Hike up Volcano Santa Ana

Today we hiked up Santa Ana Volcano.
What they didn't tell us was that we had to hike down Cerro Verde, across the saddle and then begin our assent up the volcano.  It took us 4 hours.  The trail was not kind to us.  There were lots of big steps, rocks and general scrambling.  Tough on us over 50 crowd.  The group from the hostel weren't bother by it at all.  Also add to the altitude of almost 2100 meters and we were both craving oxygen which we were in short supply of.  I'm typing this so it is now a story of our survival.  Our guides were 17.  They make the climb at least 3 times a week and told us that we were going too slow to make it in four hours.  It felt like a sprint to the top, over rough terrain.  Nobody told us that it was going to be a quick 4 hour trip to cover 12 km.

The sky was clear all day today, so we were optimistic about star gazing tonight.  No such luck.  At 6 pm it started to cloud over and now it's overcast.  Drat.

Back on the road tomorrow.