Articles tagged ‘volcano’
Indonesian volcanoes on red alert
By Nick | November 6th, 2007 |
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Indonesia’s volcanoes often make life exciting for the people living here. With many active volcanoes giving clues to their further intentions, one knows its only a matter of time. The latest to rear it’s head is Mt. Kelud in East Java. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
Indonesian volcanoes
By Nick | October 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Indonesia is the most active volcanic area on Earth, with 129 active volcanoes. Located straddling the equator and the Ring Of Fire, the country is a long string on islands, who owe their existence in many cases to a volcanic eruption at some time in the past. A glance at the news at any given [...]
Gunung Rinjani claims 7 lives
By Nick | March 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Seven Indonesia hikers have been found dead on the slopes of Gunung Rinjani, the massive volcanic peak on the island of Lombok. According to reports the group decided to hike the mountain in bad weather conditions, without camping equipment or enough food. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
Volcano Bar & Restaurant Lovina
By Nick | December 10th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Lovina always felt kind of dead to me in the past. The main drag a scattering of hotels and dive places, the warungs never that busy. Nightlife in Lovina was as far from my thoughts, as kangaroos in Kaliasem. Just a kilometer from where I was staying to the east in Anturan, was a German [...]
Climbing Gunung Abang in the highlands of Bali
By Nick | December 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Gunung Abang is located across Lake Batur from Gunung Batur in the highlands of Bali. At 2153m it is over 400m higher, but way less visited. Gunung Abang is known as Red Mountain and the climb is very different. While is rather barren and affords sweeping views of the surrounding landscape, Gunung Abang is forested [...]
Bali watching the earthquake situation
By Nick | July 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Someome once said to me that Balinese culture was much like the scenery, beautiful elegant people dressed in sarongs, glidding across manicured rice terraces, a picture of paradise…then you realize we are on a fault line, with volcanoes that can explode at any moment. I reckon that’s quite a comparison.
North Sulawesi Volcano Close to Erupting
By Barrie | July 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
I find it very eerie that ever since the massive tsunami struck Aceh over a year ago that there has been continuous activity on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Villagers Brave Ash and Steam: Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
By BootsnAll | June 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
On the weekend the activity on Gunung Merapi slowed much to the delight of the residents living on its slopes. Heat clouds travelled about 1.5 kilometres down its south-eastern slope and the volcano also spewed 49 trails of molten rock, which travelled as far as three kilometres.
Two Trapped in a Bunker: Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
By BootsnAll | June 16th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Not that I am claustrophobic but I would surely hate to be trapped in a concrete bunker on the slopes of a volcano already spewing hot ask and lava. According to reports from Yogyakarta, rescue workers were digging through volcanic debris yesterday to reach two people trapped in an underground emergency shelter.
Off and On Again Merapi: Central Java, Indonesia
By BootsnAll | June 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
I do not very often classify inanimate objects but I am beginning to think that Gunung Merapi is female!. It is finicky and moody like a man and so I can only assume that Gunung Merapi is in fact a banci!.
