Guatemala : Climbing 5 Volcanoes

🇬🇹 🇬🇹 🇬🇹 I arrived a day before. Today I changed the hotel and explored this lovely city of Antigua. From the next day its time to start gruelling back to bacl volcano climbs. Day 2 Hike Pacaya Volcano and Cerro Grande (2561m) In the morning I got straight to the task at hand: volcano trekking! I was driven  to the trailhead of Pacaya National Park, laced up my hiking boots and hit the trail for what is an ideal acclimatisation trek. The route weaves first through steep dense forests and green…

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Guatemala : Antigua and Guatemala City

🇬🇹 🇬🇹 🇬🇹 Antigua My month long trip to Guatemala and Panama started with Antigua.  My midnight flight of United Air from Houston arrived sharp 12 and my transport to Antigua was waiting outside airport. Faced no issues in airport and then zipped to Antigua in no time. After a restful sleep , it was time to explore the the city.  Situated in an area prone to frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquake , the city has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. It was also the former capital of Guatemala. This city…

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