Cerro de la Cruz

This past weekend we hiked up to Cerro de la Cruz to check out the view. We were told adamantly about how dangerous the walk is to hike up alone since many locals hide along the path to take cameras and any money that tourists have on them. Steph and I decided to wait to go with the tourist police and hike up with them, that way we would be sure not to lose our cameras. However, we were given incorrect directions to the police station and ended up very confused outside of a decrepit church ruin. Realizing we didn´t have time to find the police station by 2 p.m, we hiked to the base of the hill to wait for the police there. However, no sign of any police escort came for quite some time and I was beginning to think we looked sketchier than the potential Antigua muggers. Steph was brave enough (or simply less awkward than I) and asked a male tourist if we could hike up to the cross with him. There really is no suspense to this story as nothing happened during the hike up, while we took in the sites, and during the hike down. Once we crested the 7 minute walk to the top of the hill, the view was outstanding. It was a cloudy afternoon and the sky spit on us a couple of times, but it seemed like one could see forever.

The volcano in the back is Agua, where the town of Santa Maria is, where we drive to everyday.