Pausing Here and There

So, I had originally intended to write a brilliant blog post regarding my salida from Guatemala, replete with a video of myself zooming down a slide…la nina mala se fue. But, here I am, in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, enjoying the brilliance of carribean sunshine, delicious seafood, and time with my cousins and that post has been put aside.

A quick recap of what leaving was like:
1) I had a delicious breakfast of crepes, mora and strawberries. Also banana bread. Thanks Sharon.
2) I was hungover from dancing my heart out the night before in the yoga house kitchen, and later, at the bar.
3) I started to cry when a very sweet little old lady told me in the minibus on the way to the bus terminal that I had a lot of luggage, and what was I doing traveling alone. I told her I was sad to be leaving Xela because I had been there for so long. She told me that I should always talk to the Señor (god), because he watches over us when we are sad.
4) I arrived to Antigua and made some fast friends at the Yellow House hostel. One of them was this girl from Scotland who was living in Phoenix and studying wholistic medicine. We had a good time sharing gripes about Phoenix, and then I gave her a bunch of tips of interesting places to go. I realized that I actually knew a fair amount about Phoenix, despite feeling like a total hermit there for two years.
5) Said girl and I went out for dinner. Along the way we encountered a group of people dressed up like cartoon characters dancing in the street in synchronized dance steps.
6) The next day I headed to the airport and, faster than a flash, I was in costa rica and rocking the bumpy roads in a soccer mom vehicle with my cuz´s.
7) Over the course of the last few days I have come to the conclusion that I am homesick, really ready to start my life in San Francisco, and not looking too much forward to more on the roadness. So, South America will be another adventure for another time. I´m coming home! Woot!