Las Convenciones Jalapa

... on sunday and although they clearly state attendence of all activities is optional, there has been a noticeable shift of attitude now they realise I am not a potential follower - any of you that know me can vouch for that! So went to Xico, an even smaller, prettier, higher & lusher coffee town - got even closer to the volcanos, El Cofre de Perote & Orizaba(highest in Mexico, 3rd highest in North America at 5000+ M), but still no ...

I heard about couch surfing dot com so I decided to try it out. It's a bunch of people that are willing to let random people sleep on their couches. It's a pretty cool idea but it's a little sketchy at times and you never really know what you are going to get. Fortunately I ended up with some really cool people the first time so ...

... p** Taxi ins Museum. Es ist in d** Tat riesengroß, und beh**b**gt Funde d** Golfkueste von Mexiko, von denen viele einige tausend Jahre alt sind. Die tonnenschw**en riesigen Felskoepfe d** Olmeken sind besond**s faszini**end. Wir lassen uns einige Sachen von uns**em englischsprachigen Audioguide **kla**en und lesen dazu die spanischen Beschriftungen, so dass wir gleich etwas Spanisch ueben koennen. Wir sehen auch viele Funde aus El Tajin, ein** Ausgrabungsstaette weit** im Norden ...

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.

... Air Ambulance. He was then transferred into the care of the Foxflight Air Ambulance attendants and is currently enroute to the ICU at the London Health Science Centre. The Scott family were met by the entire WILD staff and students at the hospital and each of the family was able to visit with Joel before his early morning transfer. The entire family are currently enroute from Mexico City to Toronto and will meet with Jordan and Joel around 2300h EST. With ...

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.<br><br><br><br ...

Stef, Jim, Eric, Laura and myself set off for Chopilapa from Jalcomulco about 9.30, having sent our lunch and sleeping gear on ahead in the van to our rendezvous point in Buena Vista. Chopilapa is a small village within a few hours walk of here. It only got electricity four years ago and a road last year. The road does not go all the way into town, but stops the other side of the river. It does, however, now provide a valuable route into and out of town for medical ...

... the festival, which consisted of carnival rides and booths, a normal carnicval type atmosphere, and the most sorry looking bull ring around. You know how carnival ´rollercoasters´are a sad excuse for a roller coaster, and look like they might fall apart at any time , well imagine a normal bull ring, and bring it down to carnival quality. Well Pablo and I were not sure what to expect but we figured with enough ...

... organizer of these trips, at one point he turned around to me and asked if I was alergic to bees, Im not and told him so but began to wonder why he would ask me such a question. Well about 5 mins later i found out, there were honey bee houses thingys on either side of the trail and as I rode through them I just felt them bouncing off my body, well Raul and I continued for another 200 feet to where the trail reaches a ...

... was really nice; I forget sometimes how much I miss talking about things that only Americans get no matter how much English my Nica friends here speak. I took a few of the women to the waterfall here in Murra with my friend Marrely one day and we had a really great time. The waterfall is kind of a trek to get to, though not far, you do have to cross over many algae covered rocks to get there. I was very impressed with these 60 + women who had no fear and just jumped right into ...