{"id":1154,"date":"2016-02-08T02:44:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T00:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2016-02-08T04:33:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T02:33:38","slug":"volcan-pacaya-2552m-marshmallows-on-the-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=1154","title":{"rendered":"Volc\u00e1n Pacaya 2552m &#8211; Marshmallows on the rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-930\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9657.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9657-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Not Pacaya - but Fuego on the morning of the tour\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"size-large wp-image-930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9657-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9657-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not Pacaya &#8211; but Fuego on the morning of the tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>JAN 11, 2016 &#8211; From Antigua it was possible to visit Pacaya in a half-day group tour. We left in a van early in the morning and then ascended in about an hour and a half from the park entrance. Villagers were renting out horses for the lazy. Since Pacaya is active, climbing to its top is forbidden, but we got to some nice viewpoints below the summit, from where other nearby volcanoes could be seen. Steam was coming out of many holes along the hillside of Pacaya, and some spots were hot enough to roast marshmallows. I was a bit disappointed not to get to the summit, but it was my first visit to an active volcano, and I thought the steaming rocks were pretty cool. I also found a petrified tree. Apparently one could even see lava up until two years ago, but we weren&#8217;t that lucky.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9665.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9665-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Agua, as seen from Pacaya\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"size-large wp-image-931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9665-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9665-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agua, as seen from Pacaya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9673.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9673-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP9673\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9673-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9673-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9675.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9675-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"A moon-like landscape\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"size-large wp-image-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9675-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9675-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A moon-like landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-934\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9682.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9682-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Petrified tree\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"size-large wp-image-934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9682-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9682-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petrified tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9689-e1454891656716.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9689-e1454891656716-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP9689\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9689-e1454891656716-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMGP9689-e1454891656716-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAN 11, 2016 &#8211; From Antigua it was possible to visit Pacaya in a half-day group tour. We left in a van early in the morning and then ascended in about an hour and a half from the park entrance. Villagers were renting out horses for the lazy. 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