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 …

Rio Helmi thinks this, his latest in the series, should be called Under the Volcano and Across the Straits instead, but we don’t want to …

The Next Generation of Artisans Would Rather be Texting: long term resident and author Cat Wheeler tells us a true story, and gave us photos …

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 …

Vale Nyoman Suradnya, a.k.a. Badung, larger than life, who had an even bigger heart and loved his hometown Ubud with every inch of it.  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 …

Wawancara dengan vulkanalog-seismolog/ahli mitigasi bencana PVMBG Devy Kamil Syahbana ini rampung beberapa menit sebelum letusan Gunung Agung pada malam hari tgl 10 Juni pukul 22:14 …