Some people have told me that I should not fly through Mexico City in June if the swine flu epidemic is still going on. I have an eight hour stopover there on my way to Guatemala. As it stands, the tiny risk will not stop me. (Although, to make my mother happy I will bring a mask.) But truth be told, I’ve never been particularly risk averse. That’s why the longer I stay in place in Canada, and the more complacent and safe I am with my life, the more unsatisfied I feel. If I was more risk averse, I’d only travel to Europe or Australia. Or hey, maybe I wouldn’t leave my house in the morning.
Anyways, I met a nice diplomat who liked a travel article I’d published in the Ottawa Citizen, and he put me in contact with a friend of his in Guatemala who is offering to take me up in an Ultralight. This offer is one of the few things that has given me a bit of a feeling of fear. I’m not particularly afraid of heights… but the idea still gives me the jitters. But I want to be a yes person, and take interesting opportunities as they come. So I think I’ll do it.
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It is amazing how the potential for risks is blown out of proportion. I am sure that more people in Mexico die each day from falling out of the shower than from Swine Flu.
Go there, and tell us about it.
Wade
Posted 01 May 2009 at 1:55 pm ¶Of course… something like this isn’t going to stop me.
(Unless by June 50% of the world is infected… in that case I’m heading north with a truckload of canned food.)
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