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GUATEMALA | Mon, 3 Aug 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [81]
Finally, I got to climb an active volcano. The last one I tried to climb had Mai Mai rebels living on it. This one was free of rebels and corrupt officials. One of the most interesting landscapes once I got to the top. Incredibly strong wind that ... Read more >
Tags: volcano, pacaya, guatemala, antigua, live volcano, lava
GUATEMALA | Mon, 3 Aug 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [91] | Comments [1]
Volcan Santa Maria is an extinct volcano located just next to Xela, where i´m studying spanish. I did a day hike with a bunch of the school where I´m studying spanish one saturday. It was pretty uneventful and a pretty easy hike but it was a nice view ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, santa maria, volcano
INDONESIA | Sat, 1 Aug 2009 | By simon_monk | Views [214] | Comments [1] | Video
In our younger days one of the great joys of travel was to just wander, to have no real plan except to get lost and see what eventuated. Sometimes it really didn't work and we'd end up in some tricky situations, more often than not it was a pleasing ... Read more >
Tags: bali, volcano, island, beauty
GUATEMALA | Mon, 11 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [55] | Video
I took this little video starting with the view north with some of my "compañeros de alpinista" and then east and south to show Santa Maria in the distance.
Tags: tajumulco, volcano
PERU | Sun, 26 Apr 2009 | By melissamain | Views [144] | Comments [6]
Up we go. 6075 metres above sea level is our goal. We cheat by getting a troupie to drive us up to 4030. I get out of the car with a dizzy head. My lungs try to be bigger. My heart pumps faster to try and compensate. We pack our bags and walk ... Read more >
Tags: up, volcano, altitude sickness, caffeine
PHILIPPINES | Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By loriejoy | Views [172]
Anticipation Looking forward
to the last few days of my trip, I woke up earlier than planned. I
needed to be in the airport at around 430AM. I was up at 3AM. I had to
disturb the crew during that shift since I was checking out earlier
than I ... Read more >
Tags: camiguin, mt. hibok-hibok, mt. vulcan, volcano, sunken cemetery, katibawasan falls
JAPAN | Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By joblogs | Views [128]
This is the satellite image of what I saw from the plane that day. It's Taal lake with an active volcano inside. Yes, we plan to climb the caldera. I might not feel the need to get in the sulfurous water however...
Tags: taal, volcano
CHILE | Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [228] | Comments [5]
Sodele nach langer
Internetabstinenz (lag nicht an mir, sondern an der „idyllischen“ Gegend)
gibt’s mal wieder Neuigkeiten vom Weltenbummler.
Nachdem wir Rio
Tranquilo nach einer Nacht wieder verlassen wollten, der Bus aber total ... Read more >
Tags: chaitèn, volcano
NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 29 Jan 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [167]
Continuing
further South, Taupo with its enormous lake provided a pleasant spot
for lunch and catching up with internet and suchlike. We needed to
keep moving so we carried on towards Tongariro National park,
stopping ... Read more >
Tags: trekking, volcano, fire, camping
UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Tue, 6 Jan 2009 | By pshah13 | Views [107]
Arrived at Kona, Big Island, Hawaii and hired a car as you can't get anywhere without one. Local transport is non existent. Stayed at Mango Sunset B&B - well that is another story!!!!. Hawaiian Monk Seal: On the first day, went driving around ... Read more >
Tags: mantas, volcano, helicopter, monk seal, hump back whales
UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By freedom-sparkles | Views [173]
Well, i couldn't have an Hawaiin travel blog without mentioning my two newest austrian friends. Anna and Anna maria. I met them in wood valley temple while staying there. Along with a beautiful girl called Cassandra who gave me a puruvian cross which ... Read more >
Tags: friends, pele, volcano
BOLIVIA | Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [889] | Video
So up we got the following morning for what has to be admitted as a rushed breakfast with the goal of not being late for the tour of the salt flats and Bolivian Altiplano. We had chosen a 2 night 3 day tour ending in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile as other ... Read more >
Tags: salt flats, desert, volcano, 4x4, rum, geyser, hot spring
BOLIVIA | Wed, 27 Aug 2008 | By matsmith | Views [351]
After a cold night in Uyuni, we had time to buy snacks and water before being picked up at 10.30 to go to the salt plains, the largest and highest in the world, they are almost twice as big as the ones in salt lake city covering an area almost as big ... Read more >
Tags: volcano, geysers, chile, bolivia, salt plains, salt hotel, lagoons, red lagoon, green lagoon, galaxy caves.
ECUADOR | Thu, 17 Jul 2008 | By matsmith | Views [284]
Banos has been the most relaxing part of our journey so far. It is a holiday resort for both locals and foreigners and it is famous for its spas with water from the volcano, which is right above it. Since we arrived 3 days ago, we have been trying to ... Read more >
Tags: spas, cable car, volcano
ECUADOR | Wed, 9 Jul 2008 | By katrinamckeever | Views [350]
Lovely Banos is a smashing little town, surrounded by forest topped mountians and waterfalls and blessed with an ambudance of natural hot springs. It is a really beatiful place with lots of lovely hostels, restaurants, coffe shops, book exchanges and ... Read more >
Tags: ecuador, equador, banos, hot springs, bathe, waterfall, restaurant, volcano, minerals, walk
GUATEMALA | Fri, 30 May 2008 | By ma_and_pa | Views [125]
t We all arrived in Guatemala on May 18th into Guatemala City and headed straight to the town of Antigua about 40 minutes from the airport. We will be staying with a family in Antigua while Amy and Turgay take Spanish lessons in the morning and explore ... Read more >
Tags: anigua, guatemala, volcano, pacaya, chocotenago
NICARAGUA | Sat, 29 Mar 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [311]
Around 3 times a week we go on activities, and a few of us have paid for extra trips too. Butterfly and seed collecting, walks around the laguna seeing monkeys and birds, trips to nearby towns and museums, a fiesta in Masaya with lots of dancing and ... Read more >
Tags: diving, volcano
NICARAGUA | Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [596]
A small island made up of two volcanoes in the middle of a big, freshwater lake that contains bull sharks - it sounds a bit surreal right? I couldn't miss the opportunity to see this place, my mistake was heading for the beach area called Santo Domingo.... Read more >
Tags: island, volcano, trekking
COSTA RICA | Fri, 29 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [352]
Arenal volcano is the most captive one in Costa Rica - it was a tough decision to come here and not head east to climb Costa Rica's highest one - Cerro Chirripo. After an easy 4.5 hour, $3.5 bus ride and I'm liking my choice. Arenal is one of those ... Read more >
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USA | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [373]
My time in Hawaii is coming to an end - I've already extended my onward flights twice. I really didn't want to leave, and Darren and his girlfriend Kalei have been extremely generous and obliging hosts, considering my disruption to their lives. Darren ... Read more >
Tags: volcano, island
USA | Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [381]
Maui is a small island with a big volcano. Haleakala may only be 10,023 feet (3055m) high, but it would be a lot taller than Mt Everest if measured from the ocean floor. The road up also allows the biggest change in elevation in the shortest distance ... Read more >
Tags: island, volcano, diving
USA | Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [424] | Comments [1]
It's been dark an hour, I'm clambering over volcanic rocks in the middle of seemingly nowhere. A little LED torch with the power of a baby glow worm is lighting my way, the noise of the ocean is to my right, the glow of flowing lava is up ahead - i ... Read more >
Tags: island, diving, volcano
USA | Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By all_powered_up | Views [398]
Da-da da-da daaaa-da, da-da da-da daaaa Hawaii five-o? - no? I never originally thought I'd reach here on this trip, i wasn't even sure I'd make it here after catching my flight from New Zealand to Sydney (bizarrely it was cheaper to go this route).... Read more >
Tags: island, volcano
NEW ZEALAND | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [445] | Comments [1]
The northern circuit is one of the 9 great walks of NZ. A 4 day trek past stunning volcanic peaks (Mt Doom from LOR's), azure blue lakes, sulphurous hot springs and knackered fellow trekkers. I'll ignore the fact that my fellow trekkers are nearly ... Read more >
Tags: trekking, volcano
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [654]
I've got a nice blue (the colour is important) hire car at $28 a day for the next 9 days. Wow, am i excited. It's been over a year since I've driven a car...but I'm not worried. Complete freedom, a huge country to lose myself in, places to discover, ... Read more >
Tags: trekking, volcano
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