Villa Las Margaritas Centro Jalapa

... samples even though I said I would not buy - what's a girl to do - it was downhill all the way!? The main Texote falls was 2 big drops through a narrow gorge with rickety bridge over - always nervous when see the sign "cross at own risk"! - the bridge lead further up river to some smaller falls good for bathing (in summer or for masochists) - there was another leading up the high near vertical cliff to a viewpoint at the top of ...

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 ...

... die Seilenden an ihren Hueften befestigen. Nach ei***** Zeit lassen sich die 4 "Flieg**" zeitgleich nach aussen fallen und fliegen, Kopf nach unten, langsam um den Mast h**um, waehrend sich das Seil langsam imm** weit** abwickelt und fu** die Drehung sorgt. Jed** d** vi** vollzieht 13 Drehungen, bis ** unten am Boden landet, was insgesamt 52 Drehungen sind und einen vollen Zyklus im Kalend** d** Totonaken darstellt. Es wird uns **zaehlt, das das Ritual urspruenglich zur ...

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.

... sedated he has fine motor skills which indicate brain function.... but it is too early to tell exactly where that stands until he is free of sedation. This morning Joel was taken off the respirator and was breathing on his own with a non-rebreather mask. He was briefly taken off the sedation where he proved his ability to move and how strong he currently is. He was then sedated again for transport from Xalapa to the airport in Veracruz where he was met by a ...

... in Xalapa."



Since then we have been staying in Jalcomulco trying to keep ourselves occupied. Yesterday we went on a hike to the spot where it happened with flowers and candles, and last night we went to the hospital to support Joel´s family before he flew back to Canada. We are currently getting ready to go to Huatulco and finish the trip.



Our thoughts are with Joel and his family."

... 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....

Hi, we are still in Esteli, one more project left to do for our business. We have been here longer because daddy and mommy had Dengue Fever. It seems to me, dengue fever is the worst thing you can get in the world. It's like having finger nails behind your eyes and you've been put in an oven. Becuase mommy and daddy had it at the same time, I had to do everything by myself. Todos para mi mismo. We went to Jalapa before Daddy got Dengue. He had it ...

... were sometimes difficult. In Insituto Bristol, I was first teaching elementary students which made my day because they were all boys and they were great. As the months progressed, Colegio las Hayas offered me a postion to teach Kindergarten which I took because ie. more hours & 5 year olds are fun! And Instituo Bristol, transfered me to teens and another class which I teach elementary students ...

... For $30 a night you get all your meals and drinks of juice included, as well as horseback ridding (we carted in crates of beer and brought our own liquor). I think the only frustration was they never cleaned the restrooms that 6 people to a room were sharing and some people never had water... but other than that, I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. My highlight was the horseback ridding. I went with Christina and her now fiancé (yeah Chris, can't wait for the ...