I'll let these photos help you get the idea of how foggy it was up there. They'll be pretty self-explanatory. We went to two different places which you will find out in the photos below. And, when I said that we went to the volcano, it didn't mean we went to the peak of the volcano and tried to kill ourselves! We wouldn't do such thing! Well, at least, I would never.
Me standing by a river which was the way down of the lahar from the volcano. 
The river is now full of volcanic sand. 
Volcanic sand is a very good material if mixed with cement to build buildings.
Ya-taaa!! 
Those trucks are being filled with the sand scooped from the river by the workers.
We then went to a much higher place which was obviously much closer to the volcano. In this picture, I am not standing against a wall. That's thick fog (crazy!), and behind me was a steep valley. 
The steep valley whose end was invisible. It was quite scary!
Like I said, it was slightly raining. Fortunately, there were several shelters like this one.
It was just so foggy and wetI'm just a bad story teller when I feel so tired like right now. I had a looong day today and feel really tired. I had to make this blog post right now so that tomorrow I can focus on work more.
Me and my brother will definitely go back up there if the sky is clear.
By the way... completely out of topic, I now wear glasses. Bought them today. They are DNKY. I was going for another brand which was Austin Reed but everyone thought the DNKY ones looked much better, so yea...
Will get the lens tomorrowWhat's so cool about the glasses (apart from the glasses themselves) is the case. The case reminded me and my brother very much of Apple. If you have seen the iPod Touch box, you must agree with us! LOL
And, it's all just white and glassy. Plus, the logo comes silvery. How could it be any more Apple-y?Nite nite!
Oh I love this post because I have always been curious about Merapi! We hear so much about it and it sounds scary to me. Now your photos are luring me to visit there! How many hours from Jakarta??
ReplyDeleteIt can be scary, yea! But, that's the part that you want from the trip! :D
ReplyDeleteIt should be an hour from JKT to YOG by plane, and another 30 mins - 1 hour from the town to the volcano.
That is very far indeed! Need to hop on the plane and road again unless I fly direct to Jog from KL. Anything nice in Jog? Is Borobudor in Jog?
ReplyDeleteVolcanic ash! Never knew it could be useful for building/construction... I did hear it was great for soil (planting crops) though. Either way, amazing pics! :D
ReplyDelete@Twilight Man: Borobudur is not exactly in Yog but it's quite near from the town.
ReplyDelete@Kenny: the ash is much finer than the sand so it may not be perfect for construction. And, thanks! :D
Ah well. Now I know from my volcanic sand and ash. :P
ReplyDeletei think it's a good experience to go up a volcano cos you gotta see different things from a normal hill.. the volcanic soil is good for construction?? oh, i always thot they are only good for agriculture.. nice specs your got for yourself, cool.. :)
ReplyDelete@SK: It's always been a good experience to go to the volcano. I've done it several times now :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it is good. The sand is very rough. It's very dark grey instead of black or dark brown like normal soil you'd see in the typical ground
wow, pretty cool! as you know, we have no volcanoes in malaysia, which is a good thing, i suppose, in terms of being safe from eruptions, but it's also a bad thing for those of us who'd like to visit a volcano area :D
ReplyDeleteOh, it's the right time of the year to make a wish! Make a wish that you want a volcano in Malaysia :p :p
ReplyDeleteWe're used to the volcano that it has scared us much less now. I didn't even leave the town during the big eruption last time. I live 25km away from it.
heheh, i think i'd wish for snow in malaysia, not a volcano! :D wow, 25km still seems quite nearby. i assume there'd be lots of tremors from the eruption, even if there's not much lava flowing, etc. but ya, it's the kind of thing that the rest of us can only imagine through movies (although it's been a very long time the last good movie about volcano eruptions) :D
ReplyDeleteI'd wish for the same thing! :D Well, I once wished for snow here but it turned out to be ash-snow! :)))
ReplyDeletei wanna visit merapi last time when i was in yogya. but all i got was a glimpse of the volcano on our way to borobudur! wat a big waste! and that was before its eruption! thank goodness ntg happened when we were there. haha!
ReplyDeleteif i'd known u earlier we could've arranged a meetup there! :p
Ouch! Don't worry, though, the volcano didn't move :p It's still right there
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