we woke up at 6:30 in the morning, ate our usual breakfast at the resort and hopped in a van carrying 10 other people from all over the world headed up a mountain to see an active volcano.
it was such a beautiful sight. we ate brunch in a restaurant located across from the volcano and over-looking the crater lake. the water was sparkling, the clouds were hovering and the food was delicious.
mount batur used to be one large volcano, but over time and due to all the eruptions, it has formed two peaks with a crater lake in the middle.
mount batur has erupted 27 times since 1870. the last eruption was two years ago. the eruption came from crater lake. it was an underwater eruption that killed most of the fish.
the black you see on the slopes in the picture above is the still remaining outcome of an eruption that happened in 1972. it destroyed a whole town.
behind us is the larger of the two peaks with the lake below. to the left of the lake is the second peak with the black patches along the mountain side.
after brunch we all hopped on bikes and headed down the mountain back into ubud.
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