Roca Sunzal Hotel & Restaurant Puerto de la Libertad

... very similar to Oaxacan red - rich but not hot. Needed that fortification, I later discovered, for the walk to the waterfalls - the tourist had told me it was 1km from main road to falls (actually at least two) but also as falls on edge of town ended up walking at least another 2k from the top of town - most of it cobbled road with no pavements passing through banana plantations & fruit liquer sellers - they insisted on giving me ...

... 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.

... im Rathaus ist man um so **freut**, uns mit Informationen zu v**sorgen. Mehr noch, uns wird gleich noch eine Angestellte d** Stadt, Yasmin, als Fuehr**in fu** den naechsten Tag organisi**t. Wir wand**n am Abend noch etwas durch die Stadt. "Tranquilo" beschreibt die Atmospha**e hi** wohl am treffendsten. Imm** mal wied** sieht man Leute gemuetlich vor d** Haustu** sitzen, Freunde treffen od** anscheinend einfach nur die frische Abendluft zu geniessen und alle ...

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 ...

... of this, locals who have planted their crops on top of the hill (there is a lack of planting space around the area due to the canyon and jungle terrain) have dug up ancient artifacts which are now displayed in a "museum" in one of the local houses. The view from the top is amazing. You can see for miles around; the climb is definitely worth while. After spending some time up there and enjoying the sunrise over the ...

... 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 ...

... a ferry from one side of the flow to the other in a raft. Hit it and you might flip! I`m pleased to say that I managed to do my ferries without any carnage. The rest of the day included gear checks, raft rigging, swims to the middle of the river (which I chickened out of) and other random tests.

Feb 16 Went to Key West, got lost, found a local to ask directions, found out the local I chose to ask was the island deaf drunk. She was white washing her fence, which had a ferny creeper thing growing on it, in the freaking rain. She didn't answer as I said excuse me several times, but surprisingly went threatened with a stick she preformed some amazing aerial martial arts, then ...