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Indonesia Day 5 – Down into the volcanic crater: Hot Springs, Trash and a moment with god.
Indonesia Day 5 – Down into the volcanic crater: Hot Springs, Trash and a moment with god.

Indonesia Day 5 – Down into the volcanic crater: Hot Springs, Trash and a moment with god.

Outside the tent I can hear muttered Bahasa Indonesian.  Lights, headlamps presumably, criss cross scan the walls of our tent for a 2am light show.  The summiters are gathering to make the attempt to the 13,000 foot peak of Rinjani. …

Indonesia Day 3-4: A wonder of the world? Ascending Gunung (Mt.) Rinjani
Indonesia Day 3-4:  A wonder of the world?  Ascending Gunung (Mt.) Rinjani

Indonesia Day 3-4: A wonder of the world? Ascending Gunung (Mt.) Rinjani

I had never heard of Gunung (Mt.) Rinjani before opening the Lonely Planet Guidebook.  I’d seen dozens of the ‘Top 100’ travel lists sent around Facebook, and they are very Euro-centric.  There’s no harm in that.  I expect them not…

Indonesia Itinerary 2015 and a new tagline
Indonesia Itinerary 2015 and a new tagline

Indonesia Itinerary 2015 and a new tagline

Here it is!  After postponing this trip last year, we are finally going to Indonesia and it will be epic.  Our last huge adventure was Africa in 2012, and though we’ve been to some cool places since then (Turkey, Iceland,…