Volcán Mejicano

I woke up at 6am to get ready to go to a volcano. I made a lunch for myself and caught a taxi with Sarah.

We took a 2 ½ hour bus ride to Toluca, then a 45 minute bus ride to Tejupilco. The bus dropped us off at this place that had 3 makeshift resturants. I used the bathroom and then we then caught a bus that took us to the bottom of where we had to start walking.


We walked for 2 miles to the entrance of the park and found a guy who was willing to drive us up the mountain to the volcano.


He packed everyone in a “refugee” truck while I sat in the front. It was kind of awkward because it was the driver, his 4 small children, and me. I tried to make conversation, but I guess he didn’t want to.


Driving up the mountain toward the volcano was kind of scary. The driver drove very close to the edge of the cliffs—well, too close for my taste. We finally arrived and I was glad to be out of his scary truck.

The hike up the volcano was hard because of its steepness and the high altitude. The view was spectacular because we were so high. It was really cold and I was glad that I brought my sweatshirt. I ate the lunch I made this morning (ham and cheese sandwich) and rested. I made two sandwiches and gave one to Samantha because she didn’t bring a lunch.







On the hike down, I found lots of pomus stones that I put into my backpack. They’ll be good to have later.

For the drive down the mountain, I sat in the “refugee” part of the truck. I was a little scared cause I knew how high we were and how close to the edge we were, but I did a magic trick with cards for everyone to take my mind off of the danger.


An hour later, we all got out of the truck and paid the man. After we paid him, he told us that we agreed to a different price and needed to pay him more. We all knew he was trying to get more money, but it was awkward because we didn’t know what to do. I said we should just walk away and we did. We had paid this guy 900 pesos already.

On the bus ride home, I came up with lots of party ideas. Since Brian and I will have a house, it will be easier to have lots of people over.

When I got home, I was tired and just wanted to watch TV. I saw Terminator 2 and really liked it!

(All photos from today can be found here.)