Sunset makes for pink volcano smoke

Red hot magma from the earth's core up close

Note river flow far in the background

Sunset from Pacaya National

Local women on the way to the market. Length of skirt can indicate age and marital status, while patterns of fabric denote their village.

Local women on the way to the market. Length of skirt can indicate age and marital status, while patterns of fabric denote their village.

We spent a lot of time behind these smoke-belching "chicken buses." Not sure if they were named for hauling chickens, or for the relentless game of "chicken" they played when passing on the narrow mountain roads

Siesta time while selling spices near the entrance to the Chichicastenango market, the largest indigenous market in Central America.

This woman is selling fried pork rinds at the entrance to the market at Chichicastenango (a name we loved to say until we learned it meant "Land of the Nettles," or poison ivy!)

Don trying to "blend" in his Mexican tee shirt, but despite the tan, the gringo gray gives him away. ;-)

I typically refuse to pay for photos, but when the woman asked for an "agua pura" to take her photo, I caved. The colors were just too vivid to resist.