Location: Antigua, Guatemala
Pacaya is an active complex volcano in Guatemala, which first erupted approximately 23,000 years ago and has erupted at least 23 times since the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. Pacaya rises to an elevation of 2,552 metres (8,373 ft). After being dormant for a century, it erupted violently in 1965 and has been erupting continuously since then. Much of its activity is Strombolian, but occasional Plinian eruptions also occur, sometimes showering the nearby city of Antigua with ash. (From Wikipedia)
I had a bittersweet hike up Volcan Pacaya with a couple hours of sleep and a bad hangover from Mono Loco's 4Q= 50cent drinks all night and dancing at Sin Aventuras all night. The worst idea possible, getting drunk all night before hiking a "1 hour and 45 minute" hike, while people on horses would harass you and try to convince you to give in and pay for a horse ride the rest of the way up the volcano. Whispering beside your ear, their prices and telling you that you were tired. But after all that we finally made it to the top where we roasted marshmallows and watched a clear view of the other surrounding volcanoes and the town.
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| we made it!! |
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| Volcan Pacaya |
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| 100quetzals..80...70... |
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