Complejo Cultural y Ecoturistico Cuevas de Candelaria Chisec

... established trail you can follow! John and I signed up for the afternoon tour, crossed our fingers against the rain, and set off. The volcano is a fairly new attraction in this area. The most recent major erruption in 2000 sent smoke and ash all the way to Guatemala City. The following eruption, in 2005, wasn´t nearly as strong, and flowed down the opposite side of the mountian, away from villages and such ...

... we thought we were now used to.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br> Then, on Wednesday, May 27, we made the horrendous 14-hour overland journey to La Ceiba, in Honduras, our jumping off point for the Bay Islands where we would learn to scuba dive and where we would discover that earthquakes are something you never really get used to after all.<br><br>Those stories, up next.<br ...

... the temperature went from a chilling cold to a nicely warm temperature. Suddenly we were in front of a lava river just a couple of meters away. We were all astonished. I tried to get as close as possible to the lava to take some pictures, but the closes i could get was 3 meters before i started to feel as my skin was on fire. The tour guide told us that the river lava changes its course every day. The one we were seeing at that moment might dry later on, and it would appear the ...

... ride a horse, but they hired the horse at the beginning so I am sure they got a better deal. <br> <br>We reached the top of the nearby mountain when I noticed a different group coming up a different trail. Based on their appearance, I do not think their hike was as strenuous and their trail probably gradually ascended using switchbacks. I console myself with the idea that our trail was more picturesque. At this vantage point ...

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... cross. Its mostly wood and fibreglass and weighs 15 tonnes. A group of 80 men dressed in purple robes carry it on their shoulders swapping every few blocks for another set of 80 men. They look like they are in pain as they strain to carry it, often holding their children at the same time. Following them is a marching band. It really is incredible the effort that is made to carry out this procession. As the procession takes so long ...

... family with us brought there 5 year old son on the climb which made me believe that maybe it was all a bit of an exaggeration. It might well have happened in the past but now with so much security there was really no risk apart from being hit from some molten lava. The boys from the village were also offering taxi rides up the mountain on horseback. The 5 year old did all the climb on his rather disheveled looking horse ...

... to the way I studied Guatemala, in a largely historical way, not focusing on the present day a lot. There are so many examples of this, from my host family and their socioeconomic situation, to the towering height of the Agua Volcano, to Antigua's near complete reliance on the tourist industry, to Antigua's social dynamics (weekend influx) and the way this once pleasant and tranquil town has become a weekend getaway for both rich international kids and those from ...

Well once again I am a little behind on the ol´ blog, and to be honest I am thinking of discontinuing it - it takes a fair amount of time to write, and although time isn´t exactly a scarce commodity for me out here, internet connectivity is. But at the moment I am in a little town on my own, and it is ******* it down with rain outside, so I suppose I might as well do something more useful with my time than watch Spanish Cable TV. And for those of you who would like to see ...

... ud lige siden ! - Lige nu er intensiteten behersket og lavaen er meget sejtflydende, men det er fascinerende at se på, hvorledes denne sirups- karamel-agtige glohede masse bestandigt presses ud til overfladen i sin rødglødende tilstand. Der dannes dog hurtigt en grå skorpe når lavaen kommer i kontakt med luften. Ind imellem sprænges denne skorpe af, af det underliggende tryk, så der høres hele tiden en masse knitrende og knækkende lyde. En gang imellem brækker der også st ...