Fire Mountains of Java and Bali (Aug-Sep 06) tour photos:

Ash cloud erupted from Semeru

Welirang | Semeru | Bromo-Tengger caldera | Ijen | Bali

It's still night when we arrive at our observation post SW of Merapi		This area was devastated by a pyroclastic flow in June		Merapi's glowing rockfalls - an impressive sight at night		Seismograph recording Merapi's rumblings		Lo in front of a house half buried by the 14 June 2006 pyroclastic flow
Natural bath on Bali		Children practising dance		Scooter heroes		Fun ride on open 4WD		Javanese dishes
Fire wood for the camp		Ralf with a group of Javanese students		Narrow trails		Holger and Lo		Our camp equipment

Welirang volcano

Hans-Georg on Welirang at sunrise, erupting Semeru in the far background		Fresh air;-) near the "kitchen" of Welirang		Sulphur stalactites from a sulphur spring
Break on the trek up the mountain		Pile of sieved sulphur in the miners' village		Fumaroles in the "kitchen" near the main crater

Semeru volcano

Semeru's frequent ash eruptions seen from the trail towards the base camp		Group photo		Lake Kumbolo (half-way point)
Semeru from the S side at dawn		Zoom onto the crater		Strombolian eruption at night
Ash cloud from the crater		On the summit at sunrise with the shadow of the mountain		Descending through loose ash
Descending towards the base camp		After 3 days of trekking, some prefer to take the last hundreds meters by "taxi"...

Bromo volcano & Tengger caldera

Holger and Lo enjoying the sun		Tengger caldera at sunrise		View onto Batok, Bromo and Semeru in the early morning		4WD road into the sand sea		Car 1 in front of us...
Grass on the flat caldera floor		Sunset happening (Panangjakan)		The Hindu temple at Bromo volcano		The narrow edge of Bromo's crater		Deep canyons on Bromo's ash flanks
View into Bromo's crater		Bromo seen from the hotel		View down outside from the crater rim		The steep stairs leading up to Bromo's crater		Bromo crater
Ralf, Rixa and Hans-Georg		View back to Arjuno-Welirang		Flower on the hike back from Panangjakan		VolcanoDiscovery		View onto the caldera during our motning hike

Ijen volcano

Dinner table		Javanese urah dish		Ijen's crater lake
Miners carrying up to 100 kg of solid sulphur from the crater		The crater rim and Ijen's sulphur dioxide cloud		Inside the crater at the sulphur mine

Bali

View back to Java		At the hotel pool		Evening atmosphere on the beach		Flower		Cloves
Girl sorting cloves		Little girl selling souvenirs		Vew from the top of Batur onto its 1984 lava flow		Crater row on the flank of Batur		View onto Batur and the caldera