…in a river of molten lava, let ’em go, cause man, they’re gone! I climbed Volcano Pacaya with my sister, Saison a couple weeks ago. The hike lasted 2 hours to cover 4 kms (2.5 miles). The vertical increase was 800 m (about 2600 feet), the last 400 m was very steep and over volcanic … [Read more…]
It felt like someone was behind me rocking my chair from side to side. It lasted for about 4 seconds. 10:10 am was my first earthquake. Considering Guatemala has something like 1000 earthquakes each year (most too small to feel and most a couple hours drive south of where I live), it probably won’t be … [Read more…]
My platform. Government should protect human rights, I like the Canadian Charter. Government should police and be a place of justice. Legislated morality should only serve to protect people from each other and from themselves. Government should protect the land from unwarranted exploitation and monitor its resources. Government should set basic education, health, and economic … [Read more…]
The world population counter that I have running on my dashboard (by Jon Brown) tells me that we are 5 million people away from reaching this landmark population on our little planet. I remember it being 5 billion for the longest time from grade 1 through university. I don’t know how it got high so … [Read more…]
2:50 AM is our rendez-vous time outside my house. I meet up with Walter my neighbour, Oscar (a fellow teacher) and Eddie, Heber, and Johnny (students at Beerseba) in the light rain. Les picks us up in his Kia van and we hook up with Estuardo and Erwin and their big cattle truck. Eric misses … [Read more…]
What a priviledge to carry the gifts from our church here in Tactic and gifts from Canadian Donors to the refugees of the mudslides southwest of us. According to some reports there are as many as 200,000 homes destroyed or damaged. Mixed reports say that 652 people are confirmed dead with the number rising possibly … [Read more…]
“Our Guatemala is in pain.” A man in our town square this morning was speaking into a microphone. Tactic, where we live, there are no effects of Hurricane Stan, but it is so much easier to empathize with the people affected by the mud slides when you recognize the faces as those of your neighbours. … [Read more…]
Just so everybody knows, we were not, nor shall we be in the path of Hurricane Stan. But thanks for your concern. School was cancelled nationwide for two days though. Gave me a chance to go up to Fray Bartolome, about a 3.5 hour drive from Tactic. Limestone mountains, green ridges, and palm trees dotted … [Read more…]
Exhale. Inhale. Amber is in Montreal with my baby boy. I’ll be joining them and visiting my good friends on Thursday. Until them, I’m holding up in Red Deer at mom’s. On July 25 we moved out of Spruce Grove and into my mom’s house in Red Deer where we’ll be storing our stuff during … [Read more…]
Amber and I vacationed the last three days of spring break in the Rocky Mountains. We started our trek in Jasper, taking in the bitter winds and brown scenery along with the royal peaks. We checked out some of the sights and then continued south along highway 93 with poor driving conditions. There was snow. … [Read more…]