No go for Ijen Crater

By © Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24367586

The big disappointment of the trip was that Ijen Crater, an active volcano, erupted the day I arrived, spilling toxic gas that sickened 30 people and killed the flora along an entire riverside.  (Thanks to Wikipedia, I can at least put in some images…sigh.)

It remained closed the duration of my stay, so I had to forgo the awesome experience of seeing blue fire belching out of a sulfur-laden hillside.

By Seshadri.K.S – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36009053

Next time.