Friday, July 31
We've been staying at the Mision de los Arcos in Huatulco for the past few days while we wait to start the house renting. The hotel is lovely and clean and cool (as in A/C). I seem to be picking up wireless from some nearby cafe. i hope they don't mind.Today we started our Spanish lessons and now, after a day at a very crowded beach, we are doing our homework (writing from 1-100 in Spanish). It is quite warm and humid here in Huatulco. The heat is extreme in that it totally wears us out after a few hours. By 3:30 or 4 we're back in our cool hotel room taking a much needed siesta or reading the last Harry Potter book.
It is interesting how our eating and sleeping schedules have sort of changed and adapted already to this climate. The kids seem unable to go to sleep before 10:30 or 11. Last night I was up at midnight, sitting out on our little balcony, enjoying, finally, some quiet time. I have a perfect view of the plaza in the center of La Crececita. There were people out ALL over the place; grownups, toddlers, pre-teens, grandparents, babies. Kids wandered by every once in a while eating ice cream cones...at midnight! Some live band was playing at a bar nearby. Oh god, was it bad. The guy was singing that song...Have You Ever Seen The Rain. I think that's what it was called. Anyway, everytime he sang, "I wanna knowwwowwoowww..." he sounded exactly like a cat being tortured...or in heat. Are they the same thing? Rawwwwowwwowwwowww.
It is interesting how our eating and sleeping schedules have sort of changed and adapted already to this climate. The kids seem unable to go to sleep before 10:30 or 11. Last night I was up at midnight, sitting out on our little balcony, enjoying, finally, some quiet time. I have a perfect view of the plaza in the center of La Crececita. There were people out ALL over the place; grownups, toddlers, pre-teens, grandparents, babies. Kids wandered by every once in a while eating ice cream cones...at midnight! Some live band was playing at a bar nearby. Oh god, was it bad. The guy was singing that song...Have You Ever Seen The Rain. I think that's what it was called. Anyway, everytime he sang, "I wanna knowwwowwoowww..." he sounded exactly like a cat being tortured...or in heat. Are they the same thing? Rawwwwowwwowwwowww.
At 12:25am, while my family was sound asleep, and the heat outside was not quite oppressive, a huge crack sounded in the sky. Large and loud. Within a minute, lightening and thunder was drowning out everything. Rain was coming down at a severe angle in torrents. It was fascinating. I was so amazed watching the sky and listening to the echoing kabooms, that I didn't even notice the entire plaza had cleared of all the people. People in the hotel across the street were opening their windows and peaking out. They too seemed amazed.
This morning was bright and clear, and after our first Spanish lessons, we headed off to Playa Entrega, where, after some confusion about beach protocol in Mexico, Mark went off to buy me an umbrella.
