Hola amigos! Greg and Bridget here with the word on the past week of our travels. We had our three day trek last weekend and celebrated Shayna’s birthday on the second day with vegan chocolate cake that Bridget and Jasmine baked. The trek was AMAZING! We walked 24 miles total up and down mountains through rivers leaving blood sweat and tears behind. We stayed in rural villages each night sleeping on the floor in each one, and we played Battle Hack with our tour guides and the locals. Battle Hack is a violent game in which any number of players stand in a circle and juggle a hackey sack until three players have touched it and after the third person has touched it someone grabs it and throws it as hard as they can at the other players, if you get hit three times you stand against a wall and everyone else gets a turn throwing the sac at you :)… in ancient times they used a severed head instead of a hackey sack… so we considered ourselves lucky. Will received most of the throws. This game was very popular with the locals. On the second day of the trek we came across a raging river which we crossed with our 40 pound packs mind you on logs suspended about ten feet in the air.
We were all very proud of our work on the trek and also happy to arrive in San Marcos, the bellybutton of the universe. We spent three days in Hotel La Paz which was surrounded by centers for yoga, meditation, several types of massage, and energy work sessions. Greg attended a metaphysics and meditation class, a tarot card reading, received reiki, and also a sweedish massage. Bridget had a tarot card reading, and Egyptian massage, emotional chiropractic therapy, and had a session with a Dr./psychic/ physiologist/ numerologist/ teacher/ kabbalahist/ aura color reader… he was very helpful. We all enjoyed our time in San Marcos looking deeper into our internal paths. On our last night in San Marcos the group had dinner at Cafe Fe where we also listened to live music by a hippie group called Kun Kun Chaku. Everyone was blown away by their talent, it made our last night in San Marcos a lot of fun.
We flew to Nicaragua on Friday and we are currently in San Juan Del Sur staying at an amazing hotel overlooking the pacific ocean. Where all hanging out right now in the kitchen bar area after a long day of surfing. Were all very tired and some are pretty sunburned. We all radically shredded the gnar all day in the swell. Tubular. Greg and Bridget both were naturals. Were spending the rest of our time here surfing, hanging out on the beach, and volunteering at a local school building yet another bathroom and teaching English to the children. Were loving Nicaragua and chilling on the beach. till next time!
