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The Conference (ATMEX) Begins
... a couple of breakout sessions attendees could choose.
Lunch was in an adjacent venue partitioned off for that purpose. I must say the World Trade Centre of Boca del Rio, Veracruz, is really impressive for its columnless space and design. We were not spare presentations during lunch, which took really long between courses. I guess the caterer had difficulty with staffing or managing a function of this magnitude. Whatever time we made up in the morning, we lost ...
Day of Adventures
... is attached to a line used to haul a person in.
Lunch was back in camp, after most of the zip liners had spend the morning feeding the hungry midges grateful for a change of diet from rotting mangoes. It was another delicious Mexican meal with too many fresh tortillas. And as the temperatures rose, our desire to move weakened. But we mostly did make it back for the afternoon's adventure.
The mountain bike trail is not for the ...
Chapter Uno Spehtyo Mexicana!!
... The colours and shapes of the buildings is like something out if the clangers. It's beautiful and mesmerising but dirty and smelly as hell too! It's noisy crazy not one person spoke any English that I asked so I was just awestruck.
So I had three hours to find my bus to Xalapa. I was going to get the midnight bus this was my plan with my company but I did my own research and the 1.30am one seemed a safer bet. BOY. Was I right.
If Mexico city is the ...
Sorrrryyyyyy
... One of the best behaved kids, a 12 year old who is one of our favourites, didnt come from school a few days ago and hasnt been heard from since. He has run away before and the police picked him up off the streets two hours away (bothhis parents are in prision) but noone has any idea where hes gone. It seriously breaks my heart because I cant imagine how we survives, or whats gonna happen to him since the home cant really take him bck because its the ...
Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz
... paa, naermes som om de komprimere det! Det gjorde dog ikke saa meget, for saa slap man for alt det flyvende sand, der altid er irreterende. Vandet kunne vi maaske godt have oensket var lidt klarere, men naar man ligger lige ved siden af den stoerste havn i landet og samtidig kan se et par olieplatforme faretruende taet ved stranden, er det maaske lidt meget at forlange. Tilgengaeld var der ikke saa meget som en muslingeskal i ...