Great to wake up in full view of Mount Merapi, how's that for a unique landscape, not often you get to sleep so near to an active volcano! The warning system they have in place on the island of Java is apparently one of the best in the world, so guests should pretty much rest easy about it... although on the last morning I was woken up by an almighty bang which made me wonder whether it WAS Mount Merapi giving a little spurt... at breakfast that morning there was a bigger puff of smoke at the mouth of the volcano instead of the usual stream that we see the rest of the time... hmmm...












