Subject: Post: Today has been a long day.. We took a shuttle bus from Antigua to San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico, and did not know exactly how long the bus would take. Different websites showed durations between five and twelve hours, and seems like the later was closer to truth.. Ten hours and ten minutes in a relatively uncomfortable minivans (changed bus a couple of times) and we finally arrived to San Cristobal. On the way there was snow on roadsides. Even local people were photographing that, so I guess it isn't very common.. And damn it's cold here. Something like 10-15C and it has been raining heavily earlier. :P<p>Well, at least our hostel room in here is great, we have a spacious room with a big private balcony.. And unfortunately we also have a cat, who moved into our room as soon as we opened the balcony door. Seems to be quite attracted to humans..<p>Yesterday was spent by climbing to Pacaya, an active volcano between Antigua and Guatemala City. First a minibus ride of about one hour and then we started climbing to the mountain. The steep climb was about 2.5 kilometers long, and eventually all of us switched to horseback riding as the climb was really hard... And besides, horses are fun.<p>Activity level of the volcano varies, and unfortunately there were no hot lava streams at the moment.. Just some hand-warm lava and a really hot smaller crater where we were baking some marshmallows and sausages. The air coming out from the crater was hot enough to light fire on wood.<p>There was also a cave on the lava, and inside the cave the temperature was sauna-like. Too bad we didn't take beers and towels with us..<p>Getting down from the volcano wasn't an easy task either, running or sliding down really steep hills in knee-deep lava gravel. Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
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