Bali, 16th September 2020 – As plans go, it was pretty simple: get up early as usual and head up to look at the new …

Rio Helmi tries to make sense of the ongoing marathon of Agung’s eruption cycle – What is it going to do next? When will it …

A sputtering Bavarian machine, an inscrutable mountain, buried roads. Rio Helmi checks up on the mountain and it’s people. Mt Agung remains somewhat inscrutable and …

In which Rio Helmi picks up and does a very wet round-the-volcano bike trip this week to check on what’s there now, what isn’t anymore, …

Featuring the first prototype temporary shelter  built – for under Rp 8 million; and a farewell to the last of the Mt Agung evacuees. words …

This weekend is the anniversary of the first mass evacuation on Gunung Agung’s slopes following the level 4 (Awas) alert issued by the official the …

On the road again: A couple of weeks of volcanic drama finds us on the road again. photos and text copyright Rio Helmi above: The …

This interview with volcanologist and geological disaster mitigation expert Devy Kamil Syahbana Phd of the Indonesian Centre of Vulcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation was concluded barely …

In which our quasi-intrepid reporter does one of his 250 km rides all the way around Mt Agung for the first time in months to …

Rio Helmi tries to unravel some of the confusion Once again, weeks have flown by and the Gunung Agung drama continues to unfold in a …