My Summer as a Missionary Intern: Day 78, sightseeing in Indonesia

Thursday morning we woke up at 5am so we could go visit the volcano, Mount Merapi, before the clouds cover the mountain. Beautiful! Gorgeous! Stunning! It was incredible. As we got there, we loaded up in former WW2 jeeps and headed out to ride through the rocky mountain terrain on the way up to the volcano. We wore face masks to protect our lungs from the glass particles that are in the dusty soot covering the area from the volcanoes last eruption in 2010. Everywhere you look was ash, still piled up.
We learned a lot about the volcanoes eruption. Hundreds died from the intense heat of the eruption. The ground was 1400* and the air was 400* so anyone who was not able to flee burned. So sad.

The volcano erupted at exactly 12:00, and within 4 minutes, the heat caused the clock to stop working! Fast!

A boom box!

Before & After's

A bunker where 2 workers hid trying to escape, however, they were cooked inside like an oven from the heat. 1400* is cooking someone for sure! Also included in the before/after pictures

After that we grabbed some lunch and tried new foods.

The most amazing tea I have ever had! With sugar crystals that melt when you pour in the hot tea.

Their hamburgers. Soybean tofu pattie between two rice patties. Very interestinggggg.....

Snake fruit!

Smashing coconuts to make coconut milk!

Our last tourist stop was at Borobudur Temple, one of the 7 wonders of the world. Pretty incredible. This is a Buddhist temple built by monks in the 9th century. Completely carved out stones, nothing is holding binding each stone together, strategically placed. Very awesome. It even has an irrigation system built in the stones for rain water. What a sight to see.