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Bondowoso is a medium-sized but unremarkable town. Being an administrative centre, it has a university and many government offices. Access road from the northern coast road (turn off at Bezuki) is good with traffic not too bad. From Bondowoso, the mountain pass road to Ijen crater takes over 2 hours to drive, but has only light traffic, and the views once over the highest ridge are fantastic. The upland area between the high ridge and Ijen crater have extensive coffee plantations and beautiful, largely unspoilt scenery. The last 5 km of road before Ijen are narrow and broken, in urgent need of repair, but up to then the road was in a good state.