Star Light, Star Bright

It's been a beautiful weekend.  Friday night, Sol and Roger invited me, Jade, and Alex (the three tenants) to come with their family to a 'meet and greet' at a hotel in La Punta.  I wasn't clear on what 'meet and greet' means, but apparently it means that all the guests stand in a circle, and each person introduces themselves and tells where their from and why they are here.  It was a little strange, but actually quite a good party trick because after everyone went up to everyone else, with like a ton to talk about.  I met a couple yoga instructors, and a local minister at the Surfers for Christ church (kay), and Catfish Keith, who is apparently some sort of pseudo-famous blues player, and before I knew it my 'chill' weekend turned into a full social calender.

However, Jade, Alex, and I decided to ditch all the plans, and head to Chacahua Lagoons National Park.  It was like planes, trains, and automobiles trying to get there (ok, well more like bus, taxi, boat) but totally worth it.  Chacahua is known for it's gorgeous lagoon, home to tons of birds and wildlife, which you have to boat through in order to get to the beach, which is known for surfing and not much else.  Like, it is really known for 'not much else' - it's a place you go to get down to basics and get away from it all by staying in a bungalow on the deserted beach.

Lagoon boat ride to get to beach, going through Mangrove canal.

View through our bungalow window where we stayed.

The absolute kicker for me was walking home from dinner to the bungalow and looking up at the night sky.  It was breath-taking, there were so many twinkling stars.  I literally laid down on the beach and just gazed up for a while, listening to the ocean in the background.  I remembered when I was like 4 or so, my mom gave me a purple satin star to hang over my bed (I'm pretty sure it had pink and turquoise little stars hanging from it, my other two favorite colors) to wish upon.  As I laid there on the beach, I felt the magic of that purple star exploded times infinity, that little girl and me reunited in our unfolding life and all things possible.