Jonny from Sumatra is our driver today.Yesterday he was Oskar's barber,he runs his own hairdressing salon close to our hotel.Today,Elizabetty rather fancied a trip to a temple but i'v won the toss so we're off to see another volcano,it's name is Merapi and it is Indonesia's most active.
Four years ago it erupted and ignoring government warnings,two people who'd stayed around for the fireworks were killed in the bunker built specially for such an occasion,when they were unable to lock the door behind them.
Today,Merapi isn't about to erupt,though you're not allowed to get that close to it.It is pretty lively,in fact you can't see the top third of it for the smoke billowing from it.
Jonny has only limited time to take us round today,his wife wants him back at 2pm for prayer,so things are a little rushed.
Driving us back,he tells us that opposite his salon there's a stall that sets up in the evening selling dog meat with chilli,"don't eat,make worms!!"
He says you can often get hedgehog,snake("very nice like beef"),horse,frog,rabbit and fried gecko which is very good for asthma.
Picking up on my love of chilli,he pulls over to show us a chilli plantation,thousands of beautiful deep red chilli peppers!
Location:Yogyakarta
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