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Each chalet is surrounded by lavish gardens and has its own private veranda overlooking the mountain peak, the plains or the temple. Well-marked hiking trails lead up to the orchid-rich ancient crater or down to the temple, and horse treks through the forest to a natural spring can be arranged for about $10 an hour. Given the resort's isolation?it can get creepy at night?and reasonable prices elsewhere in Burma, $100 a night is somewhat steep. But once there, when compared with the heat and hard sell of Pagan, the cool breezes, beautiful views and tranquil...
...consists of several stacks of Sir Walter Scott’s “Waverly Novels”—essentially tales of British people killing each other, the most famous of which is “Ivanhoe”—with a large crater on the top, into which juts the hilt of a knife adjacent to a bullet. The other sculpture, labeled as being part of the Forgotten Writer Series, celebrates forgotten writer Eugene Field—don’t worry, I hadn’t heard of him either, which is the point...
...crater rim as the sun was rising, at around 7a.m. Michael, our guide, embraced us and pointed to the summit about an hour's walk around the rim. A few slakes of water and we set off again. Even walking a few steps was difficult. I would prop myself on my walking pole, find a rock 20 feet ahead, and aim for that point. And so I teetered on. At the summit, a signpost details Africa's highest peak. Some 20 people were already there. Reaching the top is an emotional moment. Some people cried. Friends hugged. Everything...
...William Rannacher, a 25-year neighborhood resident, ran towards the column of smoke to assist any injured he could find. He got close to the crater and spotted houses on fire. "The front half of the building was ablaze," he said. "The cops came and they said there liable to be an explosion and cleared everyone out. I think they were afraid of fuel in the plane...
...high volcano Rinjani (see Detour) offers some of the more spectacular and secluded hiking in the whole of Southeast Asia. Even those who want little more than a spot to sunbathe should take time to explore central Lombok and the lush rice terraces contouring the fertile lower crater slopes...