Pacaya, Guatemala

Travel Blogs from Pacaya (16)

Dodgy active volcano climbing, Volcan Pacaya, Guatemala travel blog
Dodgy active volcano climbing
Dec 3, 2006

... on this trip and decide that we will never know when the weather is ok. We get in our minibus to head to the Pacaya volcano nearly 2 hours away where the weather fluctuates between blue skies to black clouds. We are hopeful that it will be clear at the ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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Walking on lava, Pacaya, Guatemala travel blog
Walking on lava
Oct 28, 2007

... took the chicken bus back to Antigua and in the afternoon went on a trip to climb the lava spewing Volcan Pacaya, which is  between Antigua and Guatemala City to the south. The bus wound up the steep dirt road past the nearby village. You could ...

A travel blog entry by nancydeb
Pacaya Vulcano, San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala travel blog
Pacaya Vulcano
Jun 14, 2009

... denken aan schoolreisjes van lang geleden. Als gids kregen we ¨José Oké¨ mee (we going to climb volcano, ok? Volcano called Pacaya, ok? Vamenos Puma´s, ok? enz, enz). Maar afgezien van zijn irritante stopwoordje was het  een goede en vriendelijke gids die ...

A travel blog entry by micheleen
Going with the lava flow, Volcan Pacaya, Guatemala travel blog
Going with the lava flow
Mar 21, 2005

I think I´ll leave it to the photos to tell the story this time, suffice to say that after climbing Volcan Pacaya near Antigua I didn´t expect to come face to face with molten lava about eight metres way. A once in a lifetime experience, I hope.

A travel blog entry by whereisdan

Forum Discussions on Pacaya (5)

Renting a car
Posted on Mar 24, 2009, 00:08:52
Now you have got me started!!! Here's my story of ascending Pacaya in Guatemala. ASCENT OF PACAYA By Martin Crossland, CTC You can see Pacaya Volcano from Plaza Berlin at the end of Avenida de las Americas in Guatemala City. It is ...
The best of Guatemala in 7 days!
Posted on May 29, 2007, 13:41:49
... so I would recommend doing the Bay Islands (Honduras) another time since you only have 1 week. My recommendations for Best Of Guatemala would include: - Visit Lake Atitlan for 1-2 days. Stay at Casa Del Mundo (google for website) or Isla Verde if Casa ...
Renting a car
Posted on Sep 23, 2009, 21:14:46
... Rent a Car, in Cancun. The cost was around 800$ US for 3 weeks... Anyways they told us we could cross from Guatemala to Mexico (Western Borders) because we would need a special visa. Well we did it and nothing happened there. No fees, no visas. ...
The best of Guatemala in 7 days!
Posted on May 26, 2007, 17:21:20
The wifey, 2-yr old and I will be traveling to Guatemala in a couple weeks. We want to make sure we see as much as possible given we have a 2-yr old w/us. As soon as we get there we are heading to Antigua and using it as a base for trips further out to ...

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