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(Sorry My reports have been coming so late and so irregularely; the huge variety of places, events and facilities prevent me from fixing one certain time to blog, so I just report whenever I get to it)
If you have been reading the last post carefully, you probably know some of the more important tasks I had to fullfill today. The day was to start in Longbeach and to end in Mexico. Inbetween laid a stop in San diego (or its surroundings I should say) and some talk with Daniel Kish about possible future Swiss seminars; then, you add some food and some rather strange stories and you are almost there. Well - let me just give you the details now:

I again seemed to have caught a lot of sleep for when I woke up, it was already 8 am over. Entering the living room, I found that it was totally empty and neither Daniel or Leo were to be found; luckily, it stayd like this for only a few minutes - then, Dan, who just had been out to get some water, came back and told me that he had let Leo out into his backyard before he left.
The rest of the morning consisted of another great load of beans, oranges, rice and other nutricious elements as well as finally of the talk on possible seminars with Daniel Kish in Switzerland. As he is very popular for not only his remarkable sense of echolocation, which makes him gain very improoved orientation and mobility, but also for the “No Limits” Philosophy which he and his organization, World Access For The Blind, put into practice in such an impressive way, you can imagine that there are many things that one can learn at one of his seminars. IN fact, we already did have Daniel Kish in Switzerland last August and enjoyed three very successful seminars on echolocation. Now for this year, we are still beginning to make plans, to find sponsors and so on. But if things should turn out to their best, you can expect us doing almost everything from private echolocation training to even some bike rides. So as you can see, our talks were very successful. And if you feel like being one of our sponsors, just feel free to contact us right away

Well, the time in Longbeach passed much too quickly. I did like to be in those so quiet surroundings of the city and I hated to leave - but still, I did. Shortly after 2 pm, Leo and I sat in another Greyhound bus on our way back to San Diego. This time, Leo did not need any five minute break - the back yard of Dan’s house must have be enough of a bathroom for him.

Ahead of us llied the trip to Mexico. I got there for the first time in fall 2003, doing the YWAM Discipleship Training School for about five months. It was then when I met Melissa and Mike who both were my class mates. The time in Mexico is probably one of the most beautiful and challenging ones in my life and it feels great to think and go back from time to time. In June 2005, I had been there for the last time, acompanied by Leo, the most intelligent dog in the world. But before now being able to get to Mexico at all, we first had to find YWAM’s San Diego office and this turned out to be more big of a problem than one would expect: It was at first pretty easy to find a taxi, since they were located right outside the Greyhound station. Now, the office was - acording to their mailing address - to be found at 35th street in National City. I was therefore shocked to hear from the driver that he was just unable to find the 35th street in this town at all. Instead, he told me over and over again that he was able to find the 30th, but not the 35th street and that after this one, the town of Chula Vista already began. We questioned about 20 people and I even called the Office in San diego (where nobody answered) and then the one in Ensenada (which ate up most of my minutes on my cell phone) without getting any smarter either. After way to long of discussions, we just entered Chula Vista and found not only the 35th street, but also the actual YWAM Offices. I still don’t really know how it can be that a building which so obviously sems to be located in one town has the name of the neighbouring one in its mailin address, but I was still thankful that we found it after all.

It only took about half an hour until Giezi showed up. Together, we first picked up Bethany, who is his girlfriend and another of my former class mates. Then we did some more shopping and finally had a great dinner at Unos, which only started up kind of strange, for it took them about five minutes to decide whether they wanted to refuse the entering of Leo, my service animal or not - I am glad they found out that they had to let him proceed in the end.

At about eleven this evening, we finally arived in Ensenada. For those who can’t see, it is still noticeable for one is welcomed by a typical smell of a nearby fish factory - and I can tell you that although the smell is something rather disgusting, it really does help greatest memories to come back into someones mind
So this is where I am right now. And yes, it does feel just great to be back. The smell of the sea (don’t worry - the fish factory is far behind), the sandy floor everywhere, the mixture of Spanish and English, it all makes it just a wonderful place. No wonder Melissa and Mike fell in love over here.
Tomorrow, I might give you a report of their wedding.

Disappointingly, my Mexican Cell Phone Number stoped working just a few minutes after my arrival; you can still call +1-888-675-7494, but for now you will just have to be happy with leaving a voice message. To communicate faster, you preferably leave a comment on this post, won’t you?

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