1 We got collected at 1:30 by OX Expeditions to check out the 2,522 metre (8,370 foot) and growing – Volcán de Pacaya (Pacaya Volcano) that is actually active.
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14 It’d be fair to say that it was a bit of hard yakka legging it the 2 hours to the base of Pacaya. Our first glimpse was a ribbon of red lava snaking its way down face of the ever changing volcanic mountain. It’s a barren, eerie and unique wasteland environment that the only sounds were the winds and molten car-size boulders coming done the various slopes. There were no real odours to that which I’d encountered at other natural geo-thermic sites, i.e. New Zealand and Hawaii.
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49 We got close enough to toast marshmallows on one of the small flow lines, but your clacker valve would pucker up when hearing the thunderous sounds of something coming from above.
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60 We got close enough to toast marshmallows on one of the small flow lines, but your clacker valve would pucker up when hearing the thunderous sounds of something coming from above.
When the sun went down, the ambient temperature went with it, plummeting to the point of having to rug up. That small inconvenience was overshadowed by being able to see all of the lava flows, all of the rolling balls of molten mass and the eruptions spewing out of the peak of the volcano – Mother Nature put on one spectacular show. Absolutely incredible - one of those “You Have To Be There” moments.
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67 When the sun went down, the ambient temperature went with it, plummeting to the point of having to rug up. That small inconvenience was overshadowed by being able to see all of the lava flows, all of the rolling balls of molten mass and the eruptions spewing out of the peak of the volcano – Mother Nature put on one spectacular show. Absolutely incredible - one of those “You Have To Be There” moments.
