Casa de la Reyna Manzanillo

Moved into an Ashram today - only 60 pesos a night including chanting, tai chi, meditation & yoga - first lesson 5.20am! - thought I might hang out a few days if I can stand the heat - no fans! - but more importantly no beer and no coffee!!!! It's only 15 mins walk to the town of Coatepec, the coffee capital of Veracruz, so I can get my daily fix! Day one & already met the guru & done 1 hour of yoga with him. Reduced program of ...

... m going to keep surfing and possibly host some day. I was hosted by a girl and her family and they accepted me like family. They only let people stay for a day so she said I could stay at her friends house the next day. Her friends house was nice and it had a pool. They ended up taking me out on the town and we had a good time.

... um eine moeglichst hohe Ausbeute zu **zielen. Bestaeubungssaison ist im April, ab** schon jetzt koennen wir einige Blueten sehen und bekommen die Bestaeubung mal vorgefuehrt. Dann geht es weit** zur Fabrik, wo die Vanille in d** Sonne getrocknet und anschliessend sorti**t und fu** den V**sand v**packt wird. Hauptkunde ist eine deutsche Firma aus Hamburg, und die Nachfrage scheint massiv zu sein, denn die Bau**n hi** koennen gar nicht so viel lief**n, wie ihr deutsch** Abnehm ...

... with Mexicans, meaning really shallow calm water for kids, cheap & nasty resturants and dirty! Treated myself in a great sushi restaurant later, but didn't linger because of what I thought was smelly drains - turned out a circus was camped over the road - that big cat **** really stinks! Went to Playa Audiencia for snorkelling, unremarkable but for a school of about 50 + porcupine fish - when you see the ...

Written from Jalcomulco, Mexico: A phone call was just received directly from Jordan at 19:35 our time. Joel is awake and recognizes his brother as well as other friends and family. He has little memory of the incident but is making jokes and talking about kayaking. One lung continues to labour but the doctors plan to take him out of the ICU tomorrow. The family will be sending us further updates as they come along.

... securely in the hands of Canadian medical experts the WILD crew will be participating in a full Critical Incident Stress Debriefing before loading up and transferring to Huatulco for a final group paddle into the Pacific. Spirits amongst the group are currently as strong as possible under the circumstances.... everyone has passed their thoughts and energies along to Joel, Jordan and his family and are now prepared to move forward as a group for future adventures.

... students immediately began CPR, an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), which was on hand and was used within minutes to successfully gain cardiac function and rhythm. A rapid evacuation followed and within two hours of the incident he was admitted to the hospital in Xalapa, Veracruz - Mexico, where further testing and diagnosis are being performed. He is currently in the Intensive Care Unit at the CEMS ...

... hot stone to cook them without them folding at the edge. I guess we´re not ready yet.... After breakfast we headed off to the "museum" where the artifacts were set out and handed round. I think this may be the smallest museum I have ever been to - it consists of 3 pots for water and one rolling pin and board (made of stone). Each of these items is at least 1000 years old and still perfectly intact! Afterwards they gave ...

... lime and gods love in it. A TALE OF COZUMEL I finally get off. I ask my cab driver to take me to a crew bar place called Carlos and Charlie's. There is crazy traffic up ahead with cops and crazy "Marinas" with huge guns in trucks that weren't even nice in 1914 when they were made. My cabby takes a turn, onto a dirt road, off the main strip. We get flagged down and stopped he tells me to ...

... the Brady Bunch so we make reservations to eat at the casual dining area tonight. Jump in the Jacuzzi again. Shower and head over there. Pass by the Sushi Café and grab a few snacks then head in to dinner. It was nice. Daniel, our waiter was pleasant. Dinner was okay. Walk around the ship a bit. Go down to the game room and play a round of Scrabble. Then we head down to the casino for more blackjack for Michael. Not a winning night, but fun nonetheless.