How Hazardous Work Turned a Volcano Into a Selfie Spot
Poisonous sulphuric gas. Scarred bodies. And scores of selfies. Arbetet Global visited the Indonesian volcano where the tourists flock to be shocked by the hazardous working conditions.
The Volcano Kawah Ijen on eastern Java is the only place in the world where sulphur is still mined by hand.
After a new road was built, heaps of visitors have begun heading to the crater, seeking to be shaken by the medieval working conditions. And to snap selfies in front of miners who lack proper protective gear.
