Steve pokes flowing lava on Mount Pacaya

Since this was prly the highlight of the entire TRIP for him, I thought i shouls post Steve's moment of lava poking: the lava was red-hot and slowly flowing, and the stick errupted into flames on contact. Steve lost the hair on his arms for his troubles! But how cool is it to say "I've touched lava"?! Definately worth it.

From El Salvador to Guatemala to Mexico

August 22nd 2006
Well, Steve and I have arrived safely in Mexico-- yay! We´re finally on the last leg of the journey....Just one more week to go. I really wanted to post some pìcs of the cool things weve seen and done, but it appears that my camera cable got lost/left behind at some point, so no more pics until I get home..... ): Here´s a brief re-cap of what we´ve been up to. After sucessfully taking Ticabus ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Palenque

The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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