New Opportunities

I felt the need to walk on Wednesday, so decided to hoof it to my evening yoga class which is more than 20 blocks away, a walk of about 30 minutes. As it’s closer to the beach, I usually walk in a zigzag fashion 2 or 3 streets across and then one down, so that every time I end up wandering down new streets and finding new things.

On the way I passed a large sports field and I could hear the latin music as I approached, and remembered that a friend had told me there were salsa classes there in the evenings. There were at least 60 people, who all appeared to be enjoying themselves immensely. The classes, I read on the gate, run Mon-Fri from 7-8pm, and the cost is only 100 pesos for the week. That’s definitely something for me and at $8 it won’t break the budget, but it will be good to meet new people.

After my yoga class I picked up from the noticeboard a new map with lots of ads for things to see and do in Playa, and found an ad for yoga on the beach on Saturday mornings. When I checked out the website, it’s a full gym with lots of classes including yoga, pilates, aquarobics (yes they have a pool) and latin moves. The cost is 750 pesos a month which is only about $60, and they seem to have lots of specials like pay for 2 months get the 3^rd free, or join for 6 months and get 6 months free. I’m heading down there tomorrow to get some more info and maybe try out some classes.

Another friend, Lou, who has been guest teaching at my yoga school, just phoned and invited me this evening to a bar where a friend of hers is playing. She said it’s good rock and roll type music, so it sounds like fun.

My first month of yoga finishes on Tuesday and I‘m due to pay for the next, so I’m thinking I might take a short break and try out some new activities.

The evening at Zenzi Bar on the beach was very nice, great music and a good atmosphere. There were mostly gringos there, but near us was a table of older Mexican women, celebrating the 81^st birthday of one woman, and when they got up to dance they really enjoyed themselves. It was great to be able to sit at tables on the beach with your feet in the sand, dance barefoot, and have the sea breeze cool you. It reminded me of why I’m here, and to forget the problems and just enjoy the moment.