Hacienda Morelos Puerto Morelos

... very similar to Oaxacan red - rich but not hot. Needed that fortification, I later discovered, for the walk to the waterfalls - the tourist had told me it was 1km from main road to falls (actually at least two) but also as falls on edge of town ended up walking at least another 2k from the top of town - most of it cobbled road with no pavements passing through banana plantations & fruit liquer sellers - they insisted on giving me ...

... 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.

... Dorthin wollen wir spaet** fahren, **fahren ab** schon hi** dass sich die Archaeologen noch nicht einig sind, w** diese riesige Tempelanlage **baut hat. Zurueck im Zentrum von Xalapa sehen wir, wie eine Konz**tbuehne vor d** Kathedrale aufgebaut wird, etwa 100 Met** Luftlinie bis zum Fenst** uns**es Zimm**s. Das laesst auf eine g**uhsame Nacht hoffen. Wir schauen uns noch etwas den zentralen Park d** Stadt und einige Gebaeude an, essen mexikanische Kohlrouladen (gibt es wirklich ...

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.

... sedated he has fine motor skills which indicate brain function.... but it is too early to tell exactly where that stands until he is free of sedation. This morning Joel was taken off the respirator and was breathing on his own with a non-rebreather mask. He was briefly taken off the sedation where he proved his ability to move and how strong he currently is. He was then sedated again for transport from Xalapa to the airport in Veracruz where he was met by a ...

... while kayaking on the Antigua river 5 km from Jalcolmulco, Veracruz - Mexico. He apparently capsized in a relatively calm section of the river and it is believed that he didn't hit any rocks while upside down. His brother, Jordan was kayaking near him and pulled him from his kayak and swam him to shore attempting to keep his head above water as much as possible.<br><br><br><br>Joel was pulled to shore where ...

... of this, locals who have planted their crops on top of the hill (there is a lack of planting space around the area due to the canyon and jungle terrain) have dug up ancient artifacts which are now displayed in a "museum" in one of the local houses. The view from the top is amazing. You can see for miles around; the climb is definitely worth while. After spending some time up there and enjoying the sunrise over the ...

... by allowing us to climb up his legs on acouple of occasions where there were no hand-holds. We went through a cave full of bats and climbed some rock walls and finally hiked up a hill planted with coffee before getting to the laddres. The ladders are placed in steep areas to facilitate a climb up the canyon, and are made of bamboo and wood lashed together with wire. I guess you could say they were not exactly made to code... We hiked across the flat top amongst the ...

... my huge fear of throwing myself of high things (crazy, eh?) had decided not to run it. Jim had other ideas and, during a morning shotgun shift on the bus (we all take turns in the fold up shotgun chair so that we can poke the driver and keep them awake), he set about persuading me. Jim is very good at getting people to do things and, by the end of the bus ride, I had half-heartedly agreed to run the falls. The second most scary experience in my life was getting to the falls ...

... dans ta tête "cours Forest, cours". Et tu cours, tu cherches ce putain de Terminal 1 porte A6. Les panneaux annoncent "last call" en rouge. Tu cours toujours en espérant ne pas te vautrer et te peter 7 autres dents... Et en même temps tu te dis que jamais tes bagages seront transférés à temps mais c'est pas grave tu cours encore... Finalement tu arrives à temps, en sueur mais à temps. Tu t'installes, et qqs minutes plus tard ta voisine demande ...