Selamat Datang de Indonesia - Part 6 Dieng Plateau/Wonosobo

I was honoured to be invited to the Muslim wedding of Yogie's friends

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Market Square in Wonosobo - the closest city to Dieng Plateau - Population 55,000 Indonesians and 1 White man )me)

No Taxis - Horse and Buggy only. Traffic jams are inevitable in the rain

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Volcanic Lake at Dieng (the color of the lake is caused by sulphur) Dieng is an active volcano which may erupt sometime in the next few weeks due to a build up of lava in the Mt Merapi Volcano system north of Yogjakarta


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Here you can see the gasses and steam excaping a fissure at the back of the lake

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This town has been evacuated already over the past week - in case of an eruption

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One of the Sacred Candi at the top of Dieng (pronounced Chandi)

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The Sulphur pits at a volcanic fissure. Many people commit suicide here every year by throwing themselves into the molten lava and boiling water.

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