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12th March 2022
today after waking up early we started our hike from our camp to the top of the Santa Anna Volcano. It took us about an hour and a half to get to the top. There we saw the crater of the volcan which was filled with turquoise blue water due to the sulfur being released […]
11th March 2022
Today I went to get breakfast from a local bakery, before going for my morning activity, tye die in indogo using local plants that were used to create the color. I went to the shop where they explained how the plant was prepared to extract the blue color, and how that color was then used […]
10th March 2022
Today we decided to go on a tour to learn more about the Guerilla and the war in El Salvador. We first got to meet Don Fernando who was one of the guerilla members during the 12 year war that happened here. He told us some stories about what happened, and how and why he […]
9th March 2022
Today once again was an early morning, we got on our bus at 6am on our 7 hour journey to El Salvador. On the way we crossed through some areas which are clasiified as “do not travel here unless absolutly necessar” by the french government, but thankfully the police were nice and only stopped us […]
8th March 2022
Today we got up and walked outside of the city to the Copan Ruinas, a set of famous Mayan ruins that still have a lot of intact sculptures. We walked about 20 minutes outside of the city where we met our guide of the ruins (who thinks he’s a martian). Thankfully even though he was […]
7th March 2022
Today we got up at 4 am and loaded our stuff onto the bus for a long journey to Honduras. Thankfully we were able to fall asleep on the bus and had a break about 3 hours after leaving to get breakfast in a local chain restaurant. We then continued on our journey to the […]
6th March 2022
Today after sleeping in we decided to visit a local macadamia farm, after struggling to get an uber we drove to the outskirts of the city where we arrived at the farm. There they showed us around the farm telling us how the macadamia are grown and how they are processed after they fall from […]
5th March 2022
Today we woke up early and had pancakes for breakfast at our homestay before heading back to the center of the city where i picked up my painting and got to meet the artist who made it. Following this we took a boat to sail us accross the lake back to the city where a […]
4th March 2022
Today after catching up on sleep, we boarded a boat to go to Casa del mundo, a local hotel and restaurant nesting on the cliff next to the lake. There we lounged around for the morning, jumping in the cold water of the lake to go swimming and sipping lemonade on the balconies overlooking the […]
3rd March 2022
Today at around 3:45 we started getting ready to summit Acatenango, ready for our departure time at 4 am. We put on our gear and left base camp, going through the volcanic ash terrain, again with an extremely high slope, which meant that for every 2 steps we took, we went back one as we […]