Where Mud Flows Endlessly – The Mud of Sidoarjo

I've had just enough time to...  ponder the greed of men 

Taken of the village boys watching the mud flow of Sidoarjo, Java that flooded their village

The mud bubbling out the vent from the ground in the distance indicated by the rising steam

The mud was in the ground

As it always had been

Man’s greed caused it

To be pumped out

To get to the gas within

But man did not reckon

With Nature’s wrath

Now the mud flows endlessly

Inundating the poor man’s house

While the rich ran away

That is the tragedy of Lusi

Houses in higher ground covered up to the roof, all else have gone under

Mount Bromo Part II – Sitting at the Edge

I've had just enough time to...   sit down and enjoy the view.

Taken of Mount Bromo in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park while standing at its edge.

If you are too close to the edge, don’t stand

Crawl if you have to

Let your pride be the only one to fall

The one who brave the edge

May be the most foolish one of all

Better still, take a seat

Why climb a hill if not for the view?

Mount Bromo Part I – Standing at the Edge

I've had just enough time to...   stand at the precipice.

Taken at the edge of the live volcano - Mount Bromo in Java, Indonesia.

If you stand too close to the edge

Above all, don’t lose your balance

But if you are about to fall

Try falling where the support is

The other way is down the deep precipice

And that would be the end, wouldn’t it?

But better yet don’t stand at the edge

That is a dangerous place to be.