One of the things that I do love about the world that i have chosen to inhabit is the kind of stuff that i get to do, occasionally.
I am in Indonesia. To be precise in Java. To be even more precise in the province of Yogyakarta – called by its inhabitants as Jogja !
I am here to continue the film “To Save a Million ” – on Disaster Risk Reduction, and how it is the new wave of thinking, especially in Asian countries that want to break out of the relief syndrome.
I travelled almost 12 hours from Mumbai to Jogja. Mumbai to Singapore via Jet, and then Singapore to Jogja on Air Asia. i got in yesterday at 3 p.m., zonked out of my skull. Today I was up at 5 a.m. local time and am even more zonked.
But, i wanted to pen this down (blog it across) before i forgot the day.
It was awesome. I have traveled to some seriously beautiful places. scenically beautiful and awe inspiring. From the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean. But, there is something about a mountain that is smoking, a mountain that blew less than 3 years ago that gets your jaw to hit the floor and bounce back very slowly back to it’s place. We shot today at a village that is most impacted by the Merapi Volcano – that last blew in 2006.
(Mount Merapi on the 9th of May – 2009. check out the glowing embers)
The village has practicing DRR since before then. When the volcano blew the last time around – the village had zero casualties. From training to mobilizing women, from Early Warning Systems to evacuation drills, from terracing to HAM radios – the village has adopted many DRR best practices that allows it to save lives and livelihood.
There is something about standing at shouting distance from a volcano. It would be the equivalent of standing in front of a dinosaur. A relic from another age that can kill in an instant. There is this primeval strength about the mountain. Pictures and more in a bit.
Clap
Clap
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
wow.. sounds lovely and am sure, the blog doesn’t do justice to the life around you. waiting for pictures and maybe lets say some uncut rushes on youtube. what say?
have a great time and enjoy the place thoroughly.
[Reply]
Enjoy the trip and share your experience and photographs with the readers.
[Reply]
Have a great time. Hope you take some time out to visit ” Borobudur” and ” Prambanan”. They are awesome.
[Reply]
Just reading about it sent a shiver through me. Wow.
[Reply]
Incredible…makes me wanting for more…
And the — “jaw to hit the floor and bounce back very slowly back to it’s place” — describes your experience aptly…Waiting to see the photographs
[Reply]
Wow!! It looks amazing!! More pics please Harini!!!
[Reply]