Sponsored Links
Amazon.com
|
|
|
Podcast Episode's:
|
New blog and web site page!
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hola!! </div>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bnms3Gs6ZlM/U7VsxDDut4I/AAAAAAAAK6A/qahdvTseCH4/s1600/10390042_762220537151812_6973334731229011966_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bnms3Gs6ZlM/U7VsxDDut4I/AAAAAAAAK6A/qahdvTseCH4/s1600/10390042_762220537151812_6973334731229011966_n.jpg" height="214" width="320" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have finished refurbishing our new web site where you will find all the current and new blogs from volunteers & staff in the field: http://www.gvi.co.uk/blog/yucatan/</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Also don't forget to </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
follow our updates on Facebook GVI Mexico Yucatan (https://www.facebook.com/GVIMexicoYucatan?ref_type=bookmark) & twitter: gvi_mexico (https://twitter.com/gvi_mexico)! </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
See you around! </div>
New blog page
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--JqZG2wk-MY/UzB4BZmcbwI/AAAAAAAADCo/ju6ikHLGnVs/s1600/DSCN7130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--JqZG2wk-MY/UzB4BZmcbwI/AAAAAAAADCo/ju6ikHLGnVs/s1600/DSCN7130.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hola! </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We know some of you are eager to receive news in this blogspot, we are really happy to have so many followers!! We are in the process of migrating to a new GVI blog page; our team is working intensively to have it ready as soon as possible so we will post the new blog link as soon as it is ready. </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In the meantime please follow the latest blogs and news from the volunteers &</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rBB_xiJcEjQ/UzB3DXwiswI/AAAAAAAADCg/TLAL7ZaY0tY/s1600/IMAG0172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rBB_xiJcEjQ/UzB3DXwiswI/AAAAAAAADCg/TLAL7ZaY0tY/s1600/IMAG0172.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
staff from Pez Maya and Playa del Carmen programs on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/GVIMexicoYucatan AND TWITTER https://twitter.com/gvi_mexico</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hasta pronto! </div>
Happy new year & new blog page!
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thank you for following us! Shortly we will be moving to an improved GVI blog site so stay tuned as we will be publishing the new web site soon! In the meantime you can follow the latest developments on GVI Mexico marine, turtle, veterinarian, arts, child & healthcare programmes on our facebook page GVI Mexico Yucatan and/or twitter gvi_mexico.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We wish you happy holidays, a great end of 2013 and an amazing start of 2014!! </div>
<br />
<br />
Pez Maya monthly achievement report
This month we would like to share with you our latest montly report from Pez Maya marine conservation program. Hope you enjoy it!<br />
<br />
<br />
<div nbsp="" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto;">
<a href="http://es.scribd.com/doc/192392713/GVI-Pez-Maya-Monthly-Achievements-Report-November-2013" nbsp="" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View GVI Pez Maya Monthly Achievements Report November 2013 on Scribd">GVI Pez Maya Monthly Achievements Report November 2013</a> by <a href="http://www.scribd.com/GVI%20%C2%A0Mexico" nbsp="" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View GVI Mexico's profile on Scribd">GVI Mexico</a></div>
<iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.772922022279349" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_26009" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/192392713/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-7b8vv2rbhet61sop217&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe>
Playa del Carmen community monthly report
We would like to share our latest monthly achievement featuring the fund raising support for our local partners: Equine therapy and special needs school in Playa del Carmen, during the PGA golf tournament in Playa del Carmen.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div nbsp="" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto;">
<a href="http://es.scribd.com/doc/192399947/GVI-Playa-Del-Carmen-Monthly-Achievements-Report-November-2013" nbsp="" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View GVI Playa Del Carmen Monthly Achievements Report November 2013 on Scribd">GVI Playa Del Carmen Monthly Achievements Report November 2013</a> by <a href="http://www.scribd.com/GVI%20%C2%A0Mexico" nbsp="" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View GVI Mexico's profile on Scribd">GVI Mexico</a></div>
<iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.706666666666667" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_46423" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/192399947/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-n559clbk5vnb2o3noyl&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe>
Last week in Pez Maya has been a blast! by Rodrigo Ville
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kuFeAD-4nGM/UqniOIdOOpI/AAAAAAAAC4M/f18d5K5DDXQ/s1600/blog+dec+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kuFeAD-4nGM/UqniOIdOOpI/AAAAAAAAC4M/f18d5K5DDXQ/s320/blog+dec+(1).jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This last week has been a blast. On the weekend some of the volunteers went diving in Playa Del Carmen to see the mysterious bull sharks. Over the past few years, sharks have been very victimized and turned into voracious predators through cultural stigmas and media like the movie jaws. In fact, humans aren’t sharks natural prey-more people are killed by vending machines than sharks each year. Sharks are beautiful creatures, the apex predator in their environment, and everyone was very excited to see them. We went on two exhilarating dives, and seeing the sharks in their natural habitat was amazing.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">
<span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbAMdSPhFN0/UqniOtKQG2I/AAAAAAAAC4Q/kEnghuWQBXo/s1600/blog+dec+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbAMdSPhFN0/UqniOtKQG2I/AAAAAAAAC4Q/kEnghuWQBXo/s320/blog+dec+2.jpg" width="240" /></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">As of today we have 8 volunteers monitoring, and have finished two monitor sites. This is quite exciting, and we are aiming to finish two more sites by the end of the week. As for me, the last couple of weeks have completely exceeded all of my expectations. I feel like I am helping the community with the project in Punta Allen, and I am contributing with my monitoring data. I am also sad to see all of the new friends I’ve met leave at the end of the week, but overall I am proud happy and thankful.</span></div>
<br />
One of the best parts of living at Pez Maya is...
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">One of the best parts of living at Pez Maya is the conservation work everyone gets to take part in. There are three main fields that we are trained to monitor here: point intercept, coral communities and fish. This monitoring helps us study key species on the reef. Then, by looking at how healthy these groups are, we are also able to see how healthy the reef is as a whole. In addition, our two newest volunteers, Michelle and Gege, are gathering data for Project Aware</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Arial;">´s </span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">coral watch program. Coral Watch studies the health of the coral through color determination. Together, we have completed the data for one site so there is a lot of information being compiled! We are all very excited about this and hope for good weather next week so we can continue the remaining sites. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wyu6oCcbDC8/UqZBF1sKTfI/AAAAAAAAC3k/JKcsMNXGCN8/s1600/blog+dec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wyu6oCcbDC8/UqZBF1sKTfI/AAAAAAAAC3k/JKcsMNXGCN8/s320/blog+dec.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Also this week, we had four volunteers go to Punta Allen and work with the children there. Getting involved with the community is very rewarding and volunteers are able to teach basic and advanced English to the locales. Plus at the end of the day, everyone is able to visit the empanada truck which is the perfect ending to a great day.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">On Friday, we went to Muyil, to visit the ruins. There was an amazing temple and two very entrances to cenotes that were the size of car batteries! It was nice to go with everyone and experience the local culture and learn a little bit about the history of the area. All in all we are looking forward to our next and final week here in Mexico!</span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fk8XGDay3o4/UqZBGWIDrnI/AAAAAAAAC3o/gbJ0OMTihug/s1600/blog+dec2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fk8XGDay3o4/UqZBGWIDrnI/AAAAAAAAC3o/gbJ0OMTihug/s320/blog+dec2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
</span>
My first week in the veterinary programme by Terri Adams
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F37zBIrSWd0/UqIlbyg5_RI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/M9y1jjJt_IE/s1600/WP_20131202_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F37zBIrSWd0/UqIlbyg5_RI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/M9y1jjJt_IE/s320/WP_20131202_001.jpg" width="179" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">I have been
doing the veterinary program with GVI in Playa del Carmen for a week now and have to say it has been a
fantastic experience. </span>The clinic I have been working at has offered me very unique experiences that I would not
otherwise have had. Some of the things I have been involved in are prepping
animals for surgery, recovery monitoring, care and assisting with surgery
preparations. The people involved could not be more helpful, understanding and
kind!</div>
The community internship experience by Georgie!
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QALrC76wKdg/UpkbF1WpVyI/AAAAAAAAC2k/LFsXoeSMesY/s1600/DSCN6539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QALrC76wKdg/UpkbF1WpVyI/AAAAAAAAC2k/LFsXoeSMesY/s320/DSCN6539.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-psCfzI_l8iY/Upkazs1bTBI/AAAAAAAAC2c/wo51VJ4TmMM/s1600/DSCN6563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-psCfzI_l8iY/Upkazs1bTBI/AAAAAAAAC2c/wo51VJ4TmMM/s320/DSCN6563.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">The first two months of my internship here in Playa Del Carmen have passed and they sure went by quickly! Now that I've been here for two months I am now starting to take on more responsibilities such as taking the new volunteers to the projects, attending the projects on my own and completing some courses in Class Management and Leadership Skills to better prepare me for the months ahead of increasing responsibilities.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This week I was also set the task of helping one of our Childcare volunteers to present a lesson (in Spanish) to the children at the Ludoteca about the different weather climates around the world - we focused on England and Australia which are both quite different to the climate here in Playa Del Carmen however we educated the children on how to stay warm, healthy and safe during the winter months and how to stay hydrated, avoid sunburn and also stay healthy durning the summer months. The children were very helpful when we became tongue tied with our pronunciation and are always a great interactive audience, I look forward to the continuous training I'll be receiving so I can keep up with the teaching of lessons and educating the children on different issues from around the world.</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">
</span>
Playa del Carmen community programme monthly report!
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Playa
del Carmen hub helped out on various activities on the Day of the Dead
celebrations. The general objective of Save the Children in Mexico is to “generate
and promote a broad movement of cultural transformation in favour and with the
participation of Mexican children”. The GVI Mexico community hub is aware of
this objective and is supporting their cultural activities as a manner to
preserve traditions in Mexican families. You can read more about the report below: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div nbsp="" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/normal Helvetica, Arial, Sans-serif; margin: 12px auto 6px;">
<iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.706666666666667" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_46613" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/186141530/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-irp99r1tuc6ja8e92wn&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe></div>
A very uncomon but amazing arrival to Pez Maya!
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hello from one of the new volunteers in Pez Maya! We had a
great first week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-anVHGU0Xywk/UpYtj5wNq4I/AAAAAAAAC10/2OxEt2Wi_Y0/s1600/yalku.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-anVHGU0Xywk/UpYtj5wNq4I/AAAAAAAAC10/2OxEt2Wi_Y0/s320/yalku.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Last Saturday I, and the other new volunteer, Michelle,
had the chance to meet all the volunteers and staff members of Pez Maya.
Everybody was very nice and so welcoming with us!!! We couldn’t return to base
for the first 2 days because the road was flooded, so we spent a night in Tulum
getting to know everyone and enjoying the new town. The next day, we travelled
to Akumal Laguna, Yalkul, for snorkelling during the day, which was super cool.
The waters there are crystal clear and full of anemones and beautiful fish. Good
weather prevailed, and on Monday we took a boat through the beautiful mangrove
trees in order to reach the base. The boat leaves </span><span lang="EN-GB">from Muyil,
one of the only town that serves as a pier in the Sian Kaan</span><span lang="EN-GB"> so it was a pretty
awesome way to go to Pez Maya, and see a lot of the vast reserve. It felt a bit
like a secret passageway opened up before up with each new turn and twist of
the boat.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SrXzGwKHylM/UpYtjhdU46I/AAAAAAAAC1w/VRpOY-jWUBw/s1600/photo+mangroves.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SrXzGwKHylM/UpYtjhdU46I/AAAAAAAAC1w/VRpOY-jWUBw/s1600/photo+mangroves.JPG" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB">After such an exciting arrival to base, the weather was
sunny all week, and we were able to dive twice a day. I was very excited to go
diving and start identifying corals, which both Michelle and I started our
coral spots after a check dive! My first
impressions of living on base are really good! The place is just wonderful</span><span lang="EN-US">;</span><span lang="EN-GB">
I love the sunrises as well as the dark night sky full of stars. After a great
first week filled with fun, science, and diving, everyone celebrated with a
beach party on Friday night. Late into
the night there was amazing food, fun games and dancing on the sand. I can’t
wait to see what next week brings!</span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
<o:p></o:p></span>
Pez Maya marine conservation programme monthly report!
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the Ocean Conservancy’s International
Coastal cleanup day, Pez Maya cleaned a ninety meter stretch of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">San Juan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Beach</st1:placetype></st1:place>. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">San Juan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Beach</st1:placetype></st1:place>
is an important turtle nesting site and we collected 329kgs of debris. This
achievement contributed to our base’s long term goal of raising awareness about
environmental issues and our more localised goal of continuing to undertake
beach cleans, helping to create to a healthier ocean. You can read the full report below: </span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.706666666666667" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_60434" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/186141585/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-16gg5md5m5fhedu1ljx5&show_recommendations=true" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" width="100%"></iframe>
First week impressions from a newbie- by Susan Deane
<br />
<pre style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R1w-fyrBRk0/UpN8j9x7otI/AAAAAAAAC1I/EK5nA6VH1xE/s1600/13.+Walking+on+famous+5th+avenue+and+shopping+in+Playa+del+Carmen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R1w-fyrBRk0/UpN8j9x7otI/AAAAAAAAC1I/EK5nA6VH1xE/s320/13.+Walking+on+famous+5th+avenue+and+shopping+in+Playa+del+Carmen.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KPiBVghWauI/UpN8aKYI7sI/AAAAAAAAC1A/ycXdAQKjL40/s1600/DSCN6442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
</a><span lang="EN-GB"><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">Playa. A much calmer cousin to </span><st1:place style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;" w:st="on">Cancun</st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"> on the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">Mexican shores. After 7 months of travelling I jumped on a Ferry over from </span><st1:place style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;" w:st="on">Cozumel</st1:place><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"> and landed straight </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">onto a </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">glorious almost-white sand. Avoiding the </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">market sellers touting the cheap sombreros and </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">offering free drinks, I haggled with some loose Pesos, jumped in a taxi to start my Playa del Carmen </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">adventure.....</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">I started with a week learning basic Spanish as a means to orientate me into the 'Roo lifestyle. Past the infamous 5th avenue, the grid system of streets and avenues seemed mysterious and easy to explore. A wealth of interesting looking bars and restaurants with fascinating combinations of ingredients lay ahead. Without getting too distracted on possible weight gain, I spent a first hectic week in a student accommodation with many friendly enthusiastic ants willing to share my bed. I wonder what the next place will be like? I knew the Community Playa House was central and was eager to get comfortable in my new surroundings and meet some friendly faces. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-stndolO8X7E/UpN8WL00hXI/AAAAAAAAC04/TjTO-fwXl3U/s1600/8.+Playa+del+Carmen+from+the+highs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-stndolO8X7E/UpN8WL00hXI/AAAAAAAAC04/TjTO-fwXl3U/s320/8.+Playa+del+Carmen+from+the+highs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">And the surroundings felt incredibly homely; with the emphasis on responsibility. I wasn't disappointed. Friendly smiles welcomed me. And warm water and fewer ants ready to snuggle up next to me. After a great orientation with GVI staff and some appropriate first aid training to help any bumps and bruises along the way; I was more encouraged to start on the childcare programme straight away. </span></div>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">The great work of GVI in association with Save the Children on the childcare programme ensures that local issues affecting children is maintained through the pastoral and practical support working in the Ludoteca. I had no concept of what a Ludoteca was, so the learning space was a curious port of call.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"> </span></div>
</span>
<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">On my first day after a collectivo bus journey to work, whizzing past shops and restaurants with fascinating hand painted signs; I landed at a public community space. The Ludoteca itself surprised me in how secure it was. It was refreshing to be welcomed by affectionate children all wanting to say hello and curious to ask more about yourself. It was a great test of the basic Spanish I learnt. Soon after an introductory game, we went straight into homework time. Whilst my brain scrambled at maths, I couldn't help but admire the staff working there on a daily basis. The patience and energy working with the children was challenging. I could only imagine what the Health therapy and Marine conservation programmes were like. </span></div>
<div style="clear: right; color: #444444; font-family: monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KPiBVghWauI/UpN8aKYI7sI/AAAAAAAAC1A/ycXdAQKjL40/s1600/DSCN6442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #444444; float: left; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KPiBVghWauI/UpN8aKYI7sI/AAAAAAAAC1A/ycXdAQKjL40/s320/DSCN6442.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">During dinner break, the children happily swapped food and encouraged me to share some of theirs. The combination of mandarin and chilli was a refreshing surprise, and I lapped up the treats offered to politely accommodate me into the settings and their daily almost-home from home environment. It became apparent that as a volunteer even though I was there to help provide practical support to the existing staff to achieve learning goals, simple praise by a child about my snack of an apple and some water to </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">another child highlighted the need to act with due care. </span></div>
<div style="clear: right; color: #444444; font-family: monospace; font-size: medium; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">With an average of 30 children to care for daily at </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">the Ludoteca; I was also responsible for showing them good responsible behaviours.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">Such a small comment that made me realise the impact an adult behaviour can have. This is what helps shape memories, I thought. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">After some more play time encouraged to recharge batteries, the daily chores of tidying and housekeeping </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">began. It was a good opportunity to chat to the other volunteers and staff in the field. Although my Spanish was </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">basic, the helpful and positive body language cues and wide smiles made me feel at home. I was told about children that were socially withdrawn and aggressive that became more calm and receptive to their peers. It was </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">obvious that results were being achieved here.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">The following days followed a familiar pattern. The children learnt about hazards such as hurricanes and were made to think carefully about these dangers. A visit to the local playground and interaction with Zumba dancingwas also a joyful treat. The days went by quickly and the staff treated me to some amazing Mexican stuffed </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">savoury bread. The myriad of restaurants around 5th Avenue I wanted to explore became an instant blur.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">Reflecting on the end of a productive and enjoyable first week; I still won't forget some gorgeous cake for a </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">volunteer leaving do which I snaffled a little too fast. The post-work food scuffle still makes me giggle. And I'm </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">sure some cream is still lodged firmly in my left ear.... </span></div>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">At the end of the week I was offered the chance to attend and assist the Equine Therapy support healthcare </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">programme on the weekend which I eagerly agreed too. More than anything, the first week demonstrated the </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">tenacity of the staff and volunteers to make the children feel welcome, included and at home with their peers.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"> </span></div>
</span>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 15.75pt;">They certainly made me feel welcome :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre>
Very busy bees at the marine conservation programme lately! Dolphins, English classes, health workshops, rescue course and much more in the last few weeks!
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We've been having a lot of action in the last few days at Pez Maya. With impressive thunder surrounding base, everyone has had the chance to study and work hard to be able to start monitoring soon. While some of the volunteers just finished their rescue diver certificates, others have already started monitoring.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> All of this is very exciting and a little bit sad as we're reaching the end of a phase for some of the volunteers, and saying goodbye to five friends: Yusuf, Alannah, Dannie, Malcom and Maddie,</span></div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UXYDXSXtRBs/Uo6IoQABxqI/AAAAAAAACzw/yLaQ6ihzq4c/s1600/punta+allen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UXYDXSXtRBs/Uo6IoQABxqI/AAAAAAAACzw/yLaQ6ihzq4c/s320/punta+allen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In addition, we're also advancing on our project in Punta Allen teaching English to children and adults and implementing healthcare seminars. The children in Punta Allen are finally back in school after the teacher strike, so every<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1060674052" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>some of the staff members and volunteers work hard to give lessons of English and marine conservation. We also are just starting a project involving the sterilization and de-parasitism of street dogs in this community.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> This is a good way of improving the overall well-being of this town because we are empowering locals to lead and organize the project as well as gather resources.</span></div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Last Tuesday we had a memorable experience when we encountered a family of dolphins on the way to one of our dive sites. We stopped to snorkel with them and some of the volunteers were able to dive with them as well! There were at least 8 (6 adults and 1 juvenile) dolphins and they were very playful and friendly. After at least 60 minutes of swimming with the dolphins, we went back to our boats only to see the dolphins’ surface show: a display of amazing jumps and flips. It was truly a wonderful experience.</span></div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s2jci1tBAAE/Uo6IoEgFrcI/AAAAAAAACzs/t9x0t7GxKeA/s1600/dolphins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s2jci1tBAAE/Uo6IoEgFrcI/AAAAAAAACzs/t9x0t7GxKeA/s1600/dolphins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s2jci1tBAAE/Uo6IoEgFrcI/AAAAAAAACzs/t9x0t7GxKeA/s320/dolphins.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Everything is going great on base, and as usual after a beautiful sunny<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1060674053" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Wednesday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with lots of fun dives, we had a great Mexican dinner with nachos and tortas de tinga.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> We're also very excited to receive our two new colleagues who will be arriving to base<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1060674054" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(100, 100, 100); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>. We'll all can’t wait to see what new surprises the beautiful Caribbean sea prepared for us in the weeks ahead. As for me, this is all! Good Bye!</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span></div>
Huh? Golf tournament? In the Playa community programs?
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">This week the Community Playa House has been busssssaay. Three people, three projects. Plus the Golf; lets just say there has not been a dull moment. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqooPYh0jGY/Uoamf7xdAjI/AAAAAAAACy4/eLYRBCsS2m0/s1600/WP_20131114_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqooPYh0jGY/Uoamf7xdAjI/AAAAAAAACy4/eLYRBCsS2m0/s320/WP_20131114_001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2TxNN_0b9Pw/UoamgeqiTMI/AAAAAAAACy8/l_zdY4vIdIc/s1600/WP_20131114_004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2TxNN_0b9Pw/UoamgeqiTMI/AAAAAAAACy8/l_zdY4vIdIc/s320/WP_20131114_004.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">So you may have been reading snippets about this Golf and wondering "what, that's so random!"</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Well, we can shed some light on this. The PGA Golf Tournament is held in Playa del Carmen in the beautiful Mayakoba. The players from all over the world compete for the prize Money of $6 million US; so its kinda a big deal for them! We are involved because our partners in the Health care Project is contributing to the tournament by supplying volunteers to be marshalls. And now it should be making a bit more sense! What's wonderful is that our partners will be getting a donation for supplying us for the four days.</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">
</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">So we're in charge of hole 17, situated just down the hill from the beach front. We make sure people are quiet for when the players hit the ball. It's quite technical, you see, we have to put the paddle up just at the right moment.... Verrrryyyy technical. </span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">
</span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">It's only day 2 and we've seen rain, shine, hurricane wind.... But no matter what, we're determined to have a great time (Georgie's already scored a Golf ball from one of the players)!!! Anyways, time to head to the Green... And if anyone asks, we're Golf experts, "experts".</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">
</span>
Rescue training, day of the death, halloween and much more!!
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wm-gI6GKm5A/UoT3bMDDtDI/AAAAAAAACyQ/vbZgEAZ6dcU/s1600/vlcsnap-2013-11-12-20h28m54s188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wm-gI6GKm5A/UoT3bMDDtDI/AAAAAAAACyQ/vbZgEAZ6dcU/s320/vlcsnap-2013-11-12-20h28m54s188.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">The last few weeks have been very busy,
with volunteers learning in water monitoring techniques and studying for their
tests so that they can begin diving our monitoring sites and collecting
scientific data on our fish and coral communities. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vsbeZM0E0Tg/UoT3akWV-vI/AAAAAAAACyM/yMXOiXcmu_0/s1600/DSC04046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vsbeZM0E0Tg/UoT3akWV-vI/AAAAAAAACyM/yMXOiXcmu_0/s320/DSC04046.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
2 weeks ago, the volunteers had fun experiencing
Día de Muertos. One of our volunteers researched Mayan and Mexican customs and
we had an altar for our lost love ones. Then we dressed up for Halloween and
danced the night away.</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">The interns have also been working hard to
complete their rescue course and have been going to bed not long after dinner,
very tired after a day of rescue scenarios. With just a few competencies left
to complete, everyone is feeling more confident that they can help out a friend
or stranger in need and are proud to be safer,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=502938723756664451" name="_GoBack"></a> smarter
divers.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LJd0efLac9Y/UoT3brVsNkI/AAAAAAAACyY/TPcdMkwt1i0/s1600/DSC04050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LJd0efLac9Y/UoT3brVsNkI/AAAAAAAACyY/TPcdMkwt1i0/s320/DSC04050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">It’s coming to the end of the month here at
Pez Maya, and that means that 5 of the volunteers are heading off on new
adventures and there will be new faces around base and people to meet. We’re
not sad though because we are sure we will all meet again someday on a
beautiful Caribbean beach, either under sun or storm.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
“You will never be completely at home
again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price
you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one
place.” ― Miriam
Adeney</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<br />
Who would have thought you could fit so much into a week...
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
For us at
the Community, child & healthcare project in Playa del Carmen, we have been busy, busy,
busy.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">The week
started off with our volunteers helping our cuddly partners <st1:place w:st="on">Coco</st1:place>’s
Cat Rescue give the kitty home a face lift. Among other volunteers, we helped
paint 2 houses in no less than 3 hours! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">We then had
the march down on <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5<sup>th</sup>
avenue</st1:address></st1:street> with what seemed to be all the kids of
Playa del Carmen. GVI volunteers were helping only with the kids from the
Ludotecas, we’re proud to say we didn’t lose one amongst the crowds of
tourists, kids and parents on our 14 block march. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wpbVKiZTU1Y/Unu7CdRHubI/AAAAAAAACw4/WQhpozp5gLE/s1600/1236191_10152356622259966_216628357_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wpbVKiZTU1Y/Unu7CdRHubI/AAAAAAAACw4/WQhpozp5gLE/s320/1236191_10152356622259966_216628357_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PhBtkJBi5Bc/Unu7CjuZNvI/AAAAAAAACw8/KYrVMaDfXtg/s1600/1453439_10152356621394966_1761225577_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PhBtkJBi5Bc/Unu7CjuZNvI/AAAAAAAACw8/KYrVMaDfXtg/s320/1453439_10152356621394966_1761225577_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Then we had
the special needs Halloween party where we dressed up, played games, ate food
and watched cartoons. In between all that was us prying the children away from
the new toys that were donated by one of our volunteers, just so they would
participate in the activities.</div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y1_f8E-Q4z4/Unu7EQR-v2I/AAAAAAAACxI/iIPYXKgs1uY/s1600/1392819_652709201426188_1448462678_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y1_f8E-Q4z4/Unu7EQR-v2I/AAAAAAAACxI/iIPYXKgs1uY/s320/1392819_652709201426188_1448462678_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">Then we had
an excursion with the kids from the Ludoteca to Xcaret, a big theme park to
celebrate Day of the Dead. We were lucky enough to be apart of (well, to tag
along with the kids) some cultural activities and shows that included pirates
and dancing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">We said
goodbye to our last volunteer, and hello to a new one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UCkkSuZ_Jx0/Unu7EwaH1UI/AAAAAAAACxM/wbqxsUfjLK0/s1600/64260_653626628001112_595505838_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UCkkSuZ_Jx0/Unu7EwaH1UI/AAAAAAAACxM/wbqxsUfjLK0/s320/64260_653626628001112_595505838_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US">Finally,
volunteers participated in the PGA training meeting to prepare us for the big
tournament. As first timers, we’re all a little nervous that we’ll stuff it up
somehow – like kicking the golf ball or something… but we’re determined to be
there and besides, who can resist the power that comes with controlling the
‘silencio’ paddles! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Turtling!
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ee5a7beYFGE/UngzSXCpzCI/AAAAAAAACwY/BT7udADwU5c/s1600/turtle+blog1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ee5a7beYFGE/UngzSXCpzCI/AAAAAAAACwY/BT7udADwU5c/s320/turtle+blog1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last week
during the early hours of the morning, three volunteers assisted the turtle
regulars in their sweeps of two local beaches in the reserve, looking for nests
marked by previous volunteers over two months ago. Our aim was to help with the
data collection on the health of the turtle population within the area by
monitoring the number of eggs laid in each nest and the whether the eggs had
hatched. We were given a quick briefing, and set about finding a marked nest. Once
located, we had to dig down into the nest often over an arms reach and record
everything we found.</div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IR38DkEo-Xg/UngzSiBRQnI/AAAAAAAACwc/qXmQVc2UtL4/s1600/turtleblog+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IR38DkEo-Xg/UngzSiBRQnI/AAAAAAAACwc/qXmQVc2UtL4/s320/turtleblog+2.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
With the
sun still low in the sky and staff and volunteers alike lying with both arms up
to their shoulders in the sand one volunteer struck turtle gold; a newly
hatched nest of green turtles. As soon as the first baby turtles were
unearthed, the rest of the nest wanted to be free too! However before they made
a mad dash for the sea they were counted and given a bill of clean health in
between the bouts of obligatory photos. With an eye on the sky for birds of
prey, the turtles were given a head start and released just a few meters from
the sea. The closer they got to the water the more frantically their little
flippers moved, and we watched them swim off out of sight.</div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
That same
volunteer (who is now regarded as a lucky charm on base) unearthed two more
newly hatched nests that day, bringing the total number of turtles released to
over 230, in addition to data collected from over 30 nests. And just in case
that wasn’t enough the Mexican weather celebrated with a couple of rainbows.
Once back on base all involved agreed it had been another fantastic experience
from Pez Maya.</div>
<span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<o:p></o:p></span>
Thanks Andi for all your work the past 10 weeks!
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xv3TcE_WOnQ/UnPtM7YoJyI/AAAAAAAACv8/zJlp-Qxa4cY/s1600/IMG_1500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xv3TcE_WOnQ/UnPtM7YoJyI/AAAAAAAACv8/zJlp-Qxa4cY/s320/IMG_1500.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wum9PBTcV8/UnPtPp9wufI/AAAAAAAACwE/4kTDd_INN78/s1600/IMG_1545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wum9PBTcV8/UnPtPp9wufI/AAAAAAAACwE/4kTDd_INN78/s320/IMG_1545.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-NZ">I have come to the end of my 10 weeks here
in Playa Del Carmen on the Health Programme. Time has flown by and I have met
some great people and enjoyed some amazing experiences. The Health Programme
consists of assisting at a school for special needs kids, doing equine therapy
and music therapy; so I got to mix it up more than the Community project. As
there are no more than fifteen kids all up who go to the different programmes I
got to know them all quite well. Working with special needs kids is very rewarding
and an experience I will never forget. Seeing their faces light up at the
little things in life and learning new things just makes you smile. As well as
volunteering I got to see the area with many day trips including swimming with
whale sharks, swimming in cenotes, visiting Mayan ruins and many beautiful
beaches and islands nearby. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ip_f5ZYrqOY/UnPtKZ7nvSI/AAAAAAAACv0/N9zJFCDvYgM/s1600/IMG_1628+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ip_f5ZYrqOY/UnPtKZ7nvSI/AAAAAAAACv0/N9zJFCDvYgM/s320/IMG_1628+(2).JPG" width="299" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-NZ"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-NZ">As I was here for more than 10 weeks I got
to do the Equine Therapy on the horse with the kids. I completed riding lessons
(without saddles) to learn the balance required and then started doing the
therapy. On one occasion a kid actually fell asleep on the horse while his
limbs were being moved in therapy! During my last few weeks I also got the
chance to take part in the new Vet Programme that is starting. Once a week a few
of us have <a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>visited <st1:place w:st="on">Coco</st1:place>’s
Cat Rescue where we cleaned and spent time socialising the cats. The rescue
centre also provides a neuter and spay service to stray cats and dogs so I also
helped out in the recovery area. It’s now time to move on with my travels. I
wish the Health Programme all the best for the future, thanks for the
experience.</span></div>
Responsible fisheries management- Kanan Kay alliance
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XV_R43cPfKM/UMEsvW1lDvI/AAAAAAAABdw/2SPbZog3PDk/s1600/Logo-KKA2eng.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="91" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XV_R43cPfKM/UMEsvW1lDvI/AAAAAAAABdw/2SPbZog3PDk/s320/Logo-KKA2eng.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #11345a; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.4375px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #11345a; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.4375px;">We would like to share the latest report from Kanan Kay alliance to which GVI is proud to be part of and whose mission is to "Bring about a new era of responsible fisheries management in order to restore Quintana Roo’s oceanic zones and artisanal fisheries through the facilitation of collaborative processes and the consolidation of collaborative actions that promote the establishment of a network of fish refuges and other complimentary activities".</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #11345a; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.4375px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #11345a; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.4375px;">The commitment of its members is more than a formality. The Kanan Kay Alliance is made up of individuals that are passionate about what they do. They are also convinced that the Alliance will achieve important results for marine conservation and sustainable fishing </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #11345a; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.4375px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #11345a; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.4375px;">Click <a href="http://www.alianzakanankay.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/boletin-ingles.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to read the latest report on its achievements and follow the latest news @allianzakanakay. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
Monthly report from Pez Maya from our turtle season!
Monthly report on the current turtle season in Pez Maya Marine conservation programme!!<br />
<br />
<div nbsp="" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto;">
<a href="http://es.scribd.com/doc/178111351/GVI-Pez-Maya-Monthly-Achievements-Report-September-2013" nbsp="" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View GVI Pez Maya Monthly Achievements Report September 2013 on Scribd">GVI Pez Maya Monthly Achievements Report September 2013</a> by <a href="http://www.scribd.com/GVI%20%C2%A0Mexico" nbsp="" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View GVI Mexico's profile on Scribd">GVI Mexico</a></div>
<iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.772922022279349" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_96895" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/178111351/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2le3m6219hgmk9xppjho&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe>
Thank you Pei-chen for your time here!
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1D756IvSWoY/UmrDUaqfBII/AAAAAAAACvQ/zt12i400lwE/s1600/1379843_645447382152370_2031386273_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1D756IvSWoY/UmrDUaqfBII/AAAAAAAACvQ/zt12i400lwE/s320/1379843_645447382152370_2031386273_n.jpg" width="320" /></a>Hola, GVI amigos! You might be wondering what we did last weekend here in the beautiful Riviera Maya and the answer is…helping out the annual Turtle Festival in Tulum!!! On the first day of our participation in the Cultural Center of Tulum, we had our own booth set up to raise awareness to the kids about some fun facts about the turtles by having them create their own turtle cookies with green icing (thanks to Georgie’s superb baking skills) as well as lollies. On the other end, Christie was busy painting colorful turtles onto kids’ and adults’ faces. It was such a fun time! We were glad kids enjoyed the activities with us so much.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jKlwCsbw1qc/UmrDm06r2uI/AAAAAAAACvY/iOJD3Qo93HM/s1600/IMG_0376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jKlwCsbw1qc/UmrDm06r2uI/AAAAAAAACvY/iOJD3Qo93HM/s320/IMG_0376.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
The next day, the festival was moved to the beach not far away from the ruins- at Playa Pescadores. All the volunteers not only assisted in the logistics that made this event possible but also teamed up to compete with 14 other groups of family in a turtle sand sculpture competition! How exciting! It was awesome to see kids work collaboratively with their parents, let their creativity lead the way to build their own unique turtle sand sculpture. Unfortunately, the volunteer team didn’t win but that also meant the lucky winner could bring back the great prize that GVI offered, such as snorkeling equipment, assortment of toys, environmental brochure of Si’an Kan biosphere…etc.<br />
<br />
It was great to see how much people loved what we had prepared for them and being a part of this amazing event! To be honest, I couldn’t find a better way to spend my last weekend here in the community project in Mexico.<br />
</div>
Only two days......
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In just two days 22 volunteers, local partners and staff will be running 5, 10 or 21 kilometers as a personal challenge and to raise funds for Coral reef and turtle conservation in Sian ka'an biosphere Reserve, and children well being and special needs kids development in Playa del Carmen. Moreover 14 parents, local partners and volunteers will be up from 4am in the morning to help out with the water supply during the race. There is still time to help us by donating any coin you can! <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/rivieramaya">www.justgiving.com/rivieramaya</a> </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Follow the updates on facebook GVI Mexico Yucatan and twitter gvi_mexico</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vSzw_SaOU1w/UmrAQ9kXYaI/AAAAAAAACvE/_uXKRqxpMbo/s1600/Etiqueta.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vSzw_SaOU1w/UmrAQ9kXYaI/AAAAAAAACvE/_uXKRqxpMbo/s320/Etiqueta.png" width="320" /></a></div>
Today, right now global giving is matching all new donations!
Today Wendnesday at 9am only 10,000 USD matching funds left! Help us to get 30% more of what you donate here <a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/fundraisers/gvi-mexico">https://www.globalgiving.org/fundraisers/gvi-mexico</a> You can choose to help the Marine conservation programme in Sian Ka'an or children development in Playa del Carmen!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<script src="http://www.globalgiving.org/javascript/widget/widget.js" type="text/javascript"> { "fundraiserId" : "8485", "ggtid" : "89F61110E1F49B9CB25E469601240C76" ,"env" : "p" } </script></div>
<script src="http://www.globalgiving.org/javascript/widget/widget.js" type="text/javascript"> { "fundraiserId" : "8485", "ggtid" : "89F61110E1F49B9CB25E469601240C76" ,"env" : "p" } </script><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
Training is on its way & the fund raising is too!
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9z-JC0Pw2w/UmcBNndC7_I/AAAAAAAACtQ/uVpmRnpFbvg/s1600/Half+marathon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9z-JC0Pw2w/UmcBNndC7_I/AAAAAAAACtQ/uVpmRnpFbvg/s1600/Half+marathon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9z-JC0Pw2w/UmcBNndC7_I/AAAAAAAACtQ/uVpmRnpFbvg/s320/Half+marathon.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
This year after doing a triathlon fund raising 1,544 USD, then running 5 & 10 kilometers raising 1,137 USD, we have put ourselves another challenge! This time it is 5, 10 or 21 kilometers for which we have a team of 20 enthusiastic participants between volunteers, staff and local partners that have decided to take part on the challenge, they have taken out their sandy running shoes and registered to run!! But we don't run just for running! we have a cause and our cause is to raise funds for our local partners Amigos de Sian ka'an & Flora, fauna y cultura de Mexico helping the marine turtle program in Sian Ka'an biosphere Reserve, and Save the children & the Equine therapy centre helping the development of children in Playa del Carmen. <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Some people have set up their own personal fund raising pages, and we also have two collective fund raising pages to help those amazing projects. If you feel like helping don't be shy, any coin will make a difference! <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/Rivieramaya">http://www.justgiving.com/Rivieramaya</a> or <a href="http://www.globalgiving.org/fundraisers/gvi-mexico">http://www.globalgiving.org/fundraisers/gvi-mexico</a> MOREOVER, IF YOU DONATE ON WEDNESDAY 23rd OCTOBER AN ANNONYMOUS DONNOR WILL MATCH THE DONATIONS THROUGH GLOBAL GIVING FUND RAISING PAGE <a href="http://www.globalgiving.org/fundraisers/gvi-mexico">http://www.globalgiving.org/fundraisers/gvi-mexico</a>! </div>
</div>
|
|
Try The New PUP Search "Powered By Google"
Average rating based on 0 votes - Rate
