Fuego I

On Wednesday, Dec, 20th we went to Fuego to scout for the Doppler Radar. On the way there we passed by loads of sugar cane fields.
When we got into the forest, we cleared the road of a tree that had fallen on it. It took us about one hour with an axe, two machetes, Chris' chainsaw. Later had to give up on one way that was completely overgrown. This was not that bad because we found an other much better one.

When we arrived in the area where we want to install the system the geologists got stuck on pyroclastic flow and other deposits.


This valley was filled one and a half years ago by pyroclastic flows and is now being eroded by the rain.

We went on towards Fuego and saw two eruptions on the way.




We continued hiking for a while and then cleared a site that looked good to us.


After that it was time to return home.


On the truck we could watch the sunset on Fuego.

Back in Colima it was time for Michael's desperdido. After three and a half month in Mexico he still did not really seem convinced crickets belonged on the plate. They don't taste that great but are definitively edible.