8 Ways Volcanoes Make Your Vacation More Awesome

If your destination doesn't have volcanic activity nearby, then it may suck a little.

1. Volcanoes form the coolest natural jacuzzis on the planet.

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Who needs hot tubs when volcanic geothermal activity can heat up the water for you. You can enjoy a nice warm soak in places like Iceland's Blue Lagoon, the Thermal Pool of Ferraria, or the many hot springs of Japan.

2. You can have a picnic in a lava field.

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What better place for a selfie and a sandwich than a lava field?

3. Volcanic soil makes everything taste better.

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Everything you eat will be "the best you ever had."

4. You can cook your food in the ground.

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I repeat. You can cook your food in the ground. How can that not be cool? It's yummy too but definitely high on the cool factor.

5. Volcanoes give us black sand beaches

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Black sand beaches just ooze sexy. Thank you volcanoes for bringing sexy back.

6. They create craters and crater lakes to explore.

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Hiking down into a volcanic crater makes you feel like a total bad ass, although that hike back up will probably make you hate volcanoes for a while.

7. It's selfie stick paradise.

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Seriously, everything is beautiful. You don't even have to know all the fancy settings on your camera; the scenery does all the work.

8. Because volcano....

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Enough said. It's also slightly scary if it happens to still be active. Your friends will ooh and ahh over your pictures of an actual volcano.