We are on a 4 day break from school right now so Becca and I took advantage of the "free" time and took the Piglet on a drive through the country the other day. The above picture shows nearby Mt. Sumbing and Mt. Sundoro in the distance, both volcanoes.
Becca recently redesigned her blog with this photo of an orchid. With all the green we saw I had to keep reminding myself that it is truly February...somewhere...but not here.
Click to read her blog and see more pictures and stories from our little jaunt.
We drove to a place called Ketep Pass. From there, you can see the pass itself and the two large volcanoes that created it, Mt. Merapi (seen above) and Mt. Merbabu (seen below). Most of the recent activity from Mt. Merapi is hardly notiable now, due to the rains washing all the ash away and allowing life to return to normal. If you click to enlarge on the above picture you may be able to see some of the charred trees in the lower right corner that will never come back to life.
Mt. Merbabu is also the same volcano I tried to summit a few months ago and failed. Maybe a second try is in the works soon!?
If you were to turn 180 degrees from looking at Ketep Pass and the two stunning volcanoes of Mt. Merbabu and Mt. Merapi, you would seen Mt. Sumbing and Mt. Sundoro again. I think Mt. Merapi is the only one that is currently active. Central Java, Indonesia is truly a beautiful place!
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