Rainy Day in Tulum

sitting in the hammock with Aussie Sarah in the back of The Weary Traveller hostel in Tulum before a big night out

As I write this I'm simply killing time until my bus leaves for Chetumal, and the Belize border, at 10pm tonight. Ron and I are headed on our way tonight...final destination...Antigua, Guatemala, for some Spanish classes at the Ixchel school.

We plan to take about 10 days to get down there stopping first for a few more days of beach and, hopefully, sunshine in the keys of Belize, specifically Caye Caulker. It will be interesting to be back in an english speaking country, patois yes but english none the less. Everything I've heard about Belize from my fellow travellers is very good. Apparently the people are all extremely nice and, as I would imagine, the scenery is beautiful. I will finally be staying in a cabana on the beach which I'm very much looking forward to. I want to see the sunrise!

Of course I think that sunrise will happen tomorrow morning as we will have about 4 hours to kill in the Chetumal bus station early tomorrow morning (middle of the night really) while we wait for the first bus crossing the border at 6am. It's going to make for little sleep tonight but it's worth it to save the money on accomodation and maximize our daylight hours in Belize.

After a few days, we plan to head across the Guatemalan border at San Ignacio, Belize, to Tikal to check out ruins that I hear are amazing. Our general route to Antigua after that is yet to be fully determined but I look forward to seeing the Guatemalan countryside which by all accounts is to be amazing!

My last day here in Tulum has been very low key and relagated to the indoors as it has been pouring down rain off and on since last night. I do enjoy the rain but was hoping to have one last day on the beautiful white sand beaches here before bidding this town a fond farewell. So instead we set out in search of the Canadian Men's hockey game versus Germany but instead found figure skating. Not the best as far as ROn was concerned but I was fine with that and it was very nice to see Canadian Jeffery Buttle win a bronze, live to air! I must admit that I really am missing the Olympics quite a bit. I'm a winter Olympics junkie and it kills me to not be watching in support of our Canadian team, but I will continue to search for hockey games whereever I am, and really I can't complain one bit about my current situation!

My feelings about Tulum are very strong. I really love it here and would happily come back at any time. I feel that my spirit has been awakened and enlightened here. I think it's due to a combination of the gentle and healing vibe I find here as well as the poeple I have chosen to surround myself with during my stay. This morning I did my very first meditation practice, under my friend Sarah's guidance, and I hope to continue to try and make it a part of my life. That will remain to be seen, as we all know I have issues when it comes to committing to things, but I will try none the less. Sarah has a most amazing energy that I find very uplifting and encouraging and I look forward to knowing her long into my future.

I really feel like the spiritual journey associated that I've associated with this trip since long before it started has been awoken within and is well on it's way to taking hold of me as I continue through the next few months. I look forward to discovering everything else that I and this trip have to offer for myself.

On that note I will sign off for now but look forward to posting another update soon! Despite my amazing adventures and endlessly good times I do miss you all very much and think about you often. As excited as I am about the coming months, I am equally excited to arrive home and share all my stories (and pictures of course they are coming I promise stsy tuned to this site) with you and hearing about everything that I've missed!

All my love,
Mollie Mols xoxoxo