"Blue Fire" in Ijen Crater at 3:30 am

Mount Ijen

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October 24th 2013
It's a 1am start for a 1 hour drive up in a Jeep with MrYono to Kawah Ijen. The walk trail is steep, slippery and it's dark. Fortunately there is a nice moon and its not too cold. The says sign says it's only 3kms, but I doubt that. There are no porters on the trail as yet, and we just a few tourists. We reach the crater rim about 1000mt climb about 3:30am. From here its a straight ... 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