We pass a white wall of mountains off to the left and, on the right, an active volcano with steam curling out of the vent.

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In a New York magazine story, she describes living in Indonesia in her early 20s, where she suffered hepatitis, had her leg operated on without benefit of anesthesia, and almost fell into an active volcano.

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"On the east coast, you can find the still-active Arenal volcano where you can zip line next to it through the jungle canopy as it puffs gaseous steam and molten lava, " Amerson said.

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The next step is to hop on a TeleferiQo cable car and ride up the slopes of Mt Pichincha, the active volcano that overlooks Quito.

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Rather than relying on fire, electricity or natural gas, chefs at El Diablo heat their meat over a still-active volcano.

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As we head back out into the paddy fields, he lights a clove-scented cigarette and points to the shadowy, still-active volcano that shares its name with him - Gunung Agung, the tallest, most sacred mountain on Bali, from which rivers are said to flow and the volcanic soil gains its rich fertility.

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