Meson Del Alferez Jalapa

... constantly hazy apparently due to burning of sugarcane and humidity due to impending rainy season. The town was so buggy, firts thing I did was to buy repellent, not that it ever works - placebo effect - if I think they're not biting I won't scratch & turn my bites into suppurating sores that bleed streams of pus down my legs!! Had some of the mole Xiqueña (distinguishing feature apparently use of 7 different chillis) for ...

... 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.

... securely in the hands of Canadian medical experts the WILD crew will be participating in a full Critical Incident Stress Debriefing before loading up and transferring to Huatulco for a final group paddle into the Pacific. Spirits amongst the group are currently as strong as possible under the circumstances.... everyone has passed their thoughts and energies along to Joel, Jordan and his family and are now prepared to move forward as a group for future adventures.

... first day on the Barranca Grande went well. We made good time down the technical, high consequence top section and arrived at the camp in good time even after trying to remove a strainer from the river. The evening went well and we left in good time the next morning.<br><br><br><br>The next day we scouted and ran Class A Cinco, the first of the "Four Fours", double guiding each raft and also providing good ...

... trade and other essentials. The firstpart of the hike is up a winding footpath leading into the canyon. After a short walk amongst the mango trees, we came to some pools at the start of the steep canyon climb, where we stopped for a snack. To get up the canyonfrom here involved a little more effort. There were a lot of climbs up boulders and through cracks in between. There was a lot of bum pushing and arm pulling to get us all up, and Jim lent a new meaning to foot ...

... we would be ready for anything. Here is Pavlo getting ready: . Well I got to say Pablo and I sure got our 6$ worth of bull fighting. We saw about 5 bulls, and although they all eventually lost, the first few heard me chearing for them and took down the fist couple matedors, the one in these pictures more than once, he eventually had to limp off, with a giant hole in his pants after one of the bulls got a ...

... intersection and both stopped to wait for the others, as I turned around I saw the funniet site of the trip, about 15 people screaming on the top of their lungs like little girls riding for their life and franticly flailing their arms. Pablo was the first to reach the stopped Raul and I and as he approached all I could hear was a long line of obsenities as well as him screaming for me to get the F out of his way ...

... cold, clear water. Other than their great company, they also offered up some yummy treats from back home like tootsie roll pops and sweet tarts. When they left on a Friday morning they donated a huge sack of granola bars, some candy, the parmesan cheese in a green tube, and, my favorite of donations, NEW shoes!!!! I befriended a woman named Ann and she had bought a new pair of tennis shoes specifically for this trip and knew she wouldn't wear them back home... ahhh it's so ...