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posted : Sunday, February 13, 2011
title : Visit to Mengelang Day 2
(This entry is the 2nd of two posts. Don't forget to read my previous post, Day 1: Visit to Mengelang)

Day 2 of 2! : In the evening we headed over to Posko Purwosari to survey the immense damage indirectly caused by the Merapi eruption. It was another scene of utter destruction.
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This used to be a crop plantation


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This is BOG! The ground was deceptively solid despite me testing it’s firmness.But my third step sank completely in.


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House completely annihilated.


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A tree completely ripped off it’s base.

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This used to be a bustling road, now it's caked with ash.


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Foundations ripped off.

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Buried swing.


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A buried slide

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Crops entirely destroyed and you can see the direction from where the floods came from.

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Mud flowing violently.


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Scenes of utter destruction.