Visited the active and dormant craters of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the BIg Island! Mt. Fuji in Japan was the first time I had ever visited a volcano, however, in 2001.

 Vesuvius!

Le vésuve

 

August 2010

 

 I wanted to do it by trekking but due to time I could not ;( I went by car.

I love catastrophes and the power released during them - volcanos being very high on the list of impressive natural forces not to mess with. Therefore, hiking on a volcano, maybe even glimpse lava somewhere, is something I've always wanted to do.

Reached my goal in Feb 2014 during holidays in Costa Rica on Arenal volcano. No lava but hiking an old lavastream from one of the earlier erruptions. Volcano itself was off limits since a few months before some tourists died due to the toxic gases released every now and than (since it was an active volcano).

Still, an amazing experience with lots of crazy stories from our tour guide.

 Picture is not mine but from http://www.arenal.net/lake-arenal.htm.

Visited Mount St Helen's with my friend, Jessica

 2008

Visited Volcano at Lanzarote

The longest abroad travel experience that I've ever had! So many good memories with the people! :')

 Indonesian and Malaysian people are very alike. Therefore, it's easy to communicate aside the culture and race :)

Family trip in 2011. Drove up the west coast starting in Huntington Beach and ended in Seattle. On the way saw many wonderful sites including this Volcano.

 

This was on a coach trip to visit an active volcano on Lanzarote but it was all very "controlled", remain in the coach blah, blah. Disappointed. Would love to get closer. Maybe Hekkla in Iceland one day?

inactive volcano - tiede

Mount Vesuvius 2011

 

 Amazing!! Despite the sea sickness I experienced getting there and back - definitely a place you must visit when you're in New Zealand as it absolutely spectacular.

 2009

 - super rainy

- took us 4 HOURS to get to the top

- still fun

 

Tenerife, 2008. 

nevado de colima volcano <3

At University, I studied BSc Geography which meant I learnt a lot about volcanoes. I also went on two trips abroad; one to Tenerife and one to Iceland. In Tenerife I climbed Mount Teide, and in Iceland I climbed Mount Hekla. As well as this, I volunteered abroad in New Zealand, which meant I saw many volcanoes there too! I climbed Mount Maunganui here. I'm currently visiting iceland again at the moment, and just yesterday, I saw Eyjafjallajokull, so that was cool too.

 Did not plan this, but in Jogjakarta we ended up at a volcano site.