Retreating in Costa Rica

Hola amigos!

The time is a funny thing. I don't really understand it. Sometimes a connection with one person gives you a feeling of years of friendship and sometimes something that is long, pass in a blink of the eye.

I have been quiet here for a reason. Not that I didn't have what to say or free time to write but it felt good to try digest my experience first.

I have been cooking delicious vegan food in the lush hilly valley of Costa Rica for nearly 2 months now. As a lover of colours and tropical fruit, there was an enormous inspiration for me here. I still don't understand how the land here can produce such bizarre looking, tasting fruit. Absolutely spoiled by nature!

And in fact talking about the nature, I have never seen so many weird looking insects in my entire travellers life. Huge cockroaches seem so normal to me now. Nature is funny and so creative!

Colibris, huge butterflies, vultures, toucans, eagles, colourful parrots, cikades, howling monkeys, random animals that I don't even know their names, well, Costa Rica is indeed so lucky of this huge diversity. 

I did though miss a bit of culture on this land. Mexico spoilt me for that.

My days went by creating food (and eating of course :)), drawing and singing and naked river swimming, and making new friends, and going inside of myself. I reflected about my life, about who I am and how to be powerful and empower others. I talked to the moon and the sun and asked for their suppport to give love to my darker sides that are sometimes hard to accept. I felt irritation and melancholy, joy and connection, stuckness and freedom. 

And now I feel gratitude. To be walking the path I chose, to be couragious enough to believe in magic and make it my own reality. To stand for my truths and expand my sometimes limited beliefs. Just a dancer of life.

And... I am a persistent lover. If I love something, I walk with determination. So.... I bought myself a ticket to that so damn incredible country. You know what I am talking, right? 

I'll see you in Mexico,

With love and gratitude all the way from the tropics in Costa Rica,

Ligita

Last days in Mexico

Hola todos ☀️

As I am writing this I am crossing a big chunk of Mexico in a comfortable bus. I took the daytime so I can stare 8 hours through the window and finally digest and reflect on these magical 4 months that just passed.

There is something so special about this country. Maybe it's the colours, the animals, the jungle, the Pacific, the sweet mexicans or just the fact that it is still wild. Or maybe all of that together. I am absolutely in love with Mexico. IN LOVE.

It's been 4 months that I have been living on this land and I experienced only the smallest part of it. In comparison with my last trip in Mexico that actually lasted also 4 months this one was more stable, more grounded and definitely involved less movement. 

I dived deeper into the language and that opened more doors to really feel the culture, the ways of people.

I became a part of Pacific, spending endless amount of time in the water.

These last 3 weeks I have been camping and feeling the power of an ocean in the beautiful state of Oaxaca. Good friends around, new friendships, deep conversations, whales, dolphins, turtles, starry nights, mushrooms, sand in the mouth, in the eyes and all around, salsa dancing, singing circles, yoga, meditation, ohhh so much beauty and abundance.

This part of the trip gave me so much strength, connection and power within.

And now sitting here in this bus, so many memories pass by. So many beautiful souls that crossed my path. How is it that life can provide so much? Of course that the energy we have, the vibration we signal, attracts the same. And that assures me I am on the right path.

I have felt a lot of loneliness on this trip too, that let me explore the depths of it and understand the causes. I have met so many mirrors in the shape of humans who showed the parts of mine that still need to be loved or accepted more.

With a very emotional heart I am leaving this country. This country that has such a beating heart giving you wings to fly and feel free. 

The life is dropping me another gift- I am going to cook for 2 months in Costa Rica. The animals and the rainforest is waiting.

What has this new chapter prepared for me?

With so much Mexico in my heart,

Stay free,

Ligita