tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312306692024-03-19T11:20:16.210-07:00AQSpeesthese are my opinions not those of peace corpsAQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-31508401666714235452016-07-25T10:01:00.000-07:002016-12-14T18:23:50.460-08:00Cool New Hairs Cut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We decided to take the Metro to Parque Arvi on the backside of the valley from Medellin. But after taking the Sky Metro to the end of the line we were told it was closed on Mondays. Soooo I decided to get a cool Colombian haircut complete with cool facial hair design. RICO SAUVE....<br />
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We got a slow start but headed across town on the Metro to the fancy neighborhood of El Poblado<br />
for the farmers market and a coffee shop Mom really wanted to visit. I bought some cool glasses for a experiment we are planning on doing (TOP SECRET). Then we walked all the way up the hill to farmers market where I got an handmade ice cream at 10am!!! Then we headed to the coffee shop which was still closed at 10:30!!! But we found another one and mom and andrew got 2 iced lattes each. Then we headed back down the hill to the Metro to go towards the parque. There was a slight misunderstanding about the logistics of the following events but we ended up catching a 'chicken bus' to Ecological Parque El Salado. On the way there the driver was super crazy wiping around blind turns thru tiny villages all the while I had no expression even when he slammed on the brakes sending my face into the seat in front of me. But we arrived safely. I asked mom 'I wonder how many people he's ran over while driving.' The park was cool it had zip lines and a river running through it and picnic tables. We went swimming in the freezing cold water, I barely went over my legs but Quincy fell all the way in. Turns out he's not a good swimmer. I threw a rock at a bigger rock and it broke other times I missed, and I threw a rock with a point and it bounced off the tip into the water. Then it started raining and we went under the shelter of the food court and ate a peanut butter sandwich and mom and Andrew ate Sancocho, a weird soup with meat and potatoes. After the rain we waited for the bus and guess what driver we got? The crazy one!! This time he wasn't so crazy going downhill, I didn't get my face thrown into the seat (this time I brought a helmet). Then we went home and while andrew and the baby slept, me and mom watched an episode of Marvel Agents of the Shield. <br />
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We went out for dinner and I got chicken nuggets and they got Bandeja Paisa ('country flag') the national dish of Colombia, fried plantains and chicken on a stick.<br />
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<br />AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-91089567618174036342016-07-22T19:37:00.000-07:002016-12-13T09:59:00.721-08:00City of Eternal Spring7/22/16<br />
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By Aq<br />
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Wake up in warm Medellin was a welcome change from the 40 temps in Bogota. We started the day by walking to a neighborhood called Laureles for a coffee at Cafe Revolucion. Then we walked the 10 short blocks to the Metro for our first ride on the train. It is amazing clean and efficient, we were told the people of Medellín (Paisas) are very proud of the transit.<br />
We headed to the Museo de Agua, a museum sponsored by the water utility EPM. They have a barefoot plaza, where you aren't allowed to wear shoes but rather walk through a sensory garden and wade in fountains and pools. Then we headed into museum, which focuses on the importance of water through time and uses in today's Colombia. Very well done but we've noticed that Colombian museums have a flair for the melodramatic in their presentations.<br />
Next was a quick stop at the ice cream shop to get our energy up and back on the Metro to Parque Explora, an absolutely world class museum with loads of hands on activities great for the entire family. Nevin was quoted as saying 'world class awesomeness.' We stayed till closing and decided we needed another snacker before heading home so we stopped at a plaza for dinner from Mexican food trucks on the side of the plaza. Nevin ate a hamburger and mama and I ate plantain with cream and guava paste and a BBQ chicken burrito. And I rolled the dice with a michelda, dark beer with lime juice salt rimmed glass, sliver of mango and pepper. It will be my last one.<br />
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<br />AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-9036708164761032382016-07-21T19:48:00.000-07:002016-12-14T14:55:22.997-08:00We'll miss you Bogota7/21/16<br />
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By Nevin<br />
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We were flying out at 12pm to Medellín so we didn't have much of a day. So while Mom got dressed,<br />
me, Q and Andrew went to Profano, our favorite bistro around the corner that we've been to every day, for coffee and chocolate milk. We then rushed home to checkout at by 10. The Airbnb lady asked for more money bc we didn't disclose that there were kids and we had hung clothes on their 'priceless' pieces of artwork. Andrew gave her $10 and told her that if she is so worried that having art in a rental apartment might not be the best place, maybe a museum would be better. She asked if we had any more pesos to give. We said no.<br />
Then we flew to Medellín and took a 1 hr taxi to the Airbnb. We walked to a supermercado for dinner, I got a cheeseburger. In Colombia they give you plastic gloves to eat anything that is eaten by hand. I got to play in the food court arcade and Andrew beat me at a motorcycle game. Then we went home to watch our new favorite show Marvels Agents of Shield.<br />
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<br />AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-15021165150533707702016-07-20T09:49:00.000-07:002016-12-14T15:02:06.417-08:00Independence Day <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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By Jesica<br />
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We got taxi to La Candleria but since it was Independence Day nothing was open. We found a coffee shop and ordered 2 double shot lattes but what came was 2 lattes and 2 double espressos. Andrew and I bounced down the street to the Emerald Museum. We had to show ID and clear multiple security checkpoints to get in. It was disappointing. After the museum we walked down the deserted streets and found some vendors selling used doodads where we bought Q a llama sweeter for 5000$ COP($2) but I didn't get a necklace at the Emerald Museum that I reallllllllly wanted. <br />
We thought that Independence Day would be a big deal considering that just days earlier the Supreme Court had ratified a peace treaty with the the leftist rebel group called the FARC, which had raged for 50 years. Besides the deserted streets and closed central Plaza de Bolivar there was no sign of any normal day.<br />
Walked to Museo nacional for cool exhibits saw Lorenzo Jaranillo.<br />
Walked up the hill in the rain La Macarena to cool tapas bar above the bull fighting estadio.<br />
Then walked home.<br />
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<br />AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-25020812172305683762016-07-19T08:12:00.000-07:002016-12-14T15:03:41.249-08:00Colombia doesn't want to let us go 7/19/16<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=31230669" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Bright and early I woke up because I heard my Nina and Kennedi rustling to get packed to leave so I stuck my finger in my daddy's nose. We saw them off at 6am for their 8:30 flight to Cartagena then on the Orlando. I couldn't go back to sleep because there was stuff to mess up so I started pulling all the toilet paper off the roll, dragging my daddy's toothbrush around on the ground, biting chairs, and eating things I found under the couch cushions. Then mama got a text from Melisa that their flight was canceled!! Team Mama and Daddy went into action mode; searching flights scenarios that would get Nina and Kennedi home. I tried to help by making weird noises and pushing buttons on the iPad while they were working, it really seemed to be helping. Finally we got the good news that they found a flight and were headed home. We were sad...<br />
Then we decided to go walk into town but once again no one asked me. If they would have, I would have said 'lets go to boob town.' But no one listens to me cause I'm just a baby. We stopped in a park and brother and I see-sawed with Mama while daddy watched kids play soccer longingly. We ate yummy pastries at a cafe and walked into town to the Emerald Museum. I decided to try to break as many fragile crystals off the rock displays as possible. Then mama wanted to look at boring shopping stuff so I ran around some stores taking anything in sight off of shelves and gently strewing it on the floor. All that shopping worked up an appetite so we found a cool grotto bar and had ceviche and potatoes in parmesan cream sauce and brother had chicken wings. We were moving Airbnb apartments so we headed back down the hill to the major boulevard. Daddy wanted to show us the plaza de Bolivar, the central square that houses the Supreme Court and congress. Unfortunately it was cordoned off bc of a rally. Daddy asked what was the rally about and was told that the leftist guerilla movement called the FARC had signed a historic agreement to lay down their arms and become and political party. And we were told that tomorrow is Colombian Independence Day!!<br />
We got a taxi and headed back to the new Airbnb for the tonight. I'm tired cause I'm a baby and I want to go to sleep. Night night.<br />
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<br />AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-12553813118030958472016-07-18T06:43:00.002-07:002016-12-14T15:05:21.164-08:00Caffeine and Crafts7/18/16<br />
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Me encanta Bogotaaaaaaaaa. I contacted one of Bold Beans coffee bean suppliers and he agreed to meet up to show us some of Colombias best coffee houses. We started the 3 mile walk through the city before catching a cab to the delight of the younger members of the group. We arrived at Sebastian's coffee shop, Libertario, and soon as I glazed into his coffee colored eyes I was hooked. His chest hair billowing out of his floral blouse, tight acidstone washed jeans and Fabioesque tresses made it hard to focus on his melodic voice as he discussed the gross net product quotas of organic, fair trade, free market coffees on the global surplus trade imbalance and suppression of currency exchange on third party consumer supply chains. But his velvety luscious pour-over, nitro cooled, single batch/single origin double macchiato with palette cleansing carbonated water brought me back down to earth. Geez what a guy.<br />
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During the first four hours talking to him about proper grain size to quantity of pressurized distilled mountain infused water ratios, the other members of the group sat patiently. It wasn't until hours 5,6, and 7 did the natives become restless and slowly inch their way out the door. Only the thought of old grandmas dilapidated balls of yarn and rusty brooches being sold under a bridge overpass could break the spell and allow me to leave the coffee shop with the other less enthused members.</div>
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We walked to a another coffee shop recommended by 'the exalted one' Sebastian, before high tailing it across town to make it in time to go on a guided graffiti tour. We arrived with time to spare due to Andrews amazing sense of direction, deft skill at navigation, savvy bargaining, incredible leadership, punctuality, caring support, ability to carry a stroller and baby and purchase an empanada with one hand and speak perfect, regionally sensitive Colombian Spanish. Geez what a guy....</div>
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With the extra time and impending rain clouds we ducked into a cafe across the street from the rendezvous spot for the tour to get a little snacker. We ordered ceviche, fried yucca and a Bogota speciality, called Ajiaco, a chicken soup with corn, cream, capers, and some other stuff. Andrew in his infinite wisdom ordered another Colombian speciality called aguardiente, a licorice flavored liquor. K had a cream of shrimp soup and Nevin got the chicken nuggets. As the rain fell we watched 20 people trudge miserably behind the tour guide through the window of the cafe and decided to skip the tour. We instead decided to visit the Botero museum. Fernando Botero was a Colombian artist known for painting comical portraits of fat naked people. We wandered around this incredible museum while the rain persisted outside. This is a truly world class museum with Picasso, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Dali pieces but the Boteros were our favorite.<br />
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Next andrew led a death march up the hill to the cable cars that lead up to the mountain that overlooks Bogota at over 10,000ft called Monserrate. The panoramic views of the city and valley are awesome. But all that picture taking took its toll and we decided we needed a hot beef injection, so we headed to the world famous steakhouse, Andres Carne de Res. It's 5 floors of the hardest to describe collection of weird and incredible kitschy wacky stuff serving some of the most delicious cuts of meats in the world. The menu is 50 pages and weighs a couple pounds and is filled with tons and tons of amazing meat choices and preparations. We ordered a bottle of house red wine, salad, beef tenderloin with potato stuffed tomato, top sirloin with a wine sauce with Colombian creole potatoes. And topped off with tres leches and chocolate chip cookie cake. Fat and happy we returned home sad that Kennedi and I would say 'bon voyage' to Colombia tomorrow.</div>
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-65865198546919184822016-07-17T10:32:00.000-07:002016-12-14T15:09:17.120-08:006.7 miles covered!!!<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">7/17/16</span><br />
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I woke up like usual at 5:30 am and played with my daddy's face while he slept bc I was excited for my first day in Bogota. Then I walked and got carried 2 the corner cafe for a coffee and to plan the day. After a nice latte and mamas milk for me they decided to go to the museum de oro (gold museum) and a graffiti tour and some shopping; no one asked me what I wanted to do. If they would have I would have said 'lets go to boob town'Ü. I got a free stroller ride to the parque nacional where the city blocks off one lane of the major streets to bicycles, runners, and rollerbladers every Sunday. I got to get out in the park and chase dogs and pick up some shiny things on the ground and put them in my mouth.BOOB was rolling through my mind so I started crying,and crying and then some more crying until I got heaven...BOOOOOOOOOOOOB :D. Then I slept and dreamed about poop. Meanwhile the old people that drag me around, sat in the park and watched Colombian rollerblade hockey and brother and K won money from Daddy betting on the scores of the game. Then we walked a long way down the main boulevard through loud, crazy crowds of vendors and performers who set up shop on the street. We saw musicians, chalk artists, and knife jugglers, meanwhile I took off my socks and put them in my mouth. Finally we got to the Gold Museum and I got to climb up and down the stairs while the old people read about the history of gold in Colombia and the amazing collection of gold artifacts from pre Colombian people. We needed a snack after the museum so we headed to a local brewery that daddy remembered called bogota beer company, I climbed up and down the stairs and got in trouble. After full bellies we walked back down the street party and everyone practiced bargaining; brother bought a Quartz necklace and got the price down 5000 pesos, Kennedi got headphones and churros, Nina bought raggedy old leather sack full of cardboard, and Mama bought a new money pouch and I was so cute a crazy guy gave me a little plastic truck. Brother checked his step tracker and found that we had walked 6.7 miles today!!!! I'm tired and there's a boob waiting for me. Ciao, night night.</div>
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PS.I MADE SURE TO BE SUPER BAD FOR THE WHOLE MUSEUM</div>
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PPS some if the comments were added by my brother and cousin and may or may not reflect the authors sentiments<br />
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-79894853829653696822016-07-16T06:48:00.000-07:002016-12-14T15:15:58.549-08:00Bye Hell, Hello Heaven aka From the Furnace to the Fridge<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">7/16/16</span><br />
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I woke up beside one snorer and one slurper, and so it begins again...</div>
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We had a big day planned before our flight to Bogota; breakfast needing eating, cash needed exchanging, castles needed climbing and pools needed swimming. We set out late as always because my sister and I are horribly slow people and can't be coerced/chided/tricked into being on time* so we left the house for breakfast around 9:30 before our 12:00 checkout. We found a great French breakfast place that let Melisa, Kennedi, and Nevin show off their French language skills. After a yummy pancake breakfast with Chantilly cream and homemade caramel and real cacao hot chocolate for the kids. We left breakfast around 10:45!! We exchanged money and returned to the house around 11:30. The cleaning ladies were waiting for us and said we were supposed to be out at 11 and glowered at us as we hurriedly packed our things.</div>
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After a uncomfortable exit, we dragged the kids to see the original fort of Cartagena called Castillo de San Felipe, amazingly as soon as they started exploring the tunnels and catacombs of the castle they didn't want to leave. We headed back to the apartment for one last swim and to gather our bags before the airport. On the cab ride to the airport we realized we forgot to print the boarding passes. The cost of printing the passes at the airport was 25,000 COP almost half the cost of the price of the tickets!! Dumb dumb.</div>
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We bide a fine farewell to the heat of Cartagena and said hello to the cold (50 degrees) and rain of Bogota. We took a quick taxi to the Airbnb which was in a cool, tranquil neighborhood. After a little confusion on getting into the apartment. We headed out to get a snacker and breakfast food. We found a cool, hip bistro and had yummy sandwiches and mashed potatoes and a nice glass of wine. Then headed back to the apartment to settle in.</div>
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Aq note: Bogota is my favorite. It's artsy, intellectual and a little bit gritty. It's the capital as well as having lots of universities so there is a cool young vibe to the city; like Portland.<br />
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-29471354192331694262016-07-15T08:35:00.000-07:002016-12-14T15:17:03.076-08:00PEQUENO NINO<div style="color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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Today started out early, Andrew went to call a tour operator named Alfonso at 7:30 to schedule a boat to the Rosario Islands. He couldn't find a phone to call on for an hour!! Finally he got through and Alfonso said 'meet me at the clock tower in 1 hour!' So we hustled to pack for the day and walk to the clock tower. We found out that the boat tour was a lot of time spent in the boat and decided to take a shorter ride to a close beach called Playa Blanca. Unfortunately Alfonso charged us full price for the shorter trip. 70,000 Colombian Pesos COP (25$) each except I got half price kid discount because I brought my lunch. Then as we are boarding the boat they asked for a 12,000 COP national parque tax. Wow this is getting expensive!!</div>
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We took a 45 minute boat ride to Playa Blanca, which was nice. The beach was packed w people and lots of vendor hawking stuff. We are constantly bombarded with offers of beer, massage, beads, braids, necklaces, body ointment etc. Our 'amigo' Jose escorted us to a umbrella and chairs and said he would 'take care of us, no worry, no problem.' </div>
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We enjoyed swimming in the crystal clear water of the Caribbean and had a great fried fish, coconut rice, plantains lunch but I didn't eat any of that, I brought a peanut butter sandwich. Then the skies opened and it poured perros and gatos (cats and dogs). That didn't stop our fun we swam as the cool rain splashed around us. It was magical.</div>
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Jose our 'amigo' said 'excuse me but it's time to pay for the umbrella and beer.' 'UMBRELLA! We thought it was included.' 'No senor it's 70,000 COP ($25)' Andrew argued with him and asked other people sitting around us how much they paid and they said 20,000 for a Colombian couple and 40,000 for a Argentine couple. Andrew got the price to 40,000 COP and Jose 'our friend' walked off. </div>
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Then we boarded to boat for the return trip, a little frustrated with the day but happy we got to swim in the Caribbean all day. When we got back to the house and showered and relaxed on our electronics before going to get good pizza.</div>
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Overall it was an expensive but fun day.<br />
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-85929872050965387622016-07-14T10:30:00.000-07:002016-12-14T15:20:17.397-08:00Walking in to walls<div style="color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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Today we woke up on rock hard beds at 8:30, the beds were so hard that Nevin tried to sleep on the floor. But anyway, we woke up rushed, to go on our long journey to the walled city (Colombia's old city). When we got there, people were coming up to us with beads, earrings, hats, glasses, and maracas. Even though our legs were dying and the weather was hot, we didn't stop our journey. we sat on the cannons on the wall surrounding the city. On the way Nevin got a cool necklace and I got 1 feather earring and a pair of shoes (my flip flops were giving me blisters). Melisa got the ol Gringo special when she was buying the shoes, the lady tricked her good by taking her 50,000 pesos (15$) instead of 5,000 pesos (1.50$)</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile in the plaza AQ, Q, J and N were being roped into a photo shoot we Colombian families from southern Colombia bc of their beautiful blonde hair. Probably 15 different families. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After that we went on a long walk to the Sofitel. </span>We were so close to the Hotel (1 and 1/2 blocks away) but then all of the sudden it started RAINING! We ran to the closest roofed area and we stood there for about 1 hour while the moms shopped til they dropped. Then the rain stopped and we walked to the Hotel to have some drinks, afterward Nevin, Andrew and I went home while my mom and Jesica stayed to shop. When we got home we jumped in the pool and had fun. soon we were tired and went back to our room and to our surprise mom and Jesica walked in the door! After an hour or two on our electronics we went to a pizza place for dinner, which was delicious, where we wrote a blog, it started like this: Today we woke up on rock hard beds...</div>
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The intrepid travelers (Kennedi, Melisa, Jesica, Nevin, the Snoot, and Andrew) woke before the crack of dawn in Orlando and sleepily got on the shuttle to the airport for a 8:10 flight. Their first flight took them to Fort Lauderdale. We needed some food for are belly's pronto so we got Cuban pancakes and 'cortadito' coffee for Mel. </div>
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We boarded the flight to Cartagena, Colombia and bid farewell to the ol' US and A. Yahoooooeeeeee</div>
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We flew over crystal clear turquoise Caribbean water and touched down in beautiful Colombia. We sailed through customs and got stamps in our passports earlier then anyone else because the houniee (Quincy) was so cute.</div>
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We exchanged some money and caught a cab to the AirBnB apartment where we are staying. Everyone was really hungry so we took our first Colombian walk to a Supermercado. We ate roasted chicken, potatoes, corn cakes, rice and pork. And the adults enjoyed their first Colombian adult beverage. Nevin completed his first transaction by buying himself and Kennedi agua. It was very yummy. We bought some groceries and headed back to the apartment to cool off and swim in the pool on the 14th floor!!!!! After the pool we enjoyed a traditional siesta. Some of us woke up in time to see the beautiful sunset, others (AQ) slept through it. We settled in for the night, excited about exploring the city tomorrow. Stay tuned.......<br />
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Nevin, the snoot, and I woke up and headed out to get juice and let the mama sleep. We found a flower market and bought mama a rose. She still was laying around with curlers in her hair when we got back!!!! For breakfast we found a cool hip coffee shop in a nice neighborhood. Nevin finally got bacon.</div>
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As per usual we saved the last day to get shopping done, so went to Tonala, a huge market town. We rushed around buying plates and souvenirs for people. We finally tried the famous torta ahogada, a sandwich stuffed with marinated pork and onions smothered in tomato sauce. After a frenzied shopping spree we piled into the car for 2.5 hr drive back to Leon. After almost running out of gas and another adventure trying to use my card and jesicas to no avail. We made it back to Leon to drop off the rental car <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">at 9:00</a>. The 10km cab ride back to the hotel was $30!!! With no restaurants in walking distance for our last Mexican meal, we settled for the Applebee's attached to the hotel, where they were having a wedding reception.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">We drove into the city in traffic that bordered on warfare. Five lanes turning in multiple directions. Accidents because a city bus turned right in front of 4 lanes of traffic. Total chaos!! We made it to a parking garage and happily tossed them the keys to park it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">We walked around all day and ate weird stuff like crickets and normal stuff like fried chicken, ice cream at 10am, sopes, enchiladas, pozole, caramel and chocolate donuts at 1pm. We also did productive things like visited a cathedral, a museum with a complete skeleton of a wooly mammoth and saber toothed tiger skull that were found locally and were chased off a city park lawn for laying down.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">One thing we love about Mexico and Latin America for that matter are plazas; central squares where everyone congregates in the evening to eat, people-watch, and be entertained. In the Plaza de Armas we watched a street rapper, with half his face tattooed, rhyme over a single speaker, a group of three clowns perform something, a man proselytize on the dangers of Russia and China, a breakdancer, Edward Scissorhands, a guy selling a device that made your voice sound like a monkey, and our personal favorite was a street chiropractic clinic. All this was occurring simultaneously in concert. My neck had been sore so I'll admit I took them up on the chiropractic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Vendors were selling tasers on every corner which of course Nevin wanted. We thought it might be a bad toy for Nevin and his little brother.</span></div>
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-65705313265554033352015-10-16T19:36:00.001-07:002015-11-02T15:23:14.547-08:00Muy Mal Thursday<div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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<span style="color: white;">Andrew woke up at 6am to the passing rumble of city trash trucks over the cobblestone street. It went downhill from there.... We went out to find a coffee shop and realized that we were running low on cash. Andrew tried to withdraw cash but the checking account said 'insufficient funds.' After further investigation I found out that my work travel reimbursement check for $3000 hadn't been deposited and my auto pay for the credit card had withdrawn the money from my account leaving NO MONEY!!! Jesica hadn't told her bank that she was traveling and they wouldn't release funds. We were scrambling. It got worse when I realized I didn't have my credit card!!! Arrrrrghhhhhh. After 5 hours and lots of help from our mothers we were able to get pesos. We looked into one cathedral and called it a day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">And started the 5 hour drive to Guadalajara without a confirmed hotel reservation. We received a message from an Airbnb host with a offer for $14/night room. We arrived at 10:30 and we greeted by a German woman in a gritty neighborhood. When we turned on the light, Nevin saw a roach scurry under the bed. We spent the next 5 minutes flipping mattresses trying to kill the intruder. The walls were smeared with squished bug guts and antennae. The host said 'I've never seen roaches here' and promptly handed us a can of Raid. Regardless we fell asleep quickly and woke up to the sound of car alarms twice. </span></div>
AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-45471775361227047972015-10-15T05:48:00.000-07:002015-11-02T15:51:23.068-08:00Wacky Wednesday<br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We woke up to find that there have been three more victims of the walking dead (sick with a cold), the only survivor is Nevin. Everyone else has sniffles and runny noses. It was a slow morning until we headed out into the daylight. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Outside of our house is a roadside tarp covering a few stools and a portable griddle, where Jesica and andrew got gorditos with beans, cactus, marinated pork, and potatoes all for under 2 dollars. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After coffee we unsuccessfully searched for cheese pizza but instead andrew settled for pozole, a hominy soup w chicken, lettuce, radishes and onions. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We wandered the streets for the morning before heading to San Miguel de Allende a hour away. We arrived late around 7 and all of our attempts to get a Airbnb failed so we scrambled and found a place on the main cobblestone avenida near a curve in the road. In a hurry we booked it. The front room is less than 20' from the road and big city buses just slow down to make the curve, just like home in New Orleans. Over the din of traffic, literally having to pause midsentence to let trucks pass, we hurried out to get dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also see huge crowds of kids in school uniforms around midday and then again in the evening. When we asked and found out that the schools are taught in two sessions one starts at 7am-1pm and a second session from 3pm-8pm. I hope the teachers don't have to teach 12 hr/day.</span></div>
AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-42145158768448922332015-10-13T19:22:00.004-07:002015-10-20T15:17:37.410-07:00Nueve Nevin... And mummies<div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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<span style="color: white;">Bright and early, Nevin woke up and ran into the room. We lit the candle on a sugar donut and opened presents. He got a Star Wars light saber, external iPod charger, the third book in the 'My Side of the Mountain' series, a compass, boutique popcorn & candy corn mix..... ohhhh, and a trip to Mexico. We walked to breakfast and then caught a taxi to the Museo de Momias (mummy museum). Nevin, Andrew and Jesica were scared, but not the little snoot (baby Q). The mummies were creepy and some of the stories gave us the heeby-jeebies. The mummies are from a cholera outbreak, and were keep in crypts so they didn't decay bc of the lack of oxygen in the tombs. When they were exhumed, they found them to be in near perfect condition and some date back to the 1800s. Their skin, nails, teeth, and bodily hair was still intact. The first part of the museum was really neat but the end got a little hokey with a vampire mummy and strange holograms. Inside the museum is an entrance to the catacombs where the bodies are exhumed- which is extra creepy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Then, we stepped out into the light of the living, and went to a huge central market where Nevin bought a rosary bracelet for 20 pesos. He also made a copy of our house key. Pretty much 9 year old stuff, no biggie. Apparently though, Nevin's nine year old legs don't work well in Mexico. Not a day goes by that he doesn't fall into a drainage grate, off a curb, into a ditch, or on smooth pavement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Andrew continued his tradition of getting a haircut in every country he goes to, and got a cool Mexican Mohawk. Little Q continues to be the showstopper. Every Mexican female from 2-92 wants to kiss and hold him, but so do we.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Then, we went to pick up our new family rings we had made at a young hipster/artisanal silversmith market. While we were waiting, I mentioned to Nevin that they had a old iPod playing music thru a bootleg speaker, which was balanced on a pile of old pallets. When he leaned on the top board they tipped over, and the speaker fell on the iPod, and loud feedback blasted thru the market. Everyone turned to look! Nevin scrambled to pick up the speaker and turn the music back on. His look of horror quickly changed to laughter as we got the music back and said the 'gringos are here!' It was very funny.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">We visited the Diego Rivera (Frida Kahlo's husband) museum on our way to our first Cervantino event. Jesica picked it (out of the few choices available!), it was called 'Kinetica.' Mama and little snoot sat in the back of the auditorium in case he cried, and Nevin and I sat up front. The lights went down and a big lady came out singing opera. 6 ballet dancers pranced out. Nevin and I looked at each other and gave confused shrugs. For the next hour the dancers gyrated to a mix of opera, electronica, noise, and rave. It was as 'interesting' as it sounds. Luckily the baby cried so Jesica got to leave the room. Needless to say, Jesica no longer gets to pick what we do.</span></div>
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-629038991885161722015-10-13T08:09:00.002-07:002015-10-20T15:17:56.665-07:00Miercoles Monday<div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
<span style="color: white;">We had a slow start this morning but had a great breakfast of Tamales estilo Oaxaca (cilantro tamales with cheese and plantains) and 3 lattes. We walked into town and bought tickets to a performance of Kenetic dance for Tuesday evening. Mama was insistent that we follow her to something called the Callejon de Besos (Alley of Kisses). In a tiny, narrow alleyway there are two balconies 67cm (2ft) apart that were home to two lovers. The story goes something like Romeo and Juliet, two lovers that werent allowed to be together but bc of their love if you kiss on the third, red step you avoid 7 years of bad luck. Success!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Observations: Nevins pronunciation of Spanish flawless. James, the Airbnb owner, is from Dallas and has lived here for 9 years and sounds like a Tex Mex truck driver 'Dondeee el banyo poor favor'. nevin on the other hand is perfect and fearless, when i tell him to ask the waiter for the check he nails it after hearing it once. 'la cuenta por favor' (the check please). then returns with "he said 'un shot de cafe or dos'" in perfect recitation. smart kid.</span></div>
AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-72729448264777654342015-10-13T08:07:00.002-07:002015-10-20T15:18:07.841-07:00Sunday Funday<div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
<span style="color: white;">The city is so cool we have decided to move here!!! Andrew and Jesica have spent most of our money eating weird food like tacos al vapor (steamed tacos) chilaquiles (fried tortillas with chicken and salsa), enchiladas mineras (miners enchiladas) and pollo con mole (chicken in chocolate sauce). We spend most of our time following mama around as she shops for gifts and boring stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Andrew was getting a cold before we left and he felt like poop so we had to cut the adventure short to come home and rest in the afternoon. That night we walked to the La Presa, a reservoir above the city for dinner. We all agree that Mexicans really enjoy spending time together with their families in the plazas. we watched paddle boats and musicians play while old people danced. Nevin found a rock dealer and bargained for a huge chunk of obsidian. Success!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Observations: Mexicans love Nevins blonde hair; he has been asked to take pictures with little girls and young girls chasing after him trying to touch it. He's a celebrity. But he might not make it til the end of the week bc he has only eaten cheese quesadillas, waffles, peanut butter sandwiches and water. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">We kept hearing a loud whistle which scared little snoot baby. turns out that it was coming from these portable wood-fired, tin stoves that steam plantains and sweet potatoes when the vendors pull a plunger the steam is released and it alerts customers of their presence. Of course we had to try it.</span></div>
AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-48785986078990865352015-10-13T08:06:00.002-07:002015-11-26T17:31:54.473-08:00Siesta Saturday<div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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We asked around for the 'must try' food, everyone told us guacamayas from Guacamayas de Javier. We pulled up to a shabby storefront packed with people and as we unloaded everyone stared at the goofy gringos. Turns out guacamayas are a bread roll stuffed with avocado, pork rinds, fried cheese turnover, and you add salsa, and pickled onions and cucumber. Andrew was in hog heaven. Jesica was a little skeptical. But after one bite of fried pork bliss, she said "Let's get another!" <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Needless to say Nevin didnt eat lunch. </span> A nine year old boy was working as a busboy and he brought Quincy his first highchair. </div>
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After lunch we drove to Guanajuato about an hour away and mama and baby Q, being culturally sensitive, took their first siesta in the backseat. We arrived in Guanajuato and in an attempt to find the Airbnb house, quickly got lost in the underground tunnels that run under the city. Low on gas and driving aimlessly in the catacombs we got our first 'high tension' moment. We called the owner and had motorcycle cabbie lead us to the house. The owner is from Texas and has built a huge hacienda with multiple homes. Its pretty amazing. We settled in and packed up for an walk into town. </div>
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The town is packed for the Cervantino festival; an arts festival celebrating eclectic global arts. The town is a colonial town and state capital that is home to a few colleges. It has the same feel as Austin, Texas. They have adopted Don Quixote, written by Cervantes, as their patron saint and Cervantino is their celebration of quirky arts that attracts performances from all over the world. Russian ballet, French dance, visual arts, movies, and music. <br />
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-77813973254339485012015-10-13T07:57:00.000-07:002015-10-20T15:18:21.098-07:00Feista Friday <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: white;">We left New Orleans on Friday at midday. Fortunately Jesica insisted we leave early so we arrived 2 hrs before the flight. We were made to speak to a Special Services (see angry customer line) rep at the ticket counter bc apparently they had to verify the identity of the baby for a international flight and that costed 87$. Thanks Delta.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">We flew to Atlanta then on to Leon, Mexico and arrived at 8pm. We have learned that traveling with kids adds 30 minutes to most processes but Nevin is a huge help and everything went smoothly through immigration and customs where we got our first stamps in our passports!!! We had rented a car that we were quoted a price on the phone of $16 for the week!!!! The agent said you should purchase insurance and at $45/day the price wasn't as attractive. We drive to the city of Leon 40 minutes away excited from the new sights, smells, and sounds of MEXICO!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">We find the Airbnb house with a little trouble but it's a spacious villa overlooking a park in the posh side of town. The decorations are a little dated but we surmise it's the girl's grandparents house that have passed; lots of old painted portraits, couch covers, and doilies. Best part is the huge rooftop patio that looks over the city park where Jesica saw a hummingbird that she swears was the one she released at the hummingbird festival in Louisiana. Apparently they got really close in the moments before she let him go and they made a connection.<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> </span></span></div>
AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-21889322061338549002013-12-27T19:42:00.001-08:002013-12-27T20:07:14.595-08:00cold winter vacation some people take winter vacation to somewhere warm and sunny to soak their weary bones in tropical sun. but when my canadian friends offered buddy passes to the visit them in the arctic i couldnt resist. <br />
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so i assume you have heard of canada right... well canada added a new territory in 1999 called nunavut comprised almost entirely of native Inuit land north of hudson bay to greenland.<br />
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i asked my friends ian and tove, who teach school in the village of pond inlet (directly south of bylot island on the map @ 73 degrees N), when i should come visit.<br />
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soooooo nov 7th i left 70 degrees in new orleans for -38 degrees in nunavut. because i was flying standby i couldnt be sure if i was confirmed on flights. so i spent the first night sleeping on a bench in the ottawa airport lulled to sleep by the sounds of floor waxers and french speaking janitorial staff.</div>
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the next day i flew to iqaluit the capital of nunavut. the cosmopolitan center of the great white north. i was told upon arrival that the flight to pond inlet was cancelled bc the weather is too bad to fly out today and the next flight wasnt going out for two days. 'no problem, andrew' i thought 'just go with the flow dudeits just the unpredictability of the north' i took a cab to the hotel arctic and was told the cheapest room costs $250 colorful pretend canadian dollars!!! i asked if there was anything cheaper. i was informed that there was but all the rooms come with all you can handle pubic lice and all night 80's rock music for $200 colorful moneys.</div>
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i sat down for lunch and perused to menu. hamburger... $18 colorful dollars. spaghetti... $33 colorful dollars. ouch this could get expensive quickly.</div>
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i explored iqaluit the next day. population 9,000.<br />
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the local paper was very interested. polar bear attacks, amateur wrestling at the high school, lost snowmobiles etc<br />
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nunavut is almost entirely populated by inuit people. most everything is written in english, french and innuktitut.</div>
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translation: stop, stop, stop<br />
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local museum<br />
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semi-frozen bay outside of iqaluit<br />
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i was worried that the sea ice wouldnt be in, in pond inlet yet. what i didnt realize was that pond inlet was another 662 miles to the north and was well frozen over.<br />
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i watched this inuk guy try to pull his boat out before the bay iced over. the temperature was -15 i had on 4 layers and a down parka; he had on shoes without socks and he fell in repeatedly with little reaction. i also watched in amusement bc his 4 wheeler didnt have reverse or a brake so he would drive forward and his machine would slowly drift back into the ocean. he told me he needed to go get his truck so he struggled to cast off the boat and trailer and lets them drift back into the water and he drives off at full speed completely soaked. when toughness and stupidity meet. </div>
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after 2 days i finally flew out from iqaluit to pond inlet. they had told me that there is only one sealift (barge delivery) per year so they make a $5000 food order in the summer for the entire year. i imagined ian and tove living in this remote village huddled around a single gas heater eating cold vienna sausages and baked beans out of the can so i asked them if they needed me to bring anything from down south, knowing that pond inlet was a dry town. they told me they had plenty. when i arrived, their apartment could be anywhere usa, with a entire closet filled with alcohol. they have two co-ops with fresh fruit and vegetables albeit very expensive (and even duck dynasty merchandise). <br />
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ever attentive father watching hockey as his daughter eats glue and snorts drano.<br />
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mama and the baby squirt<br />
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ian and tove teach at the school and their daughter, wren is in playschool there also. so i busied myself as any good suburban eskimo stay-at-home mother... butchering caribou for stew, cleaning blood off the seal bibs, and making biscuits for the hunters.<br />
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ian took me out hunting the first day during the 5 hours of light. we snow machined up a frozen river. -30 weather @ 40 mph is very cold. at the first stop they told me the top of my nose was black w frostbite but i couldnt feel it. we were looking for ptarmigan (like a grouse) and arctic hare on the snow covered cutbanks along to river.<br />
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field dressed - the blood congealed within seconds. i could only work for a minute or two with my gloves off. incidentally i bought a pair of extreme conditions, military-grade OR mitten but ian let me borrow a pair of seal skin mitts and i was always warmer.<br />
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a couple days later we went out on the sea ice (*as a southern walking around on the open ocean even if there is 6' of ice seems like a terrible idea) looking for seals. equipped w a shotgun and rifle and harpoon you drive along looking for small bumps on the ice with a thumb-sized hole in the top. once to find one you crouch over the hole listening for the exhalation of a seal as they surface through the abscessed cavity below the breathe hole. this process can take 15 minutes or an hour or never if they have abandoned the hole. squatting perfectly still in -30 degree weather is a exercise in perseverance.</div>
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the majority of the households still supply most of their meat from subsistence hunting. 5 frozen seals sit out in front of their car. when the family is hungry they hatchet a hunk of meat off and bring it into the house.<br />
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thousand year old, dense ice berg<br />
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lower mandible of a bowhead whale lays on the side of the road. canada native communities seem much better organized and tidy than their neighbors in alaska. though they both face incredible difficulties alaskan communities appear much less put together and depressing. <br />
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after a great visit i headed back south to ottawa on canadian north air<br />
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i arranged to couchsurf with a french-canadian in ottawa. melanie was great and took me to great poutine spots *for you neanderthals - poutine, the national dish of quebec, are freedom fries covered in gravy and melted cheese curds. ottawa, ontario sits across the ottawa river from quebec and the differences are immediate. we crossed into quebec to watch the carolina panthers monday night football game. i was definitely the only carolina fan in province that night. i got a lot of looks when i slammed a table apparently they like hockey in canada, who knew? <br />
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i spent a day walking around ottawa and was told i should visit the canadian WAR museum. yeah... i thought it was a joke too but its a real thing.<br />
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they are soooo cliche there, they even have canada geese out front. keep it classy canada<br />
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i have never seen a national museum so solely dedicated to differentiating themselves from americans <br />
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i did get back some interesting snacks. narwhal, moose, and arctic char<br />
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mixed reactions at work<br />
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even melanie the french canadian wasnt very impressed<br />
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jill and i had spring break off so we headed down from new orleans to mexico for the week. i always love crossing into texas and reading billboards. they always remind you how big texas thinks it is and how proud you should be to be here. 'providing texas sized eyecare for texas sized eyeballs', 'delaware sized prices for texas sized insurance policies.'<br />
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we stayed in galveston texas on the way down and had sworn off texas bbq
but i was promised that i would be swayed if i stopped at praseks
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we crossed at mcallen, texas, into reynosa, mexico, late on saturday and looked for a hotel and dinner. we came across a lot of hotels with a line of garage doors and no recognizable office. i had heard about these new 'discrete' hotels where you drive into the open garage door, they take your money, the door closes, and you and your partner can continue undisturbed (or recognized). <br />
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we couldnt find any other hotels around so we drove in and saw this sign. single room x 4hrs = 230MEX pesos(20$), 6hr = 350MXP. we asked to see a room and about staying 12hrs the guy looked at us strangely and said 'i guess. why would you want to stay 12 hours?' the room was nice and clean albeit the weird undercounter lighting and lack of windows. 'ok we'll take it' <br />
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as we settled in 'maybe this isnt as seedy as we thought' jill looked by the phone and found the room service menu contained the normal food card and an extra 'menu' for different tastes of all shapes and sizes. just as i turned the tv on and found that this hotel had paid for the all the channels not included to normal subscribers and lots of them.<br />
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ok so maybe this was a little questionable start to the trip, besides a call at 4am to get out or pay more which i explained we had paid for 12hrs in broken spanish the night was normal.<br />
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we drove south to monterrey and stopped at Presa El Cuchillo, a dammed lake for a hike<br />
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tough hiker guy<br />
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mountains as we approached monterrey <br />
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monterrey is a beautiful city saddled up to the sierra madre oriental mountain range. we took a wrong turn and ended up in Parque Ecológico Chipinque, the last forested area near the city. its well maintained and popular for locals. <br />
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at the park there was this smooth, slick cement slide that families would bring cardboard and slide down. at the base of the slide was an infirmary with crying kids with bumped heads and skinned knees. my american brain couldnt help but see the liability that would keep this from happening in the states <br />
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we kept seeing people eating out of tostitos bags with a fork so we ordered one<br />
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tostitos with hot cut corn, nacho squeezy cheese, chile powder, salsa, sour cream. tastes like it sounds <br />
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jill loved it<br />
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specialized tostito stands?!?<br />
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i also ate some crickets with lime and chile<br />
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monterrey sculpture<br />
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fountain<br />
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monterrey architecture is really amazing<br />
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i told jill all her pictures were the same. this was her answer. notice the guy in the background<br />
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botero sculpture<br />
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monterrey built a riverwalk like in san antonio that winds through the city<br />
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the riverwalk ends at a park that has been transformed into a huge park from a steel mill<br />
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the old furnaces are now museums<br />
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huge convention center<br />
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mexican roads are a bit different usually two lanes and everyone drives on the shoulder and you pass over the center line<br />
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we spent a night in cuidad victoria and on to el cielo biosphere reserve<br />
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modern green facilities <br />
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green living roof at el cielo<br />
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basking in the sun on the boat ride to this restaurant, chachalaco, on an island. the oil refinery in the background was a nice backdrop <br />
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la pesca was the last stop. a small cool beach town on a lagoon great food and friendly people.<br />
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jill had a fun time getting vegetarian food but she got great tostadas<br />
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back to new orleans we were welcomed by the mardi gras indians<br />
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AQSpeeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07094739881461184593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31230669.post-11190531940367153952013-02-24T14:10:00.001-08:002013-02-26T19:56:16.493-08:00pig fishin' the mississippinutria are an introduced rodent from south america for the fur trade in the 30's. they are responsible for damaging wetlands by eating plant roots across the world from scandanavia to africa and asia. when i worked down on the mississippi river with the bp oil spill we would see them scurrying across the marsh. they were always eye-balling me with their little beady eyes, buck-toothed grins, tiny tyrannosaurus rex ugly hands, and ratty tails.<br />
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when i heard about a Nutria Rodeo i thought this was my chance for revenge for all those dirty looks they were cutting me.<br />
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southeast louisiana<br />
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map of the damage in se louisiana <br />
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global spread of nutria<br />
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we launched our death mission around 7am headed across the river to the mudflats in 2 airboats.<br />
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meet our team <br />
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teams rats ass: me, nicole mitchell, james mitchell, walker rosenberg<br />
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team sissy britches: matt moe, tim o'connor, jess barksdale, garrett landry<br />
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running from the storm<br />
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walker, nicole, james<br />
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everyone knows that every good team needs a dedicated nerd... er... waterboy... er... support staff. this assignment couldnt have happened without ms barksdale and her skillful shooting (of pictures). <br />
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the other boat had two nutria in the boat and shot another as tim went to pick up the body and hold it up. the 'deadish' rat in one last gasp, swung around and chomped through three layers of jackets and into his arm. i wish i had a picture of everyones face: tims was of shock (maybe bc he pooped his pants), matt moe was laughing hysterically, james' covering his face in terror (ive never seen a mitchell scared). luckily the nutria missed arteries and was dispatched.<br />
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mama always said id make something out of myself<br />
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after 2 hours we had 20 nutria in the boats and decided to supplement our diet with feral hogs. we saw a group of 3 small pigs and ran them down.<br />
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the days totals 25 nutria and 4 hogs. the perfect saturday. <br />
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