| On the long sharp arcs Balinese guides will hold your hand all the way up the mountain if you need it – no one wants trekkers to go alone. |
Steam rises from crevices and broken rocks at the top of all three peaks. There's an indescribable elation that comes with arriving at the top of the craters and viewing the surrounding | ring-of-fire caldera – the remains of a volcano that blew apart about 50,000 years ago. If you've worked up an appetite, the volcano and its guides can accomodate you | Eggs are actually cooked in the steaming holes with a little dried grass piled on top, and after a few minutes, come out perfectly hard-boiled. |