So I climbed a Volcano yesterday. 

During class, a man named Robert came up to me with a proposal.  He explained how he and his family were planning on climbing Pacaya today and how he had reserved a shuttle bus and a guide.  Robert said that his wife was feeling a bit sick and didn´t feel like going anymore.  He wanted to know if I was interested in going.  Since I wasn´t doing anything, I of course accepted his offer.   

We ended up taking a shuttle with Robert and his family, a couple from Australia, and a couple from Madrid. 

This is our guide.  While walking up, he picked up a few pieces of dry wood.  We really began to feel the heat once we got the area that was completely covered with volcanic rock.  At one point our guide threw a few sticks down into a crevis, waited a few seconds, and then up came the fuego…  and then people started roasting marshmellows… seriously. 

The volcano was absolutely beautiful.  It had many different landscapes; forest, open grassy areas, and volcanic rock.  Every 5 minutes or so the volcano would rumble and spew out another plume of smoke.