'Disaster tourists' aid survivors
By Agence France Presse In Sidoarjo, Indonesia | China Daily | Updated: 2016-05-18 08:15
A decade ago a mud volcano erupted and buried entire villages
Harwati forces a smile as she guides visitors around a bubbling mud volcano in Indonesia, pausing as they snap selfies on the bleak wasteland she once called home.
These disaster tourists are a lifeline for the single mother who lost everything when the earth beneath a paddyfield near her village opened up without warning 10 years ago, sending pungent, steaming mud bursting out, unabated.
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