MEXICO 2002-9/2003-4 (eng)

spanish detailed version 

MEXICO 2002-9/2003-4
RIVER	SECTION	DIFFICULTY
Grijalva (Chiapas)	·Frontera Comalapa	II-III
Cascadas de Agua Azul(Chiapas	·Cascadas de Agua Azul	III+
La Venta (Chiapas)	·Cañon La Venta (5 días)	II-III
Cuill-Co (Chiapas)	Cuill-Co	IV
Cascadas de Micos (SLuisPotosi)	From Chorro	IV
Tampaón (San Luis Potosí)	Tampaón	III
Barranca Grande (Veracruz)	Bca Grande-Pte Pescados	III+
Pescados (Veracruz)	Puente Pescados-Jalcomulco	III-IV
Antigua (Veracruz)	Jalcomulco-Presa	II-III
El Sordo (Veracruz)	Cafetal-Puente Pescados	III+
Copalita (Oaxaca)	Alemania La Hamaca La Bocana	IV III II

     First oversea trip on the new life phase. 23 years old, not much money and not dread locks, but full of life. Aday before the trip I cut 56 long dredlocks that were hanging with me during all my university life phase, and in front of the mirror, like a ritual, one by one I leave them over the kayak. My life phase change was simbolized.

     Consequences: 2 sunstrokes through my clear head, many adventures and many learnings.

     I started the trip with 2 very good friends and after 2 months I follow my own path 4 more months.

     After Jalcomulco good Banda friends, we did a raft guide course in Chiapas. I worked a little on the Rio Cuill-Co in Chiapas. Afterwards we went to the Pacific coast of Oaxaca where I lived 3 months on a hammock between palm trees in Mazunte beach town and worked river guiding on the Rio Copalita. 

     Then some expeditions in Chiapas again (Venta river canyon in kayaks 5 days, Cascadas de Agua Azul in kayaks, Laguna Miramar, tarantula on the hand, monkeys, etc), Guatemala (Tikal piramids), Veracruz and San Luis Potosi where I worked on the Rio Tampaón.

Good friends and good memories...   

On the mexican post of this chapter everything is more detailed.

     Almost not photos from that chapter.

Waterfall in Rio La Venta Canyon, 5 days of kayak expedition (Chiapas)

Mayan indigenous canoeing in Laguna Miramar, in the middle of the Selva Lacandona.