Hotel Inglaterra Puerto Morelos

... gorge. So buggy that I didn't hang around & luckily got a ride back up the hill first try. Had intended to get up for the 5.20am session today, but as I had slept badly the previous 3 nights, turned over & went back to sleep - will try again manaņa! Got in my exercise with a walk to the viewpoint on the top of Cerro de los Serpientes - had some company in the form of a big black hairy dog from the Ashram called Aries - he pretty ...

... 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.

... und Ob**armen bewegt w**den, wobei ** hi** in El Tajin von 3 Spiel**n so gut wie moeglich zwischen den zwei schraegen Seitenwaenden hin und h**gespielt wurde. And**swo musste ** durch einen kleinen Steinring gestossen w**den, was uns schon mit Hand und Fuss schw** gefallen wa**e, von d** Huefte mal ganz zu schweigen. Es gibt v**schiedene V**sionen, was nach dem Spiel passi**t ist. Klar ist, dass das Spiel nicht zum Spass gespielt wurde, sond**n es war ebenfalls ein wichtiges ...

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.

Written from Esprit in Jalcomulco: 15:00hr We have had a particularly good but particularly long night hence the delayed update. Yesterday evening Joel's condition was trending very favorably and many of his vital signs and organ functions had drastically improved. Joel has displayed normal function of his heart, stomach, kidneys, liver, pancreas..... his lungs are drastically improving but remain laboured and potentially susceptible to infection. Although still ...

We are still in Jalcomulco despite the fact that we should have travelled to Huatulco on Saturday. It started when the bus and van broke down last week and were not fixed by the time we should have left. We had a day finishing our first aid testing on Saturday then a planning day on Sunday for a two day Barranca Grande trip, to be planned and carried out without any instructors, starting on Monday.



Jalcomulco, Mexico smartmishmash

... a much steeper path than the way into Chopilapa, and also up some more ladders. We hiked back to the same level that we had walked earlier in the morning so we were really hot and tired by the time we reached the top, but there was, of course, another great view. After reaching Buena Vista we got back in the van and drove towards Jalcomulco, scouting a route for a new cycle tour which Esprit might run. On the way ...

... a very Mexican thing I think) the ants moved in for the kill. They were in my pants and my sleeping bag and on my arms and over Jim's face and Stef`s clothes. And they bite! I did the ant dance for a while until Stef and Jim got up. Jim went off to find somewhere else to sleep and wede-anted and woke up the others. We ended up creeping into the house in the middle of the night to move into their front room. We did finally get agood night`s sleep though. To be continued....

... about the town. Jalcomulco is a small town which seems to be dominated by Esprit whilst still maintaining itīs own character. Almost everyone knows Jim and quite a lot seem to work for Esprit in one way or another. not many people speak English, so my Spanish is going to have to improve fast. Iīm staying in the house of some Esprit employees and one other student is staying with me. We had a very quiet lunch of beans and lentils and chicken and tortillas whilst everyone tried ...

... blast even though it's very dark going through some of the caves and you are in water. The bats hanging and lurching above us was freaky and I was wondering if I was the only one thinking "snakes"? I didn't want to scare the kids so I kept that thought to myself and stayed very close to my man!! Today, we are relaxing after yesterday's very long day.