i love my dog skull!

Bird's eye view of Xela; the line is the road between Llanos del Pinal & Xela.

Two of my homies/lovies on top of Santa Maria!

Zach & Marcel

Santiaguito...erupts about every 20 minutes!

Zach and Marcel went on a dude hike up Volcan Santa Maria and they brought me a really super cool present. They found an old dog skull up on the side of the Volcan and carefully brought it to me!! It's a favourite prized possesion!!!

Decade Volcano

View from our 'living room'. I look at Volcan Santa Maria first thing out of bed almost every morning. I've dreamt of volcanoes before I knew what they were, before I could speak. The hardest fight I've ever had to fight, I fought with an amazing view of Mt. St. Helen's and I know for a fact she gave me the strength I needed. What I am trying to say is that I am strongly attracted to Volcanoes.

After moving to Xela and getting settled in our house with a nice view of Volcan Santa Maria and looking reading about her, I discovered she is a Decade Volcano. And interestingly enough, my total bff lives near one too! I have already developed a relationship with Santa Maria who is currently active and has been for most of 2010. I love her.