Hill climbing? Check. Mountain climbing? check. Temple climbing? Check. Pyramid climbing? Check. Volcano climbing?..................... Aha, one thing missing off my activity list before I have some self-deserved lazy days! The town where I am now (Antigua) has 3 volcanoes which you can see from the town centre, but none have been active recently. Volcan Pacaya is over an hours drive from Antigua, but it is the only one where you can see real, proper, scary, massively hot lava! It takes an hour and a half (boo!) to hike up to where the volcanic rock is. There are little kids that hire out walking sticks and you really need them- I think my stick saved my life several times. The volcanic rock was so weird. It was so sharp that if you slipped or fell it would
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