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| Pangas and Palapas on the playa in La Paz. |
I’m sitting in a café in La Paz, Mexico and trying to
connect to the internet and it's not
happening. This is definitely something
that we take for granted in the States…secure, fast, reliable internet
connections. But what can you do? You can’t make a place outside of the US get
better internet servers. So you have to
deal with it the best you can. And the
best that I can is by trying to let go of my expectations that are based on my
experiences in the United States; easier said than done when I’ve been trained
to expect secure, fast, reliable internet connections. But this gives me time to sit back and take
in the scenery; absorb the culture and relax.
Sure, it would be great to have an internet connection, but that isn’t
always going to be the case. I have to
accept that and move on.
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| The malécon in La Paz. |
So here I sit, at a beachside café, typing away this blog
entry, watching people stroll along the malécon (beachside boardwalk),
watching the waves lap the shore on a sunny, Sunday afternoon in La Paz,
Mexico. It’s the Sunday before Christmas
and I’m trying to wrap my head around where the time has gone. Just over three months ago Richard and I left Seattle on
this journey and because of the warm climates we’ve been in, it’s hard to
remember that Christmas is just a few days away. I have to remember to go to the playa before I head back to the boat and
get some beach sand to secure my little “Christmas tree” that I’m going to
decorate tonight. By “Christmas tree” I
actually mean a little twig I picked up while hiking at Bahia Los
Frailes. I’ll put it in a cup, pour in
the sand to secure it, string my battery-operated lights on its branches, hang
the few ornaments I brought along with some that I will make and hope that the
spirit of Charlie Brown’s little Christmas tree can radiate from my attempts
and get me in the mood for the holidays,
It’ll be different, that’s for sure.
Then again, every day is what you make of it, right?
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