Teotihuacan

Leaving Teotihuacan there are a bunch of restaurants on one side of the road. All these guys are attacking Evan trying to convince him to eat at their restaurant

I think this worker was digging a hole in the ground when his strength gave out

Ancient Aztec gang symbols--L.A.'s got nothin on this!

King Evan preaching to the people

we summited the pyramid of the Sun and the pyramid of the Moon. Just another casual day in Mexico

I bargained with Yolanda here for an awesome mexican blanket that tells the leyenda de los novios....can't wait for the Fall! ;)

The view from the Pyramid of the Moon

Smaller pyramids and the Pyramid of the Sun

This looks like a common picture with a bunch of people. What ACTUALLY is going on here is a group of tourists are taking a picture together while all the vend0rs (guys with hats on) are sworming around them waiting to jump on them and sell their products as soon as the picture is over.

inspired by the Karate Kid--the new one

warrior stance mixed with the Tennessee face

leaving for the great pyramids at 6am. 1/2 hour on the metro, 1 hour on bus, and a whole lot of walking

Catch-up pics from our trip to Angahuan

yup, we summited that bad boy!

the volcano of doom looms closer

Evan riding 'ol Julieta there into the ground!

We were fortunate enough to snap a quick shot of the loan ranger on the horizon

20 minutes into the ride and this gringo bum was already toast!

setting out on our 8-hour road trip to find the lost city of San Juan and the Volcan de paricutin! I'm pretty sure i know EXACTLY how Indiana Jones felt in those movies

Visiting the famous "National park" in the state of Michoacan

Paracho, Mexico--home of the guitar!

This tiny building behind me is where the 20 or so members of the local branch meet. Up until recently the members of the church in this pueblo have been violently abused for their beliefs

A classy example of how cool Mexican taxis are. I wanted to ride in this thing so bad

Puerto Vallarta

Evan's Mexican girlfriend...pretty sketch if you ask me. (What happens in Vallarta,
stays in vallarta)

a classy bench on the Malecon--looks like something Adam would do

I don't even know what to say or think about this picture...

hanging out on the Malecon (boardwalk) with hermano & hermana Torrez

We make missionary work look good

just waiting for a shark to come bite our legs off

surfing at Punta de Mita! 3 hours of a whole lot of swimming only equaled catching two waves...surfing is harder than it looks

Late-night tacos with the Narvaez family. They let us stay with them all five days we were in Vallarta and invited us to do everything with them

The beach was definitely not ready for this much "gringo" whiteness

Old Grandpa Williams goes out for a pass

My first experience at the beach! and yes, that is an alien space craft zooming above my head as I dive for cover to save my life....that junk happens in Mexico

Work is over and its time to Play!!! we started progress on our first tan of the season :)
Our workshop group in Vallarta--more than 30 people! we were told there would be 22, and we only took enough material for 22...oops! Lucky for us this room had air conditioning. The humidity outside was unbearable
Leaving the Guadalajara bus station at 2am to start our five-day adventure in Puerto vallarta! in case you haven't noticed, Evan and I seem to ALWAYS be wearing the same clothes when we set out on adventures....

It is really common for people to get on the bus here in Mexico and then stand at the front to sell something like candy, Catholic Prayer books, etc. Last Wednesday on our way home at 9 30pm these two young kids got on the bus--I knew we were in for a treat when I saw them getting on. They immediately started acted out a love/comedy skit. I thought it was so clever that I gave them 3 pesos. Thats the first time I have paid someone money on the bus!

Two-day trip to Angahuan & Paricutin

This was the indigenous home we visited for one of our projects. Every day this lady spends about 2 hours making tortillas by hand for her family to eat.

In this small town everyone makes their living by making bricks out of dirt and horse poop. The bricks are stacked to create an oven.

It takes about 20 hours for the brick oven to cook itself from the inside out

It's hard to see, but this is a little cabinet in the catholic church that has LED candles. There is a slot on the side where you can insert pesos. depending on my many pesos you insert, a certain number of candles light up to honor whatever you are praying for.

Huge door to the church!

We stopped on the side of the road to buy some awesome sombreros. No one was around to take our money, so we just tried them on, took pictures, and

good times

How would YOU react if you found that thing crawling in your bed while you were in it? ...yeah tough question, I don't know what I would do either... Good thing I found this guy on the floor and not in my bed!!

Evan and i were the only ones available on Tuesday morning to staff the office. Evan put me in charge of the front desk while he went in the back room and took a nap on the floor. I fell asleep on the job...talk about low rate desk service
I hope these fella's get paid some good Pesos each day for their work. They are absolutely CRAZY. their window washing system consists of two ropes tied to the ends of a wooden plank. They sit on the plank and just go to town washing windows!
When the going gets rough, you get desperate sometimes! Our food stock ran low over the weekend. In a moment of hunger I convinced myself that a cold sausage dog on a stale, hardened tortilla sprinkled in stinky cheese and green salsa would be a good option...I was sick for a while after eating it and about lost it in the garbage... oh Mexico, why do you do what you do to me...

Evan working on some serious homework outside on our patio. (most likely he was chatting with Jess even though he claimed it was homework...) Well, due to high walls for security it's more like a prison.

Too much walking and intense basketball with the locals is no bueno for these feet!
its a bird, its a plane, noooo...its Evan on the log bridge and hes gone INSANE!

Posting up on a historic bridge where over 6,000 natives were killed by Spanish troops. I definitely felt the power...or maybe that was the chili from last night's dinner i was feeling...