The writer (right) with her best friend at the peak of Mount Sibayak with fumaroles releasing steam nearby. Mount Sibayak in North Sumatra, Indonesia is an active volcano that has not erupted since 1881.
Two intrepid Malaysian girls brave slippery trails, rain and public buses in North Sumatra – and miss a volcanic eruption by just two days.
MY best friend asked me anxiously: “Is it safe for us to climb the volcanoes? It erupted just back in 2010 ....”
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