We are sailing in the Sunda Arc, which means volcanoes and earthquakes. Many of those volcanoes are active, and earthquakes happen on a daily basis. Mount Tambora In 1815 Mt Tambora erupted, throwing into the air 20 cubic miles of ash, pumice, rock, gas and around 60 megatons of sulphur. As a result, 1816 was known around the world as … Read More
Sumbawa: From an Impromptu School Visit to Satonda Volcano
This week we sailed to the extraordinary Satonda volcano, famous for its salt-water filled caldera. But before that, we took one more look around the remote fishing village of Ijok where we received a surprising invitation…