walking the balance between social activist and active consumer... and a cruise ship...

so, we are back from our cruise to the caribbean... what an amazing place... i mean, i have been in california for the past 10 years, been to hawaii (even kauai) and other little islands such as catalina and their waters are beautiful, but this... dis caribbean was amazing... the colors are unexplainable, the culture rich in both tradition and need...

its hard getting off a cruise ship and thinking about the whole 'harder for the rich person to enter the kingdom'... it really messes with you...

but we are so thankful to have gotten this 'survey' experience... now we can head back to central america ala my friend frank, who went for a month to belize, honduras, guatamala and just found his own way around...

so, here are some pics i thought you might like...



here is me scuba-ing in roatan, bay islands, honduras, home of the 2nd largest barrier reef... amazing...



here each of us are on a catamaran in cozumel... free bar... so my father had some too...






mayan ruins in tulum, mexico... most think the mayans came from the orient... interesting... ive always wondered where people in the americas had come from prior to the 1500s...



some girls in belize who begged holly to take their picture...



ya, go ahead and laugh... we had to stop a tour bus for me to get off and pee on some guys private property in mexico... i swear i thought i would take a bullet for this one... but alas, i returned safe and sound...

lots of thinking this week... but i need to get to laundry right now... so the explanation of the title will come later...

cheers friends,
ryan...