Monday the 29th - Impromptu Geography

Our last week of promotion has arrived. Roger and I drove back to Mexico City to visit two more universities: the Tech of Monterey and De La Salles University. Steve stayed at the Papagayo River organizing and fixing thing that needed attention before the race next Saturday.

As we entered the city the police stopped us again. They went off about the restriction and how we can’t be use our car on Mondays. We were a little confused; last time they stopped us on a Friday and now it’s on a Monday. We managed the situation calmly again and guided them to the back of the car to show them the bio diesel transformation. In short time they had signed the car we were on our way to the TECH of Monterey.

We didn’t have a contact to get it, but that didn’t stop us. We parked on the street and Laura did the rest of the job for us. There was a lot of foot traffic by the main gate so handing out flyers and telling people to sign the car was easy. After only two hours at the gate we had one team registered for the race.



It was getting late, and all the flyers were done, to the printer we went, hoping for a chance to catch another game of soccer with the kids of the neighborhood.
These kids were fascinated by the fact that we were not Mexican. They were so interested, and asked so many questions, that we moved from soccer to geography lesson.

Before coming to Mexico I went to a volunteer fair in Vancouver. The Canadian International Development Agency had a booth showing all their programs around the world. They were giving out world maps, so I took advantage of the great generosity and asked for maps to take on the trip. Tonight was the night one of those maps came in handy, and it was the best gift ever.

It felt amazing to give to these kids, all I can offer to most of them is my time.Their reaction tells me that quite often, time is enough. Well a map and a couple of stickers too.



At about 9pm we headed to the airport to pick up Noel. Noel has been Roger’s flat mate for about two years, and recently their relationship turned into a love story. The story becomes even more exciting now that she is meeting him here. She is an amazing singer, probably one of the sexiest voices that I have ever come across, smooth and original. She’s great on the guitar and drums, and she played at our river race event in Canada. Soon she will be playing by the Papagayo River. Noel is a painter too, she loves to do body paint and we love her support at the last two events.