After not much sleep I had to get up at 5am to start the trek, although I was completely nackard I managed to get up, pack my things and get over to the other hostel that organized the trek.
Zara and I met with Fanny and Martin and headed off on our trek with our guide Octovio. It was a short walk followed by a local bus to the base of the volcano where there was the immediate smell of sulfur and ground was bubbling from action below.
The hike to begin with was relatively easy before reaching the actual base were things got a little rough; we rested under a mango tree for sandwitches to get away from the midday sun then tackled the steep uphill.
Getting to the top of a hill surrendered a beautiful panoramic of the landscape including the smoking volcano, Leon in the distance, the mars like landscape of the volcano’s debris and an oasis like area where we were camping for the evening.
Although exhausted when reaching the campsite where there was lush grass to lay down on under the shade of palm trees viewing the enormous volcano from a distance, it really was unbelievable.
Using the campsite as a base we watched the sunset over the beach and also looked inside the volcano where we could see lava 140 meters down through the cloud of sulfur, only seeing hazed glimpses of the red glow from the lava. Cool none the less.
Dinner was a concoction made by Octovio involving pasta, very few vegetables and a cream dipping sauce, although he did burn the bottom it wasn’t actually half bad.
I didn’t last long into the evening before hitting the bed hard.
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