i left rica a couple days back. 15 min before i was to get on the ferry, i heard of potential problems entering the country due to a native tribe in panama staging an uprising. news might get even more mixed and fouled up during these times than in more evenly misinformed days.
i got in. and i got to david, my destination. people just were not getting past david via bus or plane. maybe a few via car. the natives were allegedly demonstrating peacefully by staging roadblocks. there's a backstory. from what i've heard, their cause, especially non-violent, makes good sense. i think the govn't shot a number of natives yesterday, killing one...as governments do.
so i've been chilling with a hostel full of travellers, mostly stranded one's. and chilling at a casino, another place where info was well off. a few sources said there was poker. there was fake poker, playing against the dealer, in a prop game with high house odds. so i played blackjack.
i did well the first day. the 2nd day, superbowl day, was much more of a roller coaster. up, up, down, down, down. then the roller coaster feel began. until a mostly steadish apex vista for the last couple hours.
i could play more. but people are inviting me to a jungle hostel, one that i had connections to, prior; one that i almost chose as a job prior. one that i still could, probably. one that i likely won't.
i will likely - but who knows - stay in this jungle a couple days. maybe after that, bus travel will recommence. then, maybe, i will go and see the panama canal. if bus travel is shotty, i'll save myself 14 or 15 hrs on the round trip, and use that time elsewhere. regardless, there's a rican retreat in a different jungle coming up, and i've committed to doing that.
that retreat comes 1 day after the forced emotional vomit people may feel associated with valentine's day. then, for 2 weeks, guests will cleanse themselves, body and mind, with "cleansing" foods, yoga, meditation, etc. i will volunteer there and get most of the benefits, while also working, but also not having to pay a dime. 2 weeks, maybe 3 with post-clean up. then i go.
where from there? dunno. we'll see. we'll see how many days i get stamped for. we'll see if wwoof decides to show me the jobs list. we'll see where my internal compass points me.
for now, it's pointing me into a private taxi with 6 others. to a jungle retreat of our own. through a native roadblock, as cars are getting through. and to some hiking and quiet and personal time sans internet and such.
all is well and will be well.
i got in. and i got to david, my destination. people just were not getting past david via bus or plane. maybe a few via car. the natives were allegedly demonstrating peacefully by staging roadblocks. there's a backstory. from what i've heard, their cause, especially non-violent, makes good sense. i think the govn't shot a number of natives yesterday, killing one...as governments do.
so i've been chilling with a hostel full of travellers, mostly stranded one's. and chilling at a casino, another place where info was well off. a few sources said there was poker. there was fake poker, playing against the dealer, in a prop game with high house odds. so i played blackjack.
i did well the first day. the 2nd day, superbowl day, was much more of a roller coaster. up, up, down, down, down. then the roller coaster feel began. until a mostly steadish apex vista for the last couple hours.
i could play more. but people are inviting me to a jungle hostel, one that i had connections to, prior; one that i almost chose as a job prior. one that i still could, probably. one that i likely won't.
i will likely - but who knows - stay in this jungle a couple days. maybe after that, bus travel will recommence. then, maybe, i will go and see the panama canal. if bus travel is shotty, i'll save myself 14 or 15 hrs on the round trip, and use that time elsewhere. regardless, there's a rican retreat in a different jungle coming up, and i've committed to doing that.
that retreat comes 1 day after the forced emotional vomit people may feel associated with valentine's day. then, for 2 weeks, guests will cleanse themselves, body and mind, with "cleansing" foods, yoga, meditation, etc. i will volunteer there and get most of the benefits, while also working, but also not having to pay a dime. 2 weeks, maybe 3 with post-clean up. then i go.
where from there? dunno. we'll see. we'll see how many days i get stamped for. we'll see if wwoof decides to show me the jobs list. we'll see where my internal compass points me.
for now, it's pointing me into a private taxi with 6 others. to a jungle retreat of our own. through a native roadblock, as cars are getting through. and to some hiking and quiet and personal time sans internet and such.
all is well and will be well.
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