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Stromboli

As promised in the previous Blog post that gave an overview of my recent trip to Sicily, now here comes the more specific post about what was the definite highlight of that trip: seeing Stromboli erupt (below you’ll find several more photos of the natural fireworks show!). The guided hike to the 400m viewing point was actually the very first thing I booked for my Sicily trip and only then built everything else around this.

First you have to get to Stromboli, of course. I planned the trip in such a way that

Dark Tourism & Ash

This is a theme that featured a couple of times as a candidate in theme polls on this blog (namely here and here) but failed to win on both occasions. I decided to feature it now anyway – inspired by the latest news and dramatic images from Indonesia, where there’s been a major ash eruption of Mt Semeru volcano on the populous island of Java (see e.g. this article from Sunday, more on Volcano Discovery).

I’ve been to Mt Semeru,