The Volcano and the Dentist

It's time to catch up on my blog. You see, one reason that I don’t get to it is because I’m so far behind but the longer I don’t catch up, the further behind I get.

Let’s see I ended off in the late spring. We took an inland bus trip to Colima to go on a trek up to the Volcan de Fuego, a trek of several hours with the French guide we had heard so much about. He was booked for over a week so we went to the tourist office and got a name of another guide, at least that’s what we thought. I called a few of the numbers and finally contacted a gentleman who agreed to take us up to the volcano the next morning. He was curious how we got his number, turned out, even though he was an avid hiker, he was a dentist, not a tour guide. At this point we weren’t sure if we should just get our teeth cleaned or go hiking with the dentist. The next morning Juan showed up early at our hotel room ready to get going. We had a good day, instead of the 4 hour hike to get up close and personal with the volcano we took a 45 minute walk to view the volcano from further away. Just as we got to a high ridge smoke began to billow out of the volcano, right on schedule. Even from this distance, the view was impressive. All in all we had a really good day and saw many of the local sights, including the “green lake” and the best ice cream in town.