a window to life

my day started early again and with a lot of confusion. what was I still doing in flores? the same old question. I couldn’t answer it. I didn’t have a good reason to stay, barely any reason.
I went to maracuya to drown my confusion in a good coffee and have a moment to be and feel all that is moving within me. I thought about my feelings and how they are like waves with which life moves through me.. and I came to the conclusion that if I don’t know what to decide and no choice seems right it’s a good moment not to decide anything at all.

after that I still felt confused but also lighter. these things happen whilst travelling, from time to time. usually my intuition is very much on point with telling me what’s best and where my path will take me so if that’s not the case, my mind creates even more conflict and confusion out of that not knowing.

after a beautiful coffee and breakfast my friends texted me and invited me to join them for their plans.

we walked to the market in santa elena, bought vegetables and fish and some mango. as on most days flores was very sunny and warm and colorful.

we returned to andrés place where we started to prepare the food on the rooftop with a beautiful view over the island and the lake.

andrés is a chef and kevin and him have spoken about trying out this recipe with fish and vegetables cooked in leaves on a fire.

we had music playing, the sun was shining and I was cleaning the big leaves full of happiness and awe that life has suddenly come up with such a beautiful plan for my day.

from there, we took a lancha to the other side of the lake. we had the prepared food, water and supplies with us and I had an additional papaya for dessert.

the little boats are everywhere around the island available and for 10 quetzal (about 1.30€) they take you to the other side. those lanchas ans the tuk tuks are the main transportation of flores and I enjoy both of them a lot!

on the other side we bought tortillas and then went on a 30 minute walk through the forest to get to a beach. the beach had a lot of benches, trees and fireplaces right next to the water.

I swam, the men prepared the food, we ate and it was simply incredible.
instead of fish I got a wrapped leaf with eggplant, yucca, tomato and onion and a lot of delicious herbs, spices and a powder of pumpkin seeds. the fire had added to the taste and cooked everything to perfection.

from there we took another walk. back to a small town by the lake and then up to a viewpoint called el mirador.

the viewpoint was already closed when we arrived there shortly past 6 pm, but the person in charge offered us to still enter with a little „fee“ and so we climbed up some stairs and then more stairs until we were on top of the trees and could overlook all of the area.

the sun had already set and the lights of the villages around the lake were little stars. guatemalas nature is so beautiful and from my first bus ride here I was absolutely in love.

we took another long walk through dark forests to get back home, took a lancha and arrived back to the island.
kevin was happy and inspired us to dance and sing in the street. we walked back to my hostel and shared the papaya with a lot of other friends on the rooftop.

in the morning I couldn’t have imagined to be surprised and gifted with such a beautiful day once again. it reminds me that there’s always hope and change is just around the next corner. and what a wonderful thing to realize that even though we can’t always see it, life has beautiful plans and gifts waiting for us.