I am on the go again. puerto rico and I do not seem to flow at all. for the second time I had a mediocre experience. not terribly bad, but not great either. immigration took forever, 2 class society. no trolleys to move my ridiculously heavy duffle bag. half of it is my diving stuff. but still, I keep saying I need to reduce my possessions. it seems to get more every time I move. hmpf, haha. no wifi at an international airport is just weak. I was supposed to go online 1h prior to check-in at 4pm! to get my instructions to access my accommodation. luckily the taxi driver allowed me to call the host with his phone. he in turn was annoyed, that I did not check what he posted. well, thank you for the nice welcoming. he briefly also mentioned that there was no water. fantastic – but ok nothing to be done about that. I headed straight out to get some food in the old town of san juan. due to covid many restaurants were closed down, some were closed because of the water situation – oh man. I asked myself around town until I finally was pointed into the direction of la madre. lovely barkeeper and chef, they looked after me so well. thank you!!! rodrigo the sweetest young soul shared his struggles about the puerto rican society, his worries about the world and his joy about being creative with me. at 10pm I was finally able to use my bathroom and have a shower.
all good things come in threes? maybe I should come back a 3rd time to make peace with the island? not convinced yet.
I got out of puerto rico as soon as possible. mexico olééé! even the immigration officer was flirtatious again. good, Im back where I want to be. so many fond memories about mexico from 18 years ago and I did not get disappointed. ok, things have changed tremendously and I did not recognise anything anymore. but hey, isn’t life these days a constant change?
my new means of transportation to get around town and my beautiful apartment for the time I am in quintana roo, tulum:
I came to visit my friends and to freedive the cenotes. finally. my course has not yet started. but I am in preparation mode. I am so happy to be here. to create a new routine, which I dearly missed during our sailing adventure. I still feel out of balance and I am slowly starting to reconnect to myself through moving and feeling my body. what a bliss. the more I move, the better I feel. this sweet upward spiral, which gets me high on endorphins. more is more. I sleep early and rest a lot, I read and chill, I eat healthy nutritious food and exercise all day, every day. I am surrounded by a gorgeous community of strong women and beautiful souls. thank you kiki for sharing your network with me! Im so happy I came to visit and get to experience your world for some time.
my friend kiki and her cute son kylo.
to the left the yoga shala and above the pool area of the hotel bardo. bardo means in sanskrit the state of existence between death and rebirth, the hotel is kept rather dark and gloomy. with loads of candles at nights; it is so beautiful. here I nurture my body with yoga and martial art lessons with tichna. such a beautiful soul and a badass strong women – I admire you. and soon will have my freediving pool sessions here too. yay!
above the entrance to the beach resort ikal. there is so much creativity here in tulum. I really like the sense for detail here. but there are too many people at the beach for my liking. not used to this anymore. Im so spoilt from sailing to remote and inaccessible beaches.
have you ever thought about how absurd life is? as soon as we are born, with every single day which passes, we get closer to death. I see it as our obligation to live life meaningfully, with joy and happiness. it is in our hands. we choose on how we want to fill our days, what we want focus on, how we want to feel, who we want to share our time with. we are the creators of our reality. lets take responsibility for our choices and actions. lets live life to the fullest. now. it is such a precious gift.
people ask me how do you do it? by knowing myself and an eagerness to search even deeper. a task which is never ending. knowing yourself something so fundamental to life. sending you my radiation from another world, another paradise.
Love this all so much. Wishing you love, light and every possible blessing. (((Hugs)))