Some step teams get all the luck. The most recent team have been living in Alotenango, an agricultural town nestled between 3 volcanoes. Out of 30-something volcanoes in Guatemala, 3 are active, and one of them is 'next door' to where the step have been living.
Volcan Fuego and Volcan Acatenango
These are the views (in two different directions) that they woke up to every morning.
Volcan Agua
And this has been a regular view as well, aa Volcan Fuego has been almost constantly active with smoke and plumes of lava. Some of the team have been sleeping on the roof of the house, to maximise their chances of seeing the spectacular eruptions.
For those of you concerned about health and safety, I feel the need to explain that these have only been minor eruptions, and that we have kept up to date with the news from INSIVUMEH (National Institute for Sismology, Volcanology, Meteology and Hidrology - approximate translation!) and Conred (National Coordination for the Reduction of Disasters), and the Step team have not been in unnecessary danger.
I took them for a weekend away at Lake Atitlan - which, just to give them a break - is also surrounded by three volcanoes - although all of them dormant.
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