Up up and up to Volcano Pacaya to watch sunset

Here I come Volcano #pacaya. The magnificent view at the top (2552m) was worth the climb. The first part of the hike was pretty easy. When we arrived at the lava shop, everything changed. The hill is covered by dry lava and made it really difficult to walk. The guide showed us a ‘dried’ crater and there was steam coming out from another one nearby. It was really amazing. We tried to roast marshmallows but the steam wasn’t hot enough…😭 We continued our journey uphill and that was the real challenge, as it was covered by loose small lava ‘sand’ and the strong wind almost blew me away. The sun just said goodbye so quickly I only had a glimpsed of the sunset. Regardless, it’s still spectacular when I saw the clouds below me with a bottle of rum😜 Little did I know that the most challenging journey was the downhill hike, it was so steep and the loose lava ‘sands’ made it even worse, if I had a snow board, it would be so much easier to slide down! I was so happy when we finally arrived at the base and I was still in one piece! The whole hike was 6.7km and took us approx. four hours to complete, well, obviously I was taking my time!