On the crater

Climbing the Highest Volcano in Indonesia

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May 2nd 2008
(Matt) Another day another nightmare bus journey! We arrived at Bukittiniggi bus station and bought a ticket for the allegedly seven hour bus journey to Kersik Tua in the Kerinici Valley. By this point we'd realised we were travelling on some of the worst roads in the world. The minibus should have left at 11am and was supposed to arrive at 6pm. This is what actually happened: *11am ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more