After work & a shower, Dan, Eric & I jumped on our scooters & cruised up north to Kaliurang,, the town on the foothills of Merapi, just to see what was up there- as far as they’d let us go.

Turned out to be a really nice ride. There’s been little Merapi activity lately, so none of the roads were blocked off. If it hadn’t been for the usual clouds cloaking the volcano in its midst, we would have looked around a bit longer.