in zipolite for the full moon party

but there was no moon! more of a full-clouds-that-glow-nicely-over-the-ocean party. a lot of free marijuana. i had posh that i kept offering to people and telling them about how it{s an alcohol that i bought from a religious leader of a mayan village and it{s made of sugar cane and helps to open your heart and mind to the people and the gods around you. and as they start drinking i make sure to let them know it{s muy fuerte, entonces, cuidado and their eyes register a bit of surprise and some happy, fuzzy feelings as well. when i offered it to locals they all reacted happily, some adamantly refusing and some enthusiastically gulping down shots at a time.

i find it to be much more pleasant as a sipping beverage, myself.

but there was a bonfire but it was too hot.

i danced with a quebecua named Chris with brown eyes and dreds tied up in a neat knot and we were trying to bring out the moon but it did not show.
his girlfriend is maya from suisse, and they are best friends with alex from quebec who speaks beautiful and poor english and even less spanish and whose sonrisas are light in his eyes. he acts a lot of stories out as he{s telling them and he{s quite good at it and just a wonderful presence along with his girlfriend joelle, also suisse and tall and warm and graceful and just as lovely.

when i was back in san cristobal we were sitting at a wine bar listening to music and enjoying watching the street when a few mayan kids came by to sell things or beg for pesos and i started making paper cranes and paper balloons and an older lady with a girl maybe my age came up and before they could ask me to buy something i asked if they would like to purchase a paper crane for ten pesos and produced it on the palm of my hand and the older woman laughed and grabbed it and let it fly and the young woman grabbed it off the ground and laughed as well. the woman walked away with a smile and the younger one, who said her name was natalie stayed and talked to us and complemented our spanish and gave us gifts of bracelets and ted bought a belt from her and other, younger kids came up and enjoyed the gifts and left us be after that.

wonderful wonderful wonderful!

i am going to be in denver on saturday, where it{s cold and everyone speaks english and i can{t wait to see the people who are there who love me.

something that i really love about this country is that people acknowledge each other every time they encounter one another. a kiss on the cheek, warm clasping hands, an embrace, “hello, I{m alive! Are you? Let us feel each other and see!”

That and the fact that they treat the children here like little gods.