As if the summit of volcano Merapi wasn’t enough, this time our man went to Tambora. When it erupted in 1815, that rascal plunged our world into Year Without Summer. And no, an extra jacket did not suffice.
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Day tripping in the Ring of Fire (1): on top of Merapi, the most active volcano in the world
Indonesia is dangerously beautiful. Not only can you find 20 per cent of Earth’s biodiversity in this country, but also the highest number of active volcanoes. We decided to climb the most active of them all. “Merapi is an asshole, but a friendly one.”
Continue Reading →Fire in the belly: about falling in love on top of an active volcano
Is there a better place to experience a turning point than the top of a mountain?
For those with a decided lack of talent for rhetoric, the ones who immediately want to denounce that you may as well experience such turning point on the platform of a train station, or seated down on a toilet: the answer is, of course, no.
Continue Reading →Santa Ana, El Salvador: Mud monster goes to see volcano
We had decided to check out volcano Santa Ana. Mainly just because I’d seen so many pictures on the internet. I was keen to find out if the lake in its crater is really as turquoise the pictures promised. Continue Reading →