I wake up with a start as the car comes to a sudden halt. My guide, Bang Bang, looks at me with a broad grin on his weather-beaten face. “Let’s have some tea and noodles,” he says, pointing to the ...
Inside the crater of the the Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, miners hammer out a living in the noxious sulphur fumes which expose them to a high risk of respiratory diseasesPicture: Panjalu ...
Looming 2,799 m (9,183 ft.) above sea level, Gunung Ijen in Indonesia’s eastern Java is a volcanic wonder that attract hundreds of foreign and domestic tourists daily. During daytime, they climb the ...
INDONESIA -- I slept three hours before I stepped out of my hotel into the chilly night air; still tired but anxious for the long hike ahead. It was almost midnight, and our tour group was about to ...
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! jen Crater, which lies on ...
TEMPO.CO, Banyuwangi - Ijen National Park in East Java Province has been officially included in the list of UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGG) at the 10th UGG International Conference at the Habous Cultural ...
Mon, December 19, 2011 Published on Dec. 19, 2011 Published on 2011-12-19T09:00:00+07:00 fter three major eruptions 3,500 years ago that created a caldera measuring 22 by 25 kilometers, the Ijen ...
A VOLCANO in Indonesia started spewing thick clouds of sulphuric gas on Wednesday, leaving at least 30 people in hospital as locals reported suffering shortness of breath and vomiting. A heavy ...
Miners carry baskets of sulphur up from the crater of the Ijen volcano complex outside Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia Credit: GETTY The Ijen volcano rises to 2,386m with a crater of over 175 metres ...
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