Guatemala: Waking up in Paradise

11:44am
I just got through some writing exercises and the girls in my retreat are wonderful! I feel like I can be myself around them. The property is so beautiful. Its very one-with-nature. Compost toilets, biodegradable products, farm animals, gardens and all of us hardly produce any trash. Nothing is disposable, lots of reusables and everyone is thinking about how they can make a smaller footprint. But its not hard, its just how it is. They make it really easy to be more connected to nature.

5:52pm
Its that time of night, dusk, where people turn on lights but its still just light enough to see. I LOVE this time, only when I can really appreciate it. Like camping, or glamping like I feel like I'm doing now. Its so peaceful and quiet. The night animals start to come out and the daytime animals get sleepy. Like me now, been a long few days with not a whole lot of sleep.
Ive been relaxing on the hammock outside the cabana after dinner and could probably fall asleep but we have a drum ceremony tonight that sounds like it could be interesting.

Later
We sat around a fire and learned some drum beats with a guy named Thor. It was pretty fun to just let go. Now its time for some much needed sleep.

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