We didn’t come to Chicxulub for lunch, of course. Sure, the restaurant was nice enough, the food, too, and the scenery entertaining, with pelicans providing for their own lunch – frequently diving vertically into the water, trying to catch whatever they eat. But the real reason to come to Chicxulub is that here, allegedly, crashed … Read more
regrets In the 1980s I was much less of an avid traveller then I am now, although even in those days I already had lots of plans that most of my colleagues at work thought were ludicrous. I wanted to cross the Masai region in Northern Tanzania, an area difficult to negotiate, and with very … Read more
From Ende land inwards, to Moni and the Kelimutu crater lakes, and then on to the north coast beaches, and the towns of Maumere and Larantuka
The Ijen crater is equally spectacular at night and early morning, combining the unique blue fire with a revealing sunrise
Java’s most famous volcano is also one of its main tourist sites, with all the conveniences that accompany this.
Perhaps it wasn’t our day, but the Dieng Plateau was not as spectacular as we had expected, in fact, it was hugely over-developed.
A village around a hot water spring, which is being exploited by the local hotels, and close to one of the most spectacular volcano craters of Java, Papandayan
Image ID: 1302-352 Price: Euro 35,- Location: Piedra Parada, Argentina Date taken: 15/02/2013 Size, pixels: 3456 x 5184 Print size at 300 dpi (cms.): 29 x 44 Size, kB: 8160 Print size at 300 dpi (in.): 11.5 x 17.3
The Kelimutu volcano on the island of Flores has no less than three crater lakes, all in different colours
