Pacaya Volcano Antigua Guatemala

... month or even more!! I stayed only two days though. One day to explore the city, the other to take a tour to the active Pacaya volcano. You can only do this as part of an organized tour because there are lots of reports of robberies along the way up. ...

This morning I got up early and went to see Pacaya Volcano, an active volcano about an hour outside of Antigua. It was amazing! The hike up was brutal though, especially being still sick, so I hopped on a horse and felt a little better. There was a doctor ...

Alright- so 12 hours, three flights, very little sleep, and we are finally here. Here is Antigua, Guatemala, where we will be staying for 2-3 weeks. We have been taking it slow these first few days, allowing the heat to sink into our skin and the Spanish ...

... --but if you´re not studying Spanish here, I´m not sure what there is to do. Except perhaps for a tour of the active Pacaya Volcano. So after wandering around the city for a day and visiting some of the nice restaurants and shops that cater to the tourists ...

... to get sandwiches for the volcano climb. We left Antigua around 2pm and were detoured because of some big religious procession. At the Pacaya volcano visitors centre we were offered walking sticks (yes, actually sticks) by tens of kids. The climb up the ...

... to Antigua. A nice city but much more expensive than San Pedro, so bit of shock to system. We climbed Pacaya Volcano, an active volcano close to Antigua. Not too impressed as lava wasnt flowing and clouds blocked out any view... We did see molten lava ...

... No Sé for the 3rd evening in a room, and thus waited for two American guys at the hostel to return from their trip to the Pacaya volcano. The trip had been great and after what they told, I am quite keen on going one these days. We went to La Escudilla ...

... is a normal yearly routine for the both of us... hike up an active volcano !!!!!!!! We took a tour to the Pacaya volcano near to Guatemala City (click here to read about this volcano) and hiked up to the top. It was absolutely amazing.... ranking up there ...

... were expecting a minivan but were herded into a packed local bus, which was actually okay as there was more legroom anyway. Arrived at Pacaya Volcano about 4pm which was kinda late as it gets dark at 6ish but off we trotted up the hill and it aws pretty ...

... actually get to teach them the English word for "p-whipped"? Later on that day, I hopped a shuttle to go hike up the Pacaya volcano. Met Francesco, an Italian guy, and Louise and Kristine, two Swedish ladies in every sense of the word. Them, me and ...

... had never actually seen lava with my own eyes. All that would change when Carrie, Melissa and I hiked Volcano Pacaya, which is just outside Antigua. The hike began with a tough climb through a forested area during which children on horses were offering ...

... . There's a huge amount of guns floating about this area since the Civil War in 1996. Highlight was a trip up the nearby Pacaya volcano, getting so close to the summit that you can smell the burning rubber of shoes as they walk over molten lava. It's a ...

... to collect the money....great fun to watch and worth every penny. We climbed 2,300 meters through the cloud forest up the Pacaya Volcano to see the lava flow, at dusk, which was an amazing experience. Marshmallows toast way too quickly there so you ...

... face and when I touched the rocks around me.  Laura a girl working for the peace corp here in Guatemala has previously climbed the volcano and came well prepared with marshmallows which she shared around so that we could toast above the lava. & ...

... pass the time in Antigua. It's a beautiful colonial city with cobblestone streets surrounded by dramatic scenery, lush mountains and the Pacaya volcano. There seem to be cafes everywhere you look and you can't go wrong with the coffee or postres (cakes ...

... would highly recommend it to all of you. It is Barcelona at one third the price. Yesterday day we made a VERY intense trek up Pacaya volcano  (2 hours straight up, I hated life), but it was all worth it once we reached the top where we hopped around ...

... town. The streets are filled with picturesque colonial buildings and crumbling ruins; all under the backdrop of the massive Pacaya volcano. Parque Central, the town centre, is reported to be the most beautiful in Guatemala, and it´s lush vegetation ...

... some people I had been with in Playa Del Carmen and Tulum! So off I go on another impulsive decision to climb the Pacaya Volcano. What an heavy hike this has been!!! After Tikal, Semuc Champey, another day where my legs are going to burn and my ...

... Sevilla Academia for our school and we both liked it. Probably the biggest thing we´ve done since the last blog was hike up the Pacaya Volcano to see some lava, a little too upclose and personal. We got up at 5:30 to start a 6:00am adventure. Stepping out ...

... the world...  I can honestly say, this WAS the world's best brownie. The next day, we went with the same two guides to Pacaya Volcano.  That was also amazing.  It was a very hard hike - about an hour and 1/2 -  straight up most of ...