Being a Part of History

So I always knew this trip was going to be epic. But it seems the bad news grows worse with each news cycle. And as we are leaving tomorrow, there are some thoughts that I need to get out. With Icelands collapse the full range of this crisis has really sunk in. These events will fundementally reshape portions (all?) of the globe. A report was just released by an American commision about which countries were most likely to face a "rapid and complete" collapse of goverment. The top two: Pakistan and Mexico. If Iceland, which coincidently, was voted in 2007 as the worlds most developed nation, can collaspe so utterly, what up hope is there for poverty stricken nations such as Guatemala and Bolivia.

Half of me is freakin scared, the other half excited beyond belief. What truly historic events will I be witness too? Or you guys for that matter back in America? There seems to be this cloud of expectation that hangs over Mexico as it did back in the States. As I head to some of the poorest regions of the Western Hemispere I wonder how these events will play out in these places. What will I see? How will people who have nothing react when the are given even less? Or perhaps will their way of life, subsistence farming, be the least affected. (We´ll let global warming take care of these pesky folks in a couple years.)

In conclusion, I feel truly priviledged to be given an opportunity, such as this, to fully experience our world. I feel that I will come back from this with a vast array of new insights and new information. What I do with it will be determined by events on this journey. What land and its people will call to me the strongest? Where is my help most needed? I am ready to find out.