San Agustin

A very bumpy ride to get here, and an equally beautiful one. Stunning, actually.

On the ride here i took a little bus, full of Espanol-only speaking persons. Unfortunatly, even though i asked, they went past my stop. Consequently they had to drop me off at the next cross road (10 ish minutes away) where i hitch hiked back to San Agustin. I got there when it was dark and headed for the hills on the outskirt of town, where a great sounding hotel called "Casa Del Sol" was situated. As with many of my hotels, i discovered it from the famous Lonely Planet.

When i arrived at ´Casa Del Sol´ I was struck by how isolated and exotic it seemed. A few young girls greeted me at the gate, with curious gazes and genuine smiles. They took me to the kitchen/dining space where i was warmly greeted by the owner, who again only speaks Espanol but was very welcoming and kindly. They made me a gorgeous and simple meal of salad, rice, egg and fried plantain, with home made oat milk to accompany. After eating they showed me my sleeping options and i choose a bamboo cabin overlooking the canyon. Stunning views, personal balcony, private space for yoga and sun bathing, perfection. The room im in has two double beds and atthe moment its just me there so i have plenty of space to sprawl.

My first day here I spent walking around and getting to know the place. I discovered the indoor market and got a back-pack full of fruit and interesting breads. I was also given, by a beautiful old woman, a token amount of ground coffee to smell and energize myself as i wish. I do love the smell of Coffee...and im in Colombia!!

Today I got up at 9:00am for a 4 hour horse ride, just me and the guide. We trotted into the surrounding lushousness and made regular stops to visit the indigenous stone statues that are mysteriously placed around these lands. On the first stop I found myself at a little centre where a sweet girl asked me if I wanted my Mayan symbol to be worked out (for a donation only). Ofcourse I said yes and gave her my birth date to work with. The results were impressive. I´m a "Blue Planetory Night". We talked about the meaning for a long while.It resonated deeply; telling me things I was already thinking or feeling, fundamental issues I have to work on in this life and things that are already true of my ´path´ and dreams. As many things seem to, it pointed towards my skills as a dreamer and healer, and towards intuive and empathic abilities, aswell as the potential to be able to make accurate premonitions (Cassandra coming to life in me?) Some other very interesting things came up, but I shant write it all here! I thought I was just going on a horse ride, but to stumble upon this encounter felt like a great synchronisity. I don´t belive blindly. I feel that if something resonates and is in line with what i´m already feeling, and it seems helpful, then it is a wonderful reflection, an extension of mySelf guiding me to what I already know. A bit of magick showing itself.

After the horse ride and general adventure, I visited the park. Here I paid the normal admission fee and wondered around for hours under the sun and under the shade of tall and tropical trees. It was all very beautiful, with butterflies and flowers everywhere. I saw some plants that were totally unrecognisable (took photoes and plan to research) and some incredible trees making beautiful formations with their bodies. I wonder what these trees have seen over the years...


oh, and i´ve seen my first hummingbird! Was so excited about that. Still am :)
xx