Jammin thru the Global South

[Corbeau]

Hola, Jay! Que tal?

Corbeau from Ottawa, here. Me and Helen are wishing you a great adventure.

And don't tell her I plan to brush up on my high school Spanish... I've switched careers, now, and as a high school French teacher, I plan to use the most of my 9 weeks of summer holidays to explore Mexico -- perhaps as early as 2011...

[Ride Far]

Terrific stuff, Jay!

[dwj - Donnie]

Originally Posted by SchizzMan

Very nice! Really enjoying the pix.

BTW, my Guatemalteco friends have informed me not to address any
male person in Guatemala in the informal - this is considered very of-
fensive. I'll leave it to others to explain. Applies to other CA countries
as well.

Thanks again for all the pix. I appreciate how much time it requires.

Only use the informal method if you know the person on a first name basis.

[rawdog]

Cool to see all the CouchSurfer connections.

[Jammin]

Originally Posted by Adv Grifter

Best advice is do what others do. (listen! ... and learn!)

In general, Latinos tend to be very polite folks. Best to reciprocate in kind.

Muchos gracias, that's what I'm doing and getting good responses so far

Originally Posted by tricepilot

Jay, you're going to miss being in Zipolite

I know. Need to come back and spend more time there...

Originally Posted by Corbeau

Hola, Jay! Que tal?

Corbeau from Ottawa, here. Me and Helen are wishing you a great adventure.

And don't tell her I plan to brush up on my high school Spanish... I've switched careers, now, and as a high school French teacher, I plan to use the most of my 9 weeks of summer holidays to explore Mexico -- perhaps as early as 2011...

Hola Jean-Francois! That sounds like a very good plan.

For everyone else, JF was the first rider I stayed with during a motorcycle trip. It was a 10-day ride thru Canada in my first year of riding properly (2005).

Originally Posted by Ride Far

Terrific stuff, Jay!

Thanks, Mark

[Jammin]

Just came back from 3 days in the Chiapas jungles, staying in a small rural Mayan village, Naha, south of Palenque. Nothing exciting, just relaxing by a lake and taking in their lifestyle. 100 kms of off-road, good riding. Lots of pictures, to come soon.

Back in San Cristobal. Heading to Guatemala tomorrow.

[prince_ruben]

Hey Jay, any shaggin going on? Can't leave that out man! LOL Glad you're still on good hands. Rock on.

R.

[barko1]

Originally Posted by prince_ruben

Hey Jay, any shaggin going on? Can't leave that out man! LOL Glad you're still on good hands. Rock on.

R.

Tacky, very tacky.

[silvy1200]

Originally Posted by barko1

Tacky, very tacky.

not really, i was wondering that myself. a trip like his without it it would be incomplete, especially in latin america

he's not in the U.S. any longer, he won't be judged

[prince_ruben]

Originally Posted by barko1

Tacky, very tacky.

It's called nature. A single man on the road, traversing the world; keep it real. Besides, I know Jay; he's smoother than glass.
Silvy knows what's up in Latin America.

[barko1]

Originally Posted by prince_ruben

I know Jay; he's smoother than glass.
.

OK maybe he is smooth but I think he has some class. Class seems to mean you don't blab it on some forum on the internet. Ride reports with sexual conquents, now that's adventure

[WOXOF]

Originally Posted by barko1

OK maybe he is smooth but I think he has some class. Class seems to mean you don't blab it on some forum on the internet.
. . .

+1

[prince_ruben]

Originally Posted by barko1

OK maybe he is smooth but I think he has some class. Class seems to mean you don't blab it on some forum on the internet. Ride reports with sexual conquents, now that's adventure

Yeah, yeah. Just send me a PM Jay.

[dvwalker]

pura vida Jammin!!! What a great start to life long memories. Suck the nector out of every day.

[Max Wedge]

Jealous.