Spring has arrived at the WEX Clubhouses in the northern part of the world. In Kempton, the snows are starting to melt and the clubhouse is getting a good airing out. Amsterdam will soon have its tulips and the first-ever WEX Conference in Liverpool will be held just a few weeks before the Glastonbury Megalithomania Conference. In fall we hope to have a WEX party in Katmandu. Stay tuned for more!

Jennifer Bolm and I just returned from Death Valley and southern Nevada. We visited the Lost City Museum and archeological site near Las Vegas, and then spent the night at the Little A’Le’Inn in Rachel, next to Area 51. From there we drove through Tonopah to Death Valley and up 30 miles of bad road to the remote Racetrack Playa where rocks move mysteriously on the dry lakebed. We met up with WEX member and Tiki expert Douglas Nason, WEX neophyte Dylan Meynard and Wake Up Down There! author and blogger Greg Bishop. We were all in 4x4 SUVs, but managed to get a few flat tires anyway!

Before that we were in Mexico City and surrounding areas on a promotional trip for my latest book on the Olmecs. It is always great to travel in Mexico, but it seems to take longer and longer to get out of that city—now the largest city in the world—having recently surpassed its rival, Shanghai. Before that we flew via Hong Kong to Vietnam, where we traveled up the Mekong and sought out the mysteries of the ancient city of My Son, built by the distinctive Cham people about 2000 years ago. Look for the article in this issue.

WEX member and author Stephen Mehler and I are working together on a book about the crystal skulls. The new Indiana Jones movie due out this summer will also be about crystal skulls. Coincidence? Stephen and I will also be featured in a 2-hour documentary on crystal skulls to be shown in May on the Sci-Fi Channel. WEX member and author of Secrets of the Mysterious Valley, Chris O’Brien will be appearing on a UFO Hunters episode on the History Channel, as well. Keep your eye out for these shows as they are rebroadcast for years!

We have now released the first of our two hour DVDs: Advanced Technology in Ancient Egypt is the first of the DVDs in our new series Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries. This DVD features me as the host with British engineer and author Christopher Dunn as the special guest and expert on machining technology and ancient tools. The next DVD to come out will be Advanced Technology in Ancient South America. We will soon post a link on the wexclub.com website where you can click to view the preview!

Some of the upcoming WEX expeditions under consideration are: a trip to Copan and Honduras; a Yeti expedition into the wilds of eastern Nepal; and a trip to the remote jungles of the Solomon Islands in search of lost cities and “giants” said to be found there. Check our web pages for the latest schedule!
I will be speaking at the Los Angeles and Orange County MUFON meetings on March 18 and 19. In May, the WEX conference in Liverpool is being organized by WEX member and owner of the Urban Myths bookstore, David Truman.