The lure of Krakatoa; Reader Mark Davy is travelling in the far east and Africa and sends this dispatch from Krakatoa. If you have a story from near or far and want to share it with other readers send it to traveller@thespec.com.(Travel)

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario) | August 16, 2008 | Copyright

June 30, 2008 Carita, Indonesia A couple of years ago I received a copy of Simon Winchester's book, Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded, which documented the volcanic eruption of 1883 that was literally felt around the world. The remote possibility of actually seeing Krakatoa, or at least what remained of it, had been in the back of my mind since that time. When I found myself in Jakarta just a few short hours drive away from Krakatoa on the opposite coast of Java, it seemed like an opportunity I couldn't let pass.

A couple of days later my friend Alison and I were ...

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