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| screeching halt |
| 12.11.05 (3:58 pm) [edit] |
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hola.. i´m writing to you from san marcos, on the shores of lake atitlan in guatemala..it´s a high mountain lake, surrounded by mountains and volcanoes. there are small villages all around the lake. i arrived here from mexico about two weeks ago... i thought then i´d stay a week or two, then continue southerly..although i´ve been getting tired of the rapid movement and wanting to stay still for a while.. i met some interesting people here, and decided i´d stay a month and study energy work, spanish, and some other things..so i rented a casita up the valley, a little far removed from the village.. buuut..this was casa de hervasio, which i have renamed casa de roba. it seems this house gets robbed every time a new person moves in. one girl got robbed three times! of course, no one told me this until after i got robbed.. from my casita, my ipod (8 gigs of music!!), my camera, and about $150 cash. they left my passport, traveler´s cheques, jewelry, and crystals, which i thought was very considerate. as for the electronics, quite frankly it was very freeing to lose them. no more responsibility to take photos, no more worries about my ´valuables.´ then the next day i was on an open truck going to san pedro to cash a traveler´s cheque (since the thieves took my money), and my bag was stolen on the truck. so, there goes passport, a traveler´s cheque, and the remainder of my cash. and so, i looked to the skies and cried, "okay, okay, i get it, i get it!! i´m staying!!). sometimes the universe goes through a lot of trouble to get you to listen. maybe that´s what i needed. the local foreign community here is fantastic. people helped me put the pieces together and work things out. i left la casa de roba and moved to rick´s house. he provides me accomodation and food in exchange for leading morning yoga and helping a bit around the house. he has also offered me to use his massage table and healing space to give reiki treatments. i taught a yoga class and covered some kitchen/restaurant shifts at la paz, the center of the foreginer universe, it seems, and hope to arrange to teach an afternoon yoga class there a few days a week. my home is up on a little mountain overlooking the lake. it has little hidden spots that are great for meditation, reading, relaxing. there´s a large deck on which to practice yoga, with a view of the lake and its surounding volcanoes and mountains . my room is the loft, at the top of the house. my own little castle. with a ladder and everything. rick has a library packed with books about magick, healing, mayan history, and other things i want to read about. so much i have to learn, so much i have to study. and now i have the time and space to do that. this short story tells you nothing of this amazing place, san marcos. but, i´ll tell you, it´s a good place to get stuck. it´s how several people ended up staying here. we were sitting on the balcony the other day looking at the view, and i said to sarah, "for how many years do you think you can stay in san marcos and never leave the lake?" there are many beautiful things happening for me here. i´m so grateful to the universe for changing my plans. so, if you´re looking for me, here i am. in san marcos, for the forseeable future. sorry no personal responses to emails right now, but soon i´ll have the luxury of spending my ketzal on internet. until then, keep writing, and i´ll respond soon. adios!! |
posted by: Dorothy (reply)
post date: 02.03.06 (10:44 pm)
Hey Girl, What's the latest almost two months later? I am tempted to come visit and walk around taking photos for a few days. How much are tickets there?!
posted by: karin (reply)
post date: 03.09.06 (5:29 am)
hi d,
no idea on ticklets to guate, but fly into san jose-the community is about four hours from there.
send me an email,
k