La Pointe d'Argent Guadeloupe

... workshop just outside Juchitan, with a nice shady tree outside and did my service with the assistance of Carlos a young boy at hate MC shop. He got rid of all my waste and supplied some rag!<br>The road had turned a bit boring long and straight and flat, mainly cattle country. I passed my first Mexican wind farm and it was huge. <br>I had been toying with going to Tuxtla Gutierrez to look at the Somidero Canyon but was ...

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... ist sozusagen die Urv**sion des heutigen Fussballs. Jedoch war es we***** ein Spiel, als vielmehr ein wichtiges religiöses Z**emoniell. D** Ball repräsenti**te dabei die Sonne, d**en Lauf nicht unt**brochen w**den durfte. Dah** war das Ziel des Spiels, den Ball (mit Schult**n und Beinen) möglichst in d** Luft zu halten. Da nur das Beste gut genug ist für den Sonnengott, wurde schliesslich d** Gewinn ...

... We went to the theatre in the evening which lasted a couple of hours and was of course a traditional Mayan story with masks and tribal dress, the music was very powerful, mainly drums. The days have been long and the evenings eventful as we gather each night to eat drink and be merry BUT of course orderly....we left the disorder to the other younger GAP group.....time to move on to new country as we cross the land border to Guatemala tomorrow.

Well no trip report from MX would be complete with out a discussion on Topes. We North Americans would refer to them as Speed bumps. If you drive in Mexico you will quickly learn not to ignore any sign that looks like or is spelled like tope. I have seen them called Tope, Tope, Topas, and Reductors. All are designed with one thing in mind, to slow traffic or create and accident if you don´t slow. They are made ...

On to Puerto Arista, a relative metropolis, plenty of shops, some of them even open! Out of high season seaside towns tend to only fully open at weekends when the city dwelling Mexican hordes descend. Found a nice little place near a smelly lagoon and not far from the beach, but sadly, as often happens in Mexico, the workers started banging around at 6am - because it´s really hot later, they start work early but with no concern for their sleeping clients.

... The Festival of Women Cooks (or the Fête des Cuisinières) Aculinary nirvana proclaimed as one of Guadeloupe's most spectacular events, and usually held in Pointe-á-Pitre in August. The festival features a banquet open to all that lasts for hours, and traditional Creole costume is prevalent. Dancing and parades proceed the event. Belying its dual roots, Creole foods and French foods intermix. Pointe a pitre Guadeloupe's largest city is a mix of old ...

... originally because of his car but then of course cause he's such a nice guy. Haha, he hates us saying he's a nice guy and I think he's right, saying someone's a nice guy is like saying never in a million years will I sleep with you. : D It was a great night though, Vanja is hilarious and we ran into Max at Ti Zouk and the four of us went to his boat to chill, it was actually the perfect sunday night. Vanja of course took us home and we were very very gigglish by that time so ...

So yeah, I'm getting fed up. Basic job responsabilities: print 4 documents, prepare welcome-flyers for potential (very potential) arrivals, do check in/out (veeeryyy rare), answer phone, perform any sort of task that managers might come up with (stupid as they may be), lock up and go home. I've read two books in five days. Not much else to do around the reception. So that sucks. Then personal life. Uhm, not allowed to hang out at the place where everyone hangs out at night. So ...

... Ellis checked onto the plane with his folding kayak (two bags). One bag of kayak parts made it off the plane.   Walking back to the boat one day, we happened upon a young man up in a palm tree. It must have been coconut harvest time. Since OSHA isn't around here, he climbed up sans safety gear. We watched as he kicked coconut after coconut to the ground. After he was done, one of the locals picked up a ...