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Fire Mountain

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April 26th 2016
Seeing an active volcano firsthand has been a boyhood dream of mine, prompted by the world encyclopaedia that Mom and Dad gave me for my 10th Christmas. Tonight I get to climb one! Led by an experienced guide we will walk up Mount Merapi. The climb starts at 1am in the morning, to avoid the worst of the heat, at around 6.000ft and we ascend a further 3,600 ft to reach the summit in time to see ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Yogyakarta

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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