Our Guide and his father

Our guide on Ijen Volcano also worked as a miner for a short period but is now able to make a living guiding tourists. He told me how once his father broke his leg while carrying the Sulphur. An Australian tourist helped carry him out of the crater and paid for his medical treatment.

Java - island of Volcanoes and Temples

October 9th 2013
Ijen Volcano - The Devils Miners (9th Oct 2013 to 11th Oct 2013) The bus trip from Bali took around 4 hours plus a bit more for the short ferry trip. Java and Bali are so close together that it seems like it would be possible to swim across, although strong currents can be seen. I was planning on getting a scooter taxi to the base of the Ijen volcano but was unable to find two for Lisane ... read more

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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

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