Climbing Pacaya

On Sunday we all climbed Volcan Pacaya, which is about an hour outside of Antigua. It wasn´t a very intense hike - only for the first hour or so was it steep. (They also drive you about halfway up the volcano) It was really awesome once you got to the volcanic rock part, though ... you were basically climbing over cooled lava. Pacaya is also active, so every week the landscape slightly changes, and there is tons of hot lava around. You couldn´t get very close to the lava because it was literally burning hot. Our guide´s shoes actually burned off, he got so close! It was really incredible though to be so close to a volcano! We also got to ´ski´down a volcanic field ... it is basically loose ash and rock that you can slide down on your feet! Overall, really cool and different hike!