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Colorful, chaotic "chicken buses" -- repainted, repurposed former U.S. school buses -- provide public transportation in Guatemala.

Motorbikes and scooters are another popular form of transportation on Antigua's cobblestone streets.

Nim P'ot is warehouse-like store in Antigua peddling colorful and fantastical Guatemalan handicrafts at rock-bottom prices.

Colorful wax "ex votos," or votive offerings, at the Church of San Francisco, a pilgrimage site containing the tomb of Spanish-born saint Hermano Pedro de Betancourt.

Volcan de Fuego, seen erupting, and the dormant Volcan de Agua, as seen from the slopes of the also-active Volcan de Pacaya.

Young boys in the village of San Francisco de Sales peddle walking sticks to tourists about to climb Volcan de Pacaya.

After 1.5 hours of climbing through forest, hikers on Volcan de Pacaya finally reach the first fields of cooled lava. It's still another 30 minutes' climb to the active lava floes.

Atop Pacaya volcano, tourists are led within arm's reach of active streams of red-hot lava by local guides.