Climbing Acatenango Volcano in Guatemala has been on my bucket list for years! While living life on the Central American traveler trail, stories of climbing Acatenango volcano circulate frequently. Tales of how beautiful the view is from summit. How difficult…
Stranded in the Desert: Climbing Lascar Volcano
Standing at 5,592 meters (18,346 ft) is northern Chile’s own Lascar Volcano; one of the most active volcanoes in South America. Lascar Volcano continues to erupt frequently with a series of eruptions occurring from 2006-2011 not including the most recent…
Colombia’s Magical Mud Volcano: El Totumo
Cartagena, the cruise ship port and gem of Colombia’s Caribbean coast is famous for its beautifully coloured buildings surrounded by history, architecture and archaeology. Well maintained with a historical center packed full of gourmet restaurants, clothing boutiques and emerald stores,…
Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua! What its really like…
It’s scary…really, actually quite scary. Every year thousands of people flock to Léon, Nicaragua to experience sliding down the side of a volcano at an unreasonable speed on a piece of wood. Sounds legit doesn’t it? Let me tell you…
Climbing Cotopaxi: Summiting one of the world’s highest Volcanoes
Cotopaxi Volcano located in Ecuador is one of the world’s highest active volcanos, so active that it erupted less than a few months ago. Climbing Cotopaxi was on my personal bucket list for many years. I wanted to stand on…