News life vs. beach life
So what the hell do I do all day while living unemployed in Tulum?
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commentary
These posts feature our take on people, places, and things on our travels around the world. We know we cannot control things outside of ourselves, but we sometimes comment on them.
Juiced up on patience
When there is a power outage in the states, it’s breaking news. People freak out. They sweat. They can’t run the dishwasher or do laundry. News crews roll out in the live truck, powered by a generator, to broadcast to homes with no juice. Here in Tulum, outages are accepted as a part of life,
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Homes
My parents taught me early on: never, ever knock someone’s home. Dad stressed that as he dropped me and my sister off at a home where we could be looked after while he and mom worked. We started going there when I was about eight years old, my sister about five. The house was lived
Celebrating God in Tulum
On a bike ride around Tulum last Sunday evening, I stopped at churches to listen to people celebrate faith in God. One church had a lot of singing and dancing and happy, loud celebrating. I could hear the song down then street because the speakers sent the music through the quiet night air. Another church
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The woman sitting on my curb, looking for work
A woman offered to clean my apartment for a reasonable price. She was sitting on the curb in front of my apartment building in Tulum, where the trash can is kept chained up. I didn’t know what she was trying to say. She kept saying “limpieza” and I hadn’t learned yet that’s the Spanish word
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