Greg Wittals WILD KINGDOM

As the sun was setting in San Miguel de Allende, we were observing wildlife at a local watering hole, suddenly my sixth sense started tingling, I then caught out the corner of my eye the fleeting shadow of what could only be a predator. Colin as he was consuming water was blissfully unaware of the danger around him.


A chill ran down my spine as I recognised the harbinger of his impending doom, not to be confused with the much feared North American Cougar, the Mexican Jaguar pound for pound is the worlds most dangerous cat. Not only does she hunt for survival, she also kills for pleasure. I was faced with a most critical decision do I RUN AWAY and save myself?, or do I risk my own life attempting to save my amigo? Thinking how hard it would be to explain his sensless death to his children and equally driven by guilt I made a snap decision and said " my throat is getting sore, lets call it a night and head back to the hotel." We then then left and Colin was still innocent and unaware how close the shadow of death had passed. I just saved a life....

On our way to Tuxpan

In Pachuca at the moment waiting for the bus....another 6 hour ride to contemplate all we have done and seen.....hey I did revceive some info that there are those who would like to leave a comment but do not know how...just scroll tot the end of the blog entry and click on the orange comments line...you can read what others have sent and then leave your own mark for us to read. Ok lets see what we got for todays entry....oh by the way everyody...I just got word that my oldest son Darien recieved an award for football last night and then was named onto the ALLSTAR team...WAY TO GO Darien!!

Like I said, we didn´t like San Miguel to much, and in fact as we were leaving there were two couples asking us if we were Canadian...yes was the answer...and when did you get in...I answered last night...and you´re leaving so soon? she asked...yes I said, too many white people here (eep!...remove foot here!) she kind of took offence to that. So as we are travelling today, not alot to tell so here´s some random pics for you to ponder.

To the right...a local delicacy..RATUN FRITO (deep fried rat) quite tastey,,,I had two...so did Greg....mmmmmm...











A typical acroument to many of the hostels we stayed in...it´s a lamp I think, but couldn´t find the switch.

Loading up this weeks supply of Agua especial





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Leticia and family...left to right

Uriel age: 11, Leticia...age: unknown (apparently none of my business haha) and Karin age:15

We´ll be staying at Leticias mother house in Mexico city ariound the 28th...hopefuilly Teotuhicuan and Tula will be a couple of stops.