Our world is full of wonderful experiences
And on my trip around the world.
I've lived many of it
I've seen the auroras in Iceland
I ate the original pizza in Italy; I trained Kung Fu in China.
I met with people who eat Human meat in India, and many other things, but with all this, I never in my life imagined
that I would be possible to see a volcano erupting in front of me
And I found out I was wrong
I found a volcano in Guatemala that can be climbed to see the explosion with your own eyes.
when I heard about it, I said I must visit it
A few months later, I found myself in the city of Antigua, Guatemala
Good morning from Antigua, Guatemala
Today is a special day in my life because, for the first time, I will go to an active volcano.
The city in which we are located, Antigua, Guatemala was considered the capital of the country
but it is not the capital anymore due to the large number of volcanoes and earthquakes
that destroyed the city, so they decided to stay away from the volcanoes and the new capital became Guatemala City
We came to start our morning in a place called "Ciara Delacruz," meaning Mountain of the Cross
They built a church on the mountain and in front of it, the volcano in Antigua
This city has a beautiful view to begin the morning with, especially at dawn or at sunset; otherwise, you will not find this fabulous view
on this trip, will be with me my friend Anas
He's Jordanian, but he was born in Guatemala, and he's lived most of his life here, so he knows a lot here
We'll go up to the volcano together, and he'll help me shoot too.
Our journey began at the company where we went with, and they had prepared a light breakfast there.
This trip costs about $70 to visit the volcano, including food and overnight.
You will most likely need to rent some clothes and equipment from them.
Ready? Yes, Good
I took a jacket, these gloves, and night lights and these things, and I took shoes too.
We have finished renting things; we will leave most of our things here and come back to take them tomorrow
We left the office, and now we're going up to the volcano.
The name of the company is Wicho & charlie's, for anyone who wants to visit, I will leave their site in the description
We started climbing here, and we are tired from the first five minutes already
Because the beginning is the hardest part
First, we'll climb for an hour like this
When we finish this climb, it will be easier
Anas, how is it going? Let's go back (joke)
We finished twenty minutes; everyone was tired.
Anyone who wants to come here must prepare; your fitness must be good.
We walked for about 45 minutes; now we're on a small path through the trees, I'm excited to see the view from the top
I see that you are tired! Yes, I am so tired This is just the beginning.
We do not want them to say that Jordanians are weak. (joke)
We must raise the flag of our country, strengthen yourself; we do not want scandals
let's run
Anas told me we climbed for an hour; it is just ten minutes, Anas: it is half an hour for now.
We have five minutes left, and we will reach the top, don't be afraid, walk (joke)
After an hour of walking and tiring, we finally reached the entrance to the climb to the volcano
We still have a lot to do; we paid 50 Quetzal, which is equal to 7 dollars
It is the price of entry and now the real climb will begin!
Frankly, the road is problematic because it is all climbing and with us, our friends from Italy, Milan, did not get tired
We're halfway now; we have a lunch break now
They gave us lunch in the beginning, as I said, there are many things here for lunch and dinner.
Rice and good food, there are also apples and sandwiches and other things
The place is wonderful, surrounded by trees, and the food is good
finally, rest,
What is your opinion? Very tasty; after this hard work, anything will be great.
They put beans in it and many things that can give you the energy to complete the trip
Every hour they tell us five minutes left!
He goes twice a week, we go once a year, and we are exhausted.
We almost reached the highest place, now our way will be straight, from here I can see the clouds and we will go up and see other beautiful views
You must be very focused to climb the volcano in your mind, you have to say you can do it
Because there are people who are in an impaired physical condition but know how to focus their energy on one thing and climb up
This is not difficult, but if you tell yourself that you can't climb, it is impossible to climb
But if you motivate yourself, you will climb it
We are indeed tired, but we are almost there, come on.
Finally, we arrived at the Basecamp of our trip
Which completely overlooks the volcano
Every third of an hour, the volcano erupts
And it is a fabulous view, at night you can see the lava better.
I'm so excited about the night; I came here to see the volcano at night.
Look, now there's a new explosion
Every few minutes, this thing happens; it doesn't just happen once in a lifetime
These rooms are the ones we will sleep in, each one has space for eight people
They give you a sleeping bag, and you must cover yourself well with your jacket, because the place is freezing at night
We rested at the camp and spent our time sitting in front of the volcano and enjoying the view of each eruption
A group of us went for an extra 3 hours on the track to the crater and the rest, we sat in front of the fire looking at the sunset and the successive explosions
The guides prepared a hot chocolate drink and dinner for us.
And the more night became, the colder it became, now our friends are lighting a fire, and we are all sitting looking at the volcano from the basecamp
And when it got dark, we started to see the real explosions.
O God
It's 7:30 p.m., and it's dinner time, they're cooking dinner here
lentils with rice, but the smell is good; I am excited, I do not know if it is good or if I am hungry
The view of the volcano!! every half an hour, it erupts strongly and the whole mountain becomes red from the lava
One of the best things I've seen in my life, indeed this is the second-best natural phenomenon I've seen after the auroras in Iceland.
Fabulous
We are sitting at the kitchen door to see the volcano whenever it erupts
And after a whole night of watching the eruptions I woke up at 4 a.m. to continue the adventure
We got up at 4 a.m. to climb the volcano; it should be beautiful scenes at the top.
But it is exhausting after yesterday's fatigue
During the last hour of climbing, we reached the top of the mountain to see the magical sunrise
I couldn't express my joy at reaching the top except by dancing. (dabka)
When you climb any mountain, it means that you win a battle, not with the mountain, but with yourself
To prove to yourself that you are still alive and that you are still able to fight and win
And you try to go beyond what is possible for you
To arrive and discover that it is the most beautiful sight and the most substantial happiness comes only with things that you strive for
Every fatigue, bitterness, and tear turns into fuel for the arrival torch
The volcano erupted while we were in front of it
After a long and challenging climb, we reached the summit of the Akattanvo volcano
the sun is behind us it made a reflection of the volcano on the clouds, which is amazing
We rose above the clouds
The first way to go down was dangerous, but here it is as if you are descending on a sandy mountain like a desert
We skate it
After we came back from the mountain, which was very tired I will eat anything; breakfast is oats with chocolate, nuts and water; it also tastes cinnamon, which is frankly good
I don't know if it's good or if I am tired, but I'm happy eating it.
And now we bid farewell to the volcano with a final strong eruption; we will take our things and go down towards Antigo again.
The trip is over, although we saw it all night yesterday and today, but you will not get bored of it, everything that explodes, you must look at it, rejoice and imagine
The phone memory and the camera are full
Going down is much easier than going up, this is where we stopped when we were going up
From here, we had two and a half hours left to reach the camp, and to go down, it took us half an hour
Finally, we reached the exit door. That makes me the happiest; we arrived. hahaha
Thus, our first adventure in country number 62, Guatemala, has ended.
We are back in Antigua to get ready for the next adventure.
See you in the next video, bye
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