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She'll be coming round the crater...

Alex riding down the side of Bromo back to the lava sand sea. An army of ponies is at hand to help us unhealthy westerners.
Sulfurous craters in a sea of cloud

September 27th 2006
The next morning a small van - called a travel in this part of Indonesia (the range of names for these little vans is extraordinary - angkot, colt, bemo, pete-pete) - awaits us just outside the homestay for a nine-hour drive eastwards to the very Javanese-sounding (as you should now recognise) town of Probolinggo. Driving parallel to Java's fiery spine, we pass numerous volcanic peak ... read more
Asia » Indonesia » Java » Bromo Tengger Semeru

Indonesian Flag 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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