So I am back in Europe. After 5 months and 13 flights.
I took the overnight bus from Oaxaca to Mexico City (no sleep), then spend 8 hours at the airport of Mexico City, flew to Orlando (watched Coco) where I had to rush through immigration, check-in and security to catch my onward flight to London (again no sleep but watched The shape of water and Three billboards - great movies!!) , Then spent 6 hours at London Gatwick until i flew to Lisbon, arrived at 7 pm, caught a taxi to the bus station, got on the bus to Ericeira, got picked up by the taxi driver and brought to the yoga hotel of my friends where i will stay the next weeks. Finally a bed! Completely jetlagged the next morning, woke up (more or less) at 10 am and stumbled through the day. But all good. Back in Europe. A few weeks in Portugal now until back to Spain.
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So together with Elodie, the French girl from the hostel, i took the bus to Mitra and from there we jumped onto a colectivo truck that brought us on a pretty bumpy road to hierve el agua, a calcified waterfall with mineral wells to bathe in. The water was refreshing, the views amazing and lots of visitors around.
More pyramids! Took the bus to monte alban, the pyramids near Oaxaca City. Nice!
And more strolls through town, exploring the markets, streets and little cafes, and trying to celebrate st. Patricks day in the irish pub without guiness.. Oaxaca City for the rescue!!
Thank God! I was thinking already i was the only person in the whole world not liking Mexico. But i was simply in the wrong place. Huatulco or La Crucecita was simply a very low vibrational place with nothing going for it. Well, for me. It is a place if you want to be at the beach, and drink in the evenings. No healthy food place, the beaches were not that spectacular either, and i realized (finally) i am not much of a beach person anyway. Oh well. I studied a lot, i meditated and did energy healing on myself. But i still had become increasingly depressed. I realize now there are simply places that are vibrationally low. Huatulco is such a place. India was supehigh vibrationally and resonated with me. Same with San Francisco! Anyway. So i finally took the 8 hour bus to Oaxaca City, and I feel as if a heavy load has been taken off my body. I feel happy again and back in love with travel, and als in love with Mexico. Oaxaca City is super nice! Beautiful town, not too big, not too small, lots of markets, food stuff, organoc markets, cultural life, nice people (unlike in Huatulco where thr boys from the fruit shop always called "perra!" when i passed by - which basically means bitch), and glorious weather, sunny but not too hot and -thank god - not humid and sticky. I was so tired of huatulco. So i explored the town with a girl from the hostel, ate nice food, saw the churches and parks and just soaked up the good vibes. Happy again! I haven't written much lately, apologies. I was busy.
The busiest I have been in ages actually which is funny considering that I am not traveling at the moment, and neither working, But I am catching up with myself. I am studying, researching and reading sooo much at the moment. My passion. All about natural healing, self-growth, and basically just all that matters. It is challenging and awesome at the same time. I am renting this little room in La Crucecita, Huatulco for a month, and spend most of my time here. Sure I go to the beach or for hikes here and there, but mostly I research, read and study, and try to find my purpose and mission in life. It can be frustrating, and I know if I chase it too much, it won't come, so I try to relax. I kind of find my way to God too. Ha. Very personal story of course. I learned already a lot here. Many lessons. Overwhelming at times. Then I have to remind myself to step back, otherwise I become the nerdy weird professor....well I am already. But I have goals again. Some sense of purpose. Some new views of life. This searching, this longing has always been inside of me, but now, without distractions, I let it out full-blown. I still don't know what will come out of it, and I booked my flight home on the 20th of March. I am looking forward to my home in Prado, even though I don't really have a real home there at the moment. I feel, the journey will further unfold when I am there. This takes time and patience, and trust and faith. A part of me is sad and worried that I spend so much money on traveling, having to start from scratch again, that I was so egoistic and decant just traveling, enjoying and focusing on me-time. But the much much bigger part of me knows it was sooo very necessary and I got so much out of this journey. I am exactly where I am meant to be. All is well. Oh, as for La Crucecita: It is ... nice. ok. Still, Mexico didn't really win my heart, I don't know what it is, but I should have listened to my gut feeling maybe telling me this when I was checking in at the San Francisco Airport. I didn't have a good feeling going to Mexico. But in the end, it is fine. Maybe the perfect spot for doing my stuff, because there are no other distractions. I met one nice guy here, and we connected a bit, but for the rest I just spend my days in solitude, which is great. It is hot and sticky here. I had expected the big National Park right next to the town to be a lush tropical forest but it looks more like Germany in autumn, all leaves have fallen - well, except that it is super hot It hasn't rained for months here (unlike Prado where apparently it has rained and stormed a lot. Well they needed the water!). There are some nice hikes in the park, and some beaches, and I guess lots of other things one can do here but as I try and keep it as cheap as possible at the moment, I just do my thing. |
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