The Mount Rinjani trek is an adventure that has been on my wishlist for a very long time. Last year just a few days after I landed into Indonesia, a devastating series of earthquakes hit Lombok so badly, not only leaving casualties and demolished homes and schools but also destroying the trails to Rinjani’s crater rim and the summit. Nearly a year after the earthquakes, a lot of the destruction is still noticeable in a huge part of North Lombok. Houses levelled with the ground were never rebuilt, people still sleep in tents whilst waiting for government funding to rebuild their houses with, kids go to temporary schools, the Rinjani summit remains closed but thankfully for the adventure hikers like me and for the local community which desperately needs tourism to pick up again, the hike to Rinjani’s crater rim has since reopened.
