Waking Up to Everyday Life
I went to the very large branch of Banco Nacional not too far from Central Avenue which was packed with literally hundreds of people in long snaking queues. It wasn’t clear which queue was for which service so I asked an employee for guidance about changing cash. He looked around, shrugged his shoulders then suggested going to the bank’s small kiosk on Central Avenue.
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On the way back I stopped to look around Mercado Central and to see what is on offer to eat. I take a seat and a chance at one of the many food counters and order a ‘special sopa’. This turned out to be a bowl of meat broth accompanied by a plate of unidentified stewed meat and vegetables… not quite a Sunday Dinner!
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I walk into the eatery at 6 pm and the restaurant is nearly empty. The waiter asks me if I have a reservation while looking at a virtually blank diary page. He manages to find me a table!
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I headed for the Waterfall Trail which meandered off the main routes to the beaches. At just after 7 am the forest was still waking up and the animal noises were wondrous. As the sun rose, I progressed deeper into the forest and further away from other hikers, a quietude descended. By the time I reached the waterfall, the forest was like a church or temple, I stood in silent awe.
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The bus was 5-minutes late which was handy as I had misread the timetable. It’s an older type bus rather than a coach, and all the windows are open but it’s not uncomfortable. In fact, as we speed along the coast road with the Pacific Ocean in view, I feel a great sense of well being and gratitude. This is very different to the journey I experienced on the opposite journey just a few days ago!!!
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Awake Early due to a bad tummy again but I managed to go back to sleep for a couple of hours
I’m not exempt from sickness, but I did have an online mentoring session arranged some time ago that I didn’t want to cancel.
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The Health app on my cellphone tells me that I have just walked a little under 8 km. I have caught a lot of sun, maybe too much, and I am exhausted! I don’t know if I will move for the rest of the day!
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Around 1 pm I went to El Hornito to get a large chicken sandwich to take away. I took a seat at a table for the ten minutes it would take to make my sandwich, during which short time, I became a major blood donor for mosquitoes… sometimes Loving Kindness is not enough… ahhhhhhh
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By Sunday evening there were lots of people, cars and bikes passing my latest accommodation, all heading to Uvita beach to watch the sunset. I took the opportunity just to relax… nowhere to be and nothing to do… mindfully ‘squandering’ my life.
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At one point, a shoal of fish jumped unexpectedly from the water on one side of the sandbar towards the other beach, at least three of these scaly skinned vertebrates struck me in the bathing suit vicinity; I wonder if this is the origin of the Codpiece 🙂
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