A Trip to Hell and back at Ijen, East Java
April 5th 2015 If you want to know what hell is like go to Ijen. The path down to the base of the caldera is steep and treachous by torchlight at 2am. We had our gas masks on to keep the devil and his sulphurous fumes away. You could dimly make out the fizzure billowing out acrid steam. As you get closer you can see the ethereal blue flames of the burning vapourised sulphur dancing above the dark rock. When the
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Tara Cloud
Wild!
I'm so glad you did this, so I don't have to--breathing sulfur fumes is pretty intense. Great reporting on a place both gorgeous with blue fire and horrendous for those who work there. Good for you for using Sam and helping the local, responsible economy.