Ijen Crater (Kawah Ijen) Surabaya

We flew back to Indonesia from KL, to Surakarta (aka Solo) in Java, and made our way via train to Yogyakarta. Here we checked into a nice little Losman (guesthouse) called Bladok and planned the next leg of our journey in java. We had a little visitor in our room on our first night in the form of a bat who accidentally flew in through our window. …

Coming from Mt. Bromo, Chris, Marie and I set out in our van to Ijen Crater. The drive was another seven hours away so we caught up on our sleep a little. Right before we got to our guesthouse we stopped along the road at a little coffee plantation where we walked around the rows of coffee bushes for a little. Arabica coffee is commonly grown in …

Para ir a Java, confiamos de nuevo en la empresa con que hicimos el viaje a Komodo, es decir Pernama. El periplo incluía un viaje todo el día hasta las cercanías del volvcan Ijen, el cual escalaríamos el día siguiente. El viaje en la parte de la isla de Bali fue piola, aunque los caminos son bien estrechos, luego, estuvimos en una barcaza, (del …

Monday 10^th Sept:
Yesterday in Ubud, there was a special
day at the Yoga Barn. You could try different courses which were open
after purchasing a 1 day pass. First I went to Flying yoga with my
niece. It is a kind of acrobatic yoga building on strenght and
flexibility where one person …

July 12, 2008 I almost died today . . . twice. Kawah Ijen or crater Ijen located in East Java is famous for it's sulfur. I arrived here last night from Probollingo and woke up this morning around 4am to visit the crater. We got to the site around ...

... reached a new low and Panu literally pushed me half way up the mountain. We were greeted with a very eerie sight. The Ijen Crater is filled with a bright blue sulphur lake. Sulphur and gases continuously billow out next to the lake and shroud the area ...