have you ever heard of kawaputi or white
crater
located south of bandung city in west
java
indonesia white crater as it's called in
english
is a beautiful but highly toxic crater
lake
situated inside of a volcanic crater
it is highly acidic and can change
colour from green to a whitish blue
colour
depending on the levels of sulfur and
the temperature of the lake
when visiting this unique site south of
bandung
you can walk across the yellow sulfur on
the ground and get super close to this
bright blue crater lake
a walk that makes you feel like you
could be on another planet
here's my experience of visiting this
unique crater lake
in west java
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after about an hour and 45 minutes drive
from
bandung i have arrived here at kowiputi
well the parking lot
and you actually have to get a shuttle
bus up to the volcanic crater which i
didn't know i thought you just walked
there
yeah so i'm in the shuttle bus now and
then this shuttle bus is going to bring
us
right up to the guy like uh this is
included in the price
it was 114 000 for me as a foreigner
um and it's much cheaper like 20 or 30
thousand if you are
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just like yesterday there are horses or
ponies should i say
that you can do pudding reds
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volcanic fumes may be hazardous to your
health visitors with breathing and heart
problems pregnant women infants should
avoid this area
crater maximum visiting time is 15
minutes
look at all the trees they're super
black and super burnt
just like in that queen's crater i saw
yesterday
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so guys i've just arrived here at
kawaputi otherwise known as the
white crater which is situated about an
hour and 45 minutes from
bandung city it's huge lake it's kind of
like this
really weird mixture between blue and
green
caused by the sulfur which is actually
yellow yellow in color
and it kind of looks like i would say
like a bubble gum flavor
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there's quite a lot of people here today
because it is a national holiday here in
indonesia
you can see here the yellow of the
sulfur
pretty crazy
it must be really hot over here there's
like this sort of steam coming up off
the lake
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so this place appears to be like a
photograph heaven everyone is just like
taking photographs everywhere
see behind me
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um yeah a lot of people here a lot of
cute photo spots like
i'll show you here there's like these
two trees and then there's a bench
between them
and it's a really cute photo spot for
couples or families
color of the ground is so weird
super yellow
it's like the same color as my trousers
so the sun has just come out now and you
can see actually the color of the lake
is almost changing color
it's getting like a much brighter green
here and then you can see some shade
where the mountain is sort of
blocking the lake and the clouds here
so it's funny guys because i've actually
seen videos of this place before on
youtube
and i always saw this amazing like
wooden boardwalk
that went in a straight line
but i don't see any wooden boardwalk
here maybe something happened to the
boardwalk
and you can walk kind of right out into
the middle of the lake
yeah so here are the old pictures and
you can see the boardwalk but this
boardwalk isn't here anymore
this boardwalk this boardwalk this
boardwalk it's gone
there is however a skywalk see i don't
even know if it's open
this is pretty cool there's a viewpoint
up here at the boardwalk
you can see how many people there no
idea what this plaque actually says but
it's something about a legend
maybe it's a legend of a giant mountain
goat
this is pretty cool they have all these
hammocks hanging up in the forest
i really like this wow it's like a big
chill-out zone
what's so nice
so i'm just gonna go get the shuttle bus
back down now
get back on my scooter and i think
explore more of this area
i have come to the cutest little world
coffee shop here kind of in the forest
very close to
kawaputi for lunch i'm having a super
traditional lunch i'll show you
but the best thing is there's actually
live music in the background it's so
nice
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so this is what i'm having for lunch so
some chicken tempeh
this is some sort of traditional food
from this area from bandung
and then just nasty rice and some sambal
and an icelandic
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is
i'm going to end today's vlog there but
be sure to come back tomorrow to see my
bike trip
through the tuition plantations and
driving
the most beautiful road in the world
you