This week is poi workshop week - photos to come!

What a change of pace from the jungle and mi casa tranquilo to fire-spinning world! And a big party overlooking the whole area and miles of ocean from the swimming pool on the cliff with a woman on the silks (trapeze like aparatus) in the living room and video projections on the ceiling!

I have been walking to the workshop often and even walked home last night. It is about a 35 minute walk along a dirt jungle road next to the sea... Quite beautiful albeit a little dusty.

In the mornings we do a couple hours of poi class over-looking the ocean and then we climb down the hill a bit and jump into a pool under waterfalls. We then break till the afternoon, have another couple hours of class in different beautiful locations and then break again till our evening activity.

I'm starting to settle in to the whole thing and the last couple nights have been more mellow.

Tonight we are supposed to have a bonfire on the beach - And I am supposed to be working, except that I'm blogging and the rain is pouring out of the sky...

Tomorrow we will go to the Isla Tortuga by boat.

I am feeling more settled here in general and although I am really enjoying learning new poi moves, I am looking forward to going back to my much more subdued retreat.