The Ijen Volcano in eastern Java is famous for many things: burning sulfur that emits blue flames at night, a turquoise crater lake, and the tough-as-nails miners who chisel out the sulfur and haul it down the mountain. I had to see it for myself. […]
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Notes, Thoughts and Observations After 10 Days in Java
We spent 10 busy, awesome, sweltering, hectic days on the bustling island of Java. We summited two active volcanoes, saw two spectacular millennium old temples, spent 20 hours on trains and I managed to squeeze in a bout of food posioning. We are now on […]
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