofting my way for about another hour and a half. Aside from that, not too bad.
We finally arrived back at Probolinggo bus station. Now we have to find our way to Surabaya.
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