Here`s the view from our balcony.
Here`s Mr. Iguana, who lives on the roof, right across from our balcony.
I always loved the movie Swiss Family Robinson. I thought it would be great to live near the ocean in their cool tree house. I feel like right now I kind of get to live that life. The tree house has already been built (and thankfully we have air conditioning:), and the ocean is in our back yard. BUT, there is one downfall... when you live in the jungle, there are these things called reptiles.
I have never really been a big fan of them, and my appreciation for them has just gone downhill. Living with reptiles is no fun. It`s like they`ve never even heard of respecting people`s privacy. You`ll be taking a shower by yourself one minute, and the next minute there are two geckos in there with you. Monday night, Andria and I were walking back to our room, enjoying the evening when a slithery feller decided to join us...we ran all the way back to the room and pledged to never go out after dark again.
Other than that, we`re having a very relaxing time here...it`s such a nice way to wrap up the trip. Yesterday we went on a 4 hour boat-ish ride. Some of the people went snorkling (I decided to decline when everyone was getting stung by jellyfish), we layed out and soaked up the sun (don`t worry, I used sunscreen), we boated next to dolphins, and 2 of the ship`s crew dove into the ocean to catch a sea turtle and they pulled it up onto the boat so we could all see it and they gave it a nice bath. Thankfully we did that yesterday, because today was basically like a monsoon:) God is so good! Tomorrow we might go out to `the island` to do some more snorkling and souvenier shopping (hopefully without the jellyfish:) Then Saturday we come home!
I love Zihuatenejo...not only because it`s beautiful here and the ocean is just down a flight of stairs, but because I`m finally able to just be. I`m finishing the book Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. I have really enjoyed swinging back and forth in the hammock on our porch, while reading and journaling, or praying. It`s nice to have a little calm before the storm of transitioning home and getting everything ready for my floor before RA training in early August. I love just being able to process everything that I´ve learned and am learning this summer.
Here are also a couple of pictures from the beach at Zihuatenejo. Hopefully I`ll take more and add them when I get home Sunday or Monday.
