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 ...

Deep down inside Kawah Ijen’s volcanic crater, liquid sulphur exudes from steaming fissures. The surrounding landscape is jagged and lunar, like the setting of a sci-fi movie, and the silence is ...

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A DEADLY volcano that spits bright blue lava contains the world’s largest acid lake – capable of melting human skin. Kawah Ijen, is a gargantuan volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia, with its lake ...

The Kawah Ijen, on Indonesia's Java island, recently made news for its breathtaking electric blue flames that portray this majestic natural wonder. A likely misunderstanding of the display as blue ...

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 ...

The active Kawah Ijen Volcano is part of a complex of volcanoes in Banywang Regency, Java. This complex is situated within Ijen crater with stratovolcano Gunung Merapi as the highest point and the ...

At least 50,000 people live in an area threatened by acidic water from the crater lake permeating through their wells. Badawi, 45, a sulfur miner at the crater -- better known as Kawah Ijen -- savored ...

Indonesia has always been a favourite with travellers looking for variety. The country offers tropical beaches, ancient temples, dense forests, wildlife, food trails and active volcanoes: all in one ...