vancouver boozin

so i hear all you hoodlums got drunk like crazy on new years....well surprize surprize...haha i was also lucky enough to hear from many of you when rebecca hurd...the always lovely and charged emotionally dear friend of mine....haha,...had to be cheeky, called my cell phone. the first call to get through!! watty, alana, becs, suzanna, wally, sarahcb, tom were all on the phone. i think i will frame my cell phone bill on my wall when i move home. or better yet, i´m sure fido will have me on their wall as customer of the month. 26 min phone call that i´m sure will cost my flight home. and i love it,...its worth it to chat to your peeps no matter the cost. so thanks you guys for dialin me.

well, i´m rockin out in a small surf town in peru. totally awesome and insane at times. in ecuador, we knew (this english bloke named chris who i met in quito) that Mancora has been booked solid for like the last month. we said screw it and came anyways. yes, the universe does work with the whole law of attraction program. on the bus ride in we met this old lady who hooked us up with a husband and wife where we rent a couple rooms. ok, now this is the balls part! no kidding here...this is the most dodge area i´ve ever seen in my life. think tiajuana mexico times 10. i´ve nick named where i live the unicef neighborhood as it looks just like those ads. The english dude i´m with was totally sketched and he calls it the city of god neighborhood from that brazilian movie. the great thing is that (and s.janzen and a.cunningham will be proud) is that everything is just fine,...these people are totally content and happy.

once into town, about 5mins walk, you´re in the coolest old school surf town. piller, you and me (oops, and tdo as well,...cant miss him or he´ll cry) will have to rock this place out ...soon! you´ll love it. it s like maui or california towns 50 or 100 years ago,...and for the surfters out there, this shizzzle peels left to right like glass. i mean minting waves

new years was great and i met some great people. i met a great gal from peru who also has japanese heritage. long story short without all the deets,...two peruvians guys threatened me on new years night for dancing with her. i guess they get jealous when the rmac attack goes hoo rah! when the clock hit midnight a bunch of us ran into the ocean, gave a few high fives, and basically got wet, cause, like...ya know! its the ocean man. sorry sunstoke.

ytd, by fluke...or the fact that my spanish is gashola,...i had the tuc tuc driver take me way outta town. i said i needed to do some laundry and he drove me to chilliwack essentially. it was great though and i ended up spending one of the most wonderful first days of a new year ever. explored the area where there are some mint houses along the water, as well as some super wicked cabanas on the water...and i mean old school action. very little devt.,...untouche beach with pounding waves and views of blue water forever. i blackberried many phone numbers of little cabanas, hotels etc for future stealth missions of chillin in peru.

on my way back into town i had what piller and ct would know as a moab moment. yes, i saw on my right some terrain that looked like grand canyon and sahara dessert. so i ventured in and just said fcuk it,...i´m goin for it. i trekked in for about an hour and twice came to points where there was absolutely no noise at all. i ran down some sand dunes...and basically just was stoked. and then yes, the moab moment came when i thought, shizzle i better get my butt back towards the road. well all my sand tracks had disappeared as the wind had covered them with new sand. sun was coming down and i was like,...here we go again. whatevs, i made it back into town just as the sun was coming down and i was stoked,...and had a grin and kick in my stride that made the chicks go ape. haha.

maybe another 3 weeks mopin peru, then bolivia where i´ll study,...yes actually study spanish for say month while also travelling a bit, and then on to chile, argentina, brazil and then who knows what. i´ve met many dudes down here tellin me how cool panama and colombia are, so i may rock these out on way north.

enjoy all,
ryan