A treacherous decent into the blue flames of Hell
May 20th 2015 The name may not ring any bells but many people may have seen documentaries on Mt Ijen on TV. This active volcano is mined for its sulphur. Day in day out miners trek deep in the crater amongst the towering noxious fumes. Like most visitors to the volcano we ventured inside it at night to get a view of the hypnotic blue flames.
Getting here was no easy feat. The infrastructure for doing such to
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