We woke up and dropped our bags off at our new hostel. We then got on one of the old school buses that took us from Granada to Masaya. We got to Masaya at around 9am. We walked around the artisan markets, but there wasn’t much there since there where hardly any tourist due to the ongoing Civil War. Once we have explored the markets we took another bus and got off at the Masaya volcano. We had to pay to get in but it was cheaper since it was daytime. If it was night time when you would of had to pay more because you can see the Lava at the bottom at night. We took a taxi up to the volcano and stopped off at the visitors centre. It was really interesting learning about all the eruptions in the ring of fire of volcanoes.
We finally got to the crater and it was amazing. The smoke and lava was coming out of the top and you could feel the heat. Also if you listened closely you could hear the rumbling of the lava lake down below. It smelled of sulphur. I could faintly see the lava 300 meters down the crater. It was such an active and amazing day.
by Mia