To leave it all behind... for now

I have now spent the last week with my family outside of Cancun in a fishing village called Puerto Morelos. "Fishing Village" is somewhat of a misnomer, as I am overlooking a beautiful pool and 50 yards beyond the pool is a pristine ocean with three shades of green water and white sands. Rather luxurious for a fishing village. But a fishing village I read it was so a fishing village it shall be labeled. A bit different than my jungle accommodations, in Puerto Morelos we stayed in a beautiful condo and Chistoph - my personal doctor from Ak'Tenamit - even met us here for the past couple days.

Highlights? I could say Tulum - the beachside ruins. The weather hasn't really gone above 82 degrees and there is a constant breeze off the ocean. Parasailing too, would be an understandable answer as yesterday Christoph and I soared well over 100 feet up in the air in Playa del Carmen for 20 minutes. With its aqua-colored water, I can understand why so many flock there, but part of the reason I have loved Morelos is that it hasn't been taken over by foreign tourism. Many of the tourists are Mexican. While some of the waiters and shop owners speak a some English, it isn't something thrown in your face or even something that physically pursues you as it does in Playa. I digress. Even with great seafood and now penny-pinching as I may have done throughout a year in Guatemala, by far and a way, the highlight of this trip has been seeing my sister and my parents after another five months. I am truly privileged to have such a supportive, empathic, uplifting and comical family. So in part, I must give thanks that my mom is turning ** years old :) and my family decided that this trip made sense.

Anyway, I hope folks have gotten something out of these past few months of blogging. I know I have gotten an immeasurable amount including even more documented memories and the wonderful support friends, family and relative strangers have left as posts along the way. Not knowing exactly how my next three months will be at home, I won't say how they will be on the blog. But check back come the end of November to see what we can do at the new Ak'Tenamit school.

Love to you all. To a better world.

Jesse