Arrival in Tulum...Thea and Luna!

I am currently sitting in an Internet Cafe next to Thea with Luna in my lap. Luna is a new member of the family, hopefully you will all get to meet her soon... Yes, Thea adopted a Mexican street dog! She is a pup, about 7 weeks old. She´s all white and very very small. We think she won´t get too much bigger, which won´t make her the best river dog! Ha! Really though, I am convincing Thea that she should let me take her home with me because I am totally in love.

I got in last night after a full day of travel from Zihuatanajo including taxis, airplanes, buses and colectivos. It has been wonderful to catch up with Thea and see her new home away from home.

Let me back track a little...


I decided to stay in Rio Nexpa for about 3 weeks total, for which I am so thankful. It was an amazing place to be for so many reasons. By the end it was just Allan and I with a few new friends. Gabe and Heather left, as did the family from Morelia. We met new travellers, and continued our life of surfing, eating, hamicking (yes, it is a sport), sleeping, yoga, etc. Some of the new characters we met:

Oliver- a French surf instructor with a lot of energy. He liked to call me a ´lazy girl´when I was in my hamick.

Jason- from Montreal. He showed with a longboard and an amazing attitude. Instead of learning Spanish phrases, he would speak to Mexicans in French, and smile.

Cumpa- from Rio Nexpa. I don´t think I talked about him before... he worked at the grocery store which was also a surf shop and internet place. Every day he joked with me about the coconut popsicles I would buy. He called them my cocaine popsicles, since I was obviously so addicted! He wore a white hankerchief over his shoulders every day. His facial expression usually looked like he had just eaten something sour... very cute.

There were many more, including some of the local surfers, who were each amazing people to watch and chat with. Some cockier than others, but I quickly realized that doesn´t really matter when you are a female surfer!

Leaving Nexpa felt like a chapter ending in a book, maybe even the whole book ending. I left with gratitude for the time and memories, and knowledge that this new chapter would be very different.


I took a few buses south to get to Zihuatanejo. Jason, the Canadian, came with me and showed me the restuarants and hostel he knew from before. We ate fish tacos, drank margaritas, and watched the fisherman paddle out into the bay. It was a cute town, very touristy.

My travels yesterday were long and exciting in many ways. I was transferring buses in Cancun and ran into my friend Lalo. I knew that he would be in the area, but it was very random. We ate tacos at the local stand, and he went on his way. I met lots of people on the way including a cranky business woman from Chicago, a man who works for the federal gov´t in climate change studies, a bus driver who proposed to me, and a baggage checker who asked me to marry his son. Ha! I love this country!

Now I will see what the Carribean has to offer while spending time with Thea and Luna.