FIRST of all, you can find some travel facts for VEI excursions at the following table and if you enter via the interactive site-links - Further on (SECOND table) - you will find news about VEI and volcano travel.
To find all VEI dates of travel departure (excursion set for german speaking clients) you are kindly asked to check the german website ("Termine/Preise"). You can join these excursions, no worries. We can guide a tour in german and english if necessary. The VEI travel dates can also show you, whenever Chris will be at the office in between to answer your questions personally.
05.06.10 OBITUARY: Midd of may, our college and business partner Alain Pierre De Toffoli
from Azimth-Travel died surprisingly in Jakarta, Indonesia. We are very very sad about this. We offer our condolence to his family and friends.
21.05.10 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL: The commercial use of our video footage (DV 16x9, as mpg2 for example) is possible /for sale (1000Euro/Minute). Für downloads (about 5 min max.) please contact us via Email: mail@v-e-i.de!
13.05.10 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL: With the college, friend and mountaineer Martin Rietze, I reached the crater of Eyjafjallajökull a few days ago. Well, this was very interesting and indeed spectacular. By the way, it was not easy to get there. Check the great images of Martin below!
all above (c)Martin Rietze 2010: eruptions by night
17.04.10 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL: The eruption in Island continues with vast ash ejections. This has brought down the european air traffic for 2 days already. Great film shots of the prior flank eruption can be seen at Eyajafjallajökull sind auf Vulkane.net (site only in German).
18.02.09 ERTA ALE: Our excursion to Erta Ale and Dallol was a great success thanks to our local staff and tour operator. The activity at Erta Ale was fantastic with dramatic uprises and spattering of the lava lake. See some images below here!
Images: Lava spattering at Erta Ale lava lake from top and inside the crater (c)C. Weber 2010.!
21.12.09 SEASONAL GREETINGS: We wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010. May health and good luck in all your doings be with you at any time. As well, have great fun at your excursions and volcano adventures.
18.12.09 PHILIPPINES: Mayon is getting dangerous with it's activity these days. Try to avoid Mayon for some time until this "eruption crisis" is over. We realy hope, that nothing bad will happen to the nice folks living around the volcano.
15.12.09 INDONESIA: We are very happy to offer new great excursion to Indonesia again in 2010. Please look at the tables above to enter the programs with details.
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14.09.09 JAPAN: Back from an 4-week investigation trip to about 24 japanese volcanoes. What a great country with so friendly and peacefull people. It was good to learn, how volcano trekking, travel and living had to be managed - well, it's not so difficult as you might think of!
12.07.09 VANUATU: This time we were very lucky with the weather and the volcanic activity. Neverless it was a great expediton team too.
Images: Lava inside Benbow; Aoba with Lake Vui; eruting pits inside Yasur (c)C. Weber.!
09.05.09 NEW FAX-NUMBER: We would like to remind you, that the VEI office has got a new fax number (NEW: +49 (0)7131 1352002).
10.04.09 ERTA ALE & DALLOL: After the gorges trip in 2009, we like to run a new excursion to "Erta Ale & Dallol" in Feb. 2010.
23.03.09 INDONESIA: Due to a lack of clients, the excursion to East Java is not running this year, sorry.
21.03.09 GUATEMALA: There are still 3 volcanoes very active and great fun to explore: Santiaguito, Fuego, Pacaya. Some pictures from the great folks of our group will be edited on a special "Guatemala page" soon. In January 2011 we like to run an excursion again.
Guatemala Images from the left: eruption at Santiaguito dom; lava flow on Pacaya; explosive eruption at Fuego (c)Weber, 2009
Stromboli 2008: Rafael Werndli took this great picture on the Italian tour 2008
Image above: Eruption of Anak Krakatau 2008.
Image above: April 2007 on Piton de la Fournaise, lava flows at lower altitudes.
Image above: November, 16th, 2006: the Southeast Crater of Etna (Sicily) erupted at 5:50am, while we were taking film shots on the spot.
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