This past weekend I did an overnight trek and climbed two volcanoes! Fuego is active, and spews volcanic rocks and ash every 15-20 minutes. Acatenengo is currently dormant, and is where Basecamp was located. The volcano on the left is Fuego (active) and the one on the right is Acatenengo (dormant) The trip started with…
Month: January 2023
Volcanoes and coffee in Guatemala
The journey to “el volcan Pacaya” began at around 5:30AM, when I got picked up in order to transfer from one bus to another. Then we went around Antigua for about 1.5 hours picking up other people. This was definitely the least enjoyable part of the tour, due to the cobblestone streets… One of their…
My first week in Guatemala
Hola! As many of you know, I (Patrick) am currently in Antigua Guatemala studying Spanish in an immersion program. I arrived a few days ago, and have finally started to feel settled in- at least a bit. I took a flight from Philly to Atlanta, and then from Atlanta to Guatemala city. Upon landing there…