Before You Die: Camp at Krakatoa by Mark Eveleigh

Even 120 years after the loudest bang ever heard by mankind, the name of Krakatoa is still vested with an awesome power. The Krakatoa archipelago lies just 27 miles west of Java, but the treacherous currents, fickle winds and hungry sharks of the Sunda Straits are all good reasons for hiring a reliable boat and crew. You can camp on the beach below Anak Krakatoa but there us a brooding power here that is almost haunting. There is little reassurance in the fact that this is only Krakatoa’s ‘baby’ - with only 10 percent of the firepower of its infamous father it is still equal to a thousand atomic bombs!