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CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY!!!!!!! Anybody got links for pictures/videos??????? -- Be careful giving advice. Wise men don't need it, and fools won't heed it.

Glad to hear you overcame your fear of "the mexican thing" LOL... This week there was a boogie at Ixtapa and... I couln't go :( Anyway, the jumps in Cuautla with the snow-covered vulcanoes in the background are amazing. Good luck with whatever is left of your AFF course Chester -- Be careful giving advice. Wise men don't need it, and fools won't heed it.

Hey Lori! Your post asks about the DZ near Cancún, and many people have already answered about that. The Salinas brothers (Gerry and Michel) used to run the DZ and they are very trustworthy. I believe they are still there. They were part of the mexican 4-way team competing at the world air games in Turkey some years ago. As for other DZs in Mexico, the busiest are Cuautla, Tequesquitengo and Monterrey. The first 2 are just over 1hr's drive away from Mexico City, and obviously Monterrey is in Monterrey. Skydive Chicago's twin otters spend the winter here. One of them in Ixtapa (resort on the pacific (west) coast, north of Acapulco, south of Puerto Vallarta), operating mostly as a tandem factory. The other is extensively used by the mexican skydiving comunity in Cuautla, where we jump it every weekend all day long. The Cuautla DZ lies not far from two 18000ft+ vulcanoes which provide a beautiful backdrop for pictures/video. http://www.normankent.com/Skydive%20Cuautla%2003/index.htm There are also DZs in Celaya (halfway between Mexico City and Guadalajara), Acapulco (a tandem factory in this city on the Pacific Ocean). Our skydiving season is opposite yours, and although there are plenty of smaller planes to jump from, we mainly make the most out of the otters and jump less in the off-season (may-october). Everybody is welcome to come jump here! Here are some links: Skydive Cuautla http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/skycuautla/index.htm Hermanos Orbita (mexican freefly team) http://www.freeflyorbita.com/ Mexican Skydivers Forum (in spanish) http://www.network54.com/Forum/163051 Mexican sequential RW record attempt pictures (some by our countryman Norman Kent) http://homepage.mac.com/schaechter/skydive/lucho_record/index.html http://www.normankent.com/Skydive%20Cuautla%2003/index.htm No worries... it's not your fault that the portrait of Mexico in your media shows a picure that does not necessairily reflect reality. And also... we are used to such comments, and I for one understand there was no bad intention on your side. it just came "naturally". Enjoy your jump in the caribean, the scenary is SPEC-TA-CU-LAR!!! Chester -- Be careful giving advice. Wise men don't need it, and fools won't heed it.