Each day, hundreds of sulphur miners brave the toxic sulphuric fumes and steep descent down into Ijen Crater to carry solid sulphur off the mountain. They carry about 80-90kg worth of sulphur a trip (max twice a day) which can fetch RP700/kg. That makes up to about USD10 for a day of perilous, back-breaking work. […]
Mount Bromo’s vast stretch of black volcanic sand is a desolate landscape that’s totally out of this world. When you finally scale its summit to stand on the crater rim, the view dramatically changes with each turn – a sea of clouds ahead with the undulating hills below, a sharp drop into the smoking crater right behind […]