On our latest adventure, Alex and I took a hike up to volcan Telica in the middle of the night! It is a special full moon hike that they have about once a month. We hike to the top all night and then stay up top in a small campsite area for a few hours until sunrise and then hike down. After that we stop at a place with boiling mud pits and finish up the trip with lunch at a cozy comedor the next day. The whole trip lasted about 13 hours without sleep! It was fairly difficult to climb because the trails were made of really loose dirt and rock so I slid fairly often. However, it was an AMAZING view at the top as you look out over all of Nicaragua and the other volcanoes in the ring of fire. Here are a few pics from our trip but my camera ran out of batteries so I did not get that many. Enjoy!
Olena, Alex, Me, Shunpei, and Regina right before we started the hike.
Notice how clean and happy we are!
Yay, we are sitting at the top of the volcano, right at the edge of the crater! Unfortunately, we did not see any hot lava but we did see a lot of smoke and steam.
Alex and me at the top. Notice the long-sleeves... it was FREEZING and windy at the top. It was hard to believe that we were still in Nicaragua.
View of Volcan Telica from the small base just before we climbed to the VERY top and looked in...
Small base camp, huddled around the fire around dawn before we climbed back down.
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Olena, Alex, Me, Shunpei, and Regina right before we started the hike. 
Yay, we are sitting at the top of the volcano, right at the edge of the crater! Unfortunately, we did not see any hot lava but we did see a lot of smoke and steam. 
Alex and me at the top. Notice the long-sleeves... it was FREEZING and windy at the top. It was hard to believe that we were still in Nicaragua.
View of Volcan Telica from the small base just before we climbed to the VERY top and looked in...
Small base camp, huddled around the fire around dawn before we climbed back down. 
1 comment:
Great picture! It sounds like you are making the most of this wonderful adventure. We are glad that family is coming to visit. Enjoy your dad and Kara's visit too!
Love,
Aunt Sharyn
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