Beach Day

Today was one of our adventure days, we had a day off today with a trip to the beach and volcano.  Before we went out to the beach we stopped at the cemetery where a good friend has his daughter buried.  Santiago is one of the translators that has worked for Hero Holiday for the last couple of years.  About three years ago he lost his daughter to complication from birth.  Due to the lack of access to medicine in Mexico the doctors could not save her.  That same medicine is always available in the US and Canada.   His story is very touching and even though I have heard it a couple of times it still brings tears to my eyes, we take so much for granted in Canada. 

Santiago has a two year old son now he had complications when he was born as well.  He will be the only child they have.  The grave site is a picture of how easy it is in Mexico to loose a loved one.  There are many infant sites and many more have been added since last year.  It is sad to see that even in the cemetery the rich and poor are very easily identified by how elaborate the site are.  It's a sad reality that Mexicans deal with on a daily basis Canadians often only think about death when old.  Death is a part of life young or old in Mexico.

 

It was a great day I could have stayed at the beach all day watching the waves come crashing in.  Such power and beauty wrapped up in every wave.

Tomorrow we are getting ready to pack up, hit the local pool and have more more dinner out at Smokies.  It has been a great trip no hiccups along the way and great weather to add to the great students we have.