The adrenaline of the beginning of the trip has worn off. For days, I had soooo much energy. Today though, I had some uncertain moments -what am I doing here? what's my goal? what do I do now? do I wanna go home early?
That's when I remembered "winter". And how lucky I am to be here with this time to do whatever I want. So I reminded myself to chill and do what seems right at each moment.
I went to the beach and did my exercises. I went to swim, but the water was too rough, the lifeguards actually said "no" don't go in. After observing the crashing waves - over 10' high sometimes- I saw they were right.
As I was leaving the beach, a drunk guy tried to help get sand off my feet. No thanks! Then the jetski guy chatted me up - he couldn't work with the waves. He's the second beach guy I meet who used to live in teh USA and had to leave due to issues with the law. The first guy got busted with 25 kg of cocaine, this guy was involved in a drunken shooting event. They both seem nice, and remorseful. But, I assure you, I will not socialize with either beyond pleasant chat at the beach!!!
Later, I went to an English school just to see what might come of it. They were ready to hire me, but They needed me to be here longer. It made me feel good though, to gather some facts.
I'm gonna check out a Spanish class on Monday. I think I wanna take one after all to accelerate the process a bit. I've been a bit lazy about actively learning during the last couple of days. I'm also gonna look into volunteering somewhere, to feel involved and practice spanish, meet new people, and feel useful.
The pictures are: a makeshift home on the beach - check out the stuffed iguana, chair, and bottle of tequila in the closeup; the little store where I get a lot of my groceries cause its close and teh guy is really nice; a nice white house on my street; and the marina from where we went whale watching yesterday.
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