Last friday we decided to head to La Malinche, an inactive volcano, since the weather looked better. The town closest to La Malinche is Huamantla and the bus there costs SGD$3.50 and takes approx. 1 hr.

However, upon arriving, the first local we met told us that it was actually dangerous to scale La Malinche today because of the expected rainfall in the afternoon. And what are the odds, but Angel (yes, his name is angel) actually turned out to be a mountain lover. He suggested that we climb Cuatlapango, near Apizaco instead, and he even volunteered to go with us. So that's how our adventure began.

From Huamantla, we took a bus for around 20 mins to Apizaco, before taking a smaller van that brought us to the base.


The climb up took 2 hours and the altitude made it us really breathless. During the steeper ascend, we had to take 5 minutes breaks every 2 minutes. But the view from the peak was really rewarding. So was the hour long chat we had with Angel.




The descend was quick and took only 45 mins, but it was awhile before we found a 'bus' that took us back to town in Apizaco. (The 'bus' was actually just a car, with a destinated route.) From Apizaco, we traveled back to Huamantla, where Angel promised to bring us to try some local food. And he did. We came to this pork place and had tacos, soup and lots of meat. The final dish was taco's with the beef's heart and it would have been delicious if I weren't so full already.


The day ended with cheese ice cream and an hour's bus ride back to Puebla. Angel was really an angel to us that day, and he promised to scale La Malinche (which is actually 3 times higher) the next time with us.