Last day in Gautemala… went up the Pacaya volcano. Amazing… we surfed, scrambled and fell over lava fields and rocks, We got ridiculously close to flowing lava.… my feet got hot, the soles of my trainers went sticky! We stayed till it got dark, it was somewhat dangerous, but a great experience. Just over the border to Copan, Honduras. Small colonial town, not as nice as Antigua. The people are quite different, very western…. No traditional dress at all. Mayan ruins also quite different from others we’ve seen. No tall pyramids but more carvings and statues. A small ball court with parrot heads instead of the rings seen on others. Saw a load of colourful parakeets and a few copabarries (dunno how to spell these). 6-7 hours travel to the island of Utila near the popular
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