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hmmm... so I'm going to Ethiopia next month, and I'm looking at going to a lava lake in a fairly remote part.

Posted by mafic Jan 15 '15, 19:06

emails from the people I've talked to about organising all have phrases like "Local Afar road leaders, armed scouts, and security, as needed." this should be interesting.

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you have to buy a chocolate opal or 3. they come from there and are as beautiful as scarce -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 15, 19:23 6
- Pretty -- nm - Epiphany Jan 15, 19:26 2
  - the Travel Channel had a show on last year called Gem Hunters. that is where I saw the stones. some of the eps. are on youtube. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 15, 19:43 1
    - here it is. they run it too fast and everyone talks like minnie mouse :) -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 15, 19:49 [youtube]
- that's really cool. I've never heard of those. I wonder if they're actually opal (like chemically). -- nm - mafic Jan 15, 19:26 2
  - yes, and only found in Etheopia -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 15, 19:27 1
    - (also cool because most opal is sedimentary, and these are apparently volcanic) -- nm - mafic Jan 15, 19:32
If I had a dollar for every friend that went to a lava lake in remote Ethiopia..... -- nm - ty97 Jan 15, 19:14 8
- It is just so commercial now. -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 19:15 7
  - well, it used to be helicopter only, but there's a road that goes kind of not too far away now. -- nm - mafic Jan 15, 19:34 1
    - (though apparently getting there still involves camels). -- nm - mafic Jan 15, 19:35
  - it used to be about the *lava*. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 19:21
  - Actually, the direct flights that have started from Toronto are pretty cheap. -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 19:18 1
    - Andie does seem like someone who likes scouts, hmm. -- nm - b. Jan 15, 19:19
  - Ever since the Starbucks opened. -- nm - Dano Jan 15, 19:16
  - and so 2014! -- nm - b. Jan 15, 19:16

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