Tag: Hiking

  • Kawah Ijen: Indonesia’s Crater of Blue Fire

    Kawah Ijen: Indonesia’s Crater of Blue Fire

    last year, when as (bad) luck would have it, the day I landed in Surabaya, Kawah Ijen crater erupted, spewing toxic fumes so intense they killed the entire riparian ecosystem in and around the crater. Officials closed it to all human entry (not even the sulfur miners were allowed to…