While the second day was interrupted with a negative experience, the second to the last day was as well. My mom woke us up with the words, “we’ve been robbed.” Come to find out four Mexican guys had walked into our house and stole two cameras and about $600 (USD) cash. We were stupid to leave the doors unlocked but it is easy to be relaxed about such things when the weather is hot, the beer is cold and the view outside is out of this world. The scariest part of the robbery was that they actually went into my parents room to steal their camera and charger while they were sleeping. We were very lucky that nobody woke up while it was happening. Apparently, it is quite common in that area to get robbed before your last day because they do not think you will do anything about it. Andy did go and file a police report simply for insurance purposes but, of course, it is possible that the police could be in on the whole thing. You never know in Mexico. Luckily the robbers decided not to take Andy’s and my mom’s passports, which had been left out! I guess they only wanted things that were very easy to get rid of.

Update from Mexico

Guadalajara Maratón Summary

Original Post
January 31, 2003  Subject: Hoobing Update
Buenas dias,
We thought you might like some pictures of us in Mexico. The first one is a view into the downtown area of Guadalajara. It was taken on a hill above our house. The second picture is Andy cleaning up the fountain in our backyard. When we first arrived, [...]

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January 29, 2003 – Subject: Diesciseis
I have a quick story that is too funny not to tell you.
Yesterday, I went to my third “spinning” class with my friend Ana. For each class, we have had the same teacher, Alex. As I have shared with some of you, spinning in Mexico to me, is a [...]

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January 22, 2003  Subject: I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet
I wasn’t planning on sending out another update for awhile, but we wanted to let you know that we are okay after the earthquake last night.
It had a magnitude between 7.6 – 7.8 depending on the source. The coast, near Colima was hit [...]

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January 21, 2003  Subject: Viva Mexico!
Hola,
I am sending out our first update from Mexico. We have now been in the country for almost a week. It has been a lot of fun and are enjoying our time here. Our house is very beautiful and the dogs are starting to realize that it is their [...]