FULL MOON!

the last two weeks were a bit wayward, beginning with the NEW MOON.
just a lot of emotions and high energy.

the internship is taking a week long break this week, so i´m up in Iguazu Falls to explore and find what magic lies here...perfect timing considering today is the FULL MOON. we´re doing a moonlit tour tonight.

everyday is so beautiful and wonderous. the past week had many tropical storms brewing in and around the jungle, with subsequently left some trees fallen around. on friday, we took a trek up through this river that goes along the mama roja property...it finishes with a waterfall. but because of the storms, it knocked down all these trees and vines and spiky things. we went up there and macheted it all away...it was completely exhilerating.

i´m getting along better with the chickens. before i would try my hardest to avoid any and all physical interactions...but now i´m hunting them to get them into their coop at night and lift their bottoms to see if they´ve left any eggy treasures for us. there was some talk about killing one of the roosters because they just got too much testosterone between them (will for sure update if rooster meat is tasty).

other than that, i really really wish i could post pictures...i´ll give it another attempt tonight or tomorrow after the falls. it is quite perfect here. and coming to Igauzu just made my heart melt...people are really nice. the weather is humid and sticky. i think i´ve devloped some sort of tan? i have some sort of color, at least.

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

arrived at Mama Roja two weeks ago.
thus far:

surrounded by butterflies, bathing in the river, learning copious amounts of priceless knowledge on a daily basis, cooking endless amounts of really delicious healthy food, planting seeds, making gardens from scratch, finding the largest spiders ever constantly, having one of our interns from Argentina decide he is the ¨CHOSEN ONE¨, saying adios to said godhead, realizing how living without electricity is totally easy and enjoyable, being surrounded by the most down to earth people, having the best conversations, LOVING LIFE! FULLY! I AM SO BLESSED!

everyday i wake up and feel so happy, so overwhelmed. THANK YOU!

Hare Krishna

I awake at 5 am to the sounds of horns, frogs, chickens.
Then, we garden or paint the mudhouse with cow shit for 4.5 hours.
We eat, we meditate, we chant, we do yoga...covered in mosquito bites.

I wish I had more internet time, sort of. I´m getting used to it all. LIFE IS WONDEROUS.

Oh, the other day we took a stroll to the top of the hill. Watching the golden sun fall below the trees, amongst wild running horses. Then, our man Mario came running up to us and took picture after picture. He had on a little green cap with a burrow of a beard, salt and pepper.

In a week, I´m heading north to Missiones for my farm internship. No electricity, no running water. My airline lost my baggage which included my tent and sleepingbag. Two months in the jungle.

Ciao, for now.

This life is amazing and I could not ask for more. Thank you.

buenos aires!

hello internet world!

arrived in buenos aires about six days ago and MY OH MY, it has been something else outerwordly. UNIVERSAL ES LOCO! (ah, my perfect spanish!)

as i live and breath and yawn and type this, i am patiently awaiting for some fotos to be uploaded on my newly befriended german ladyfriend, Julia, computer...thus, i have no evidence to support my journey. BUT! i am healthy, happy, running on very little sleep, full of the best steak on this earth, and trying to get some sun on my pearly white skin.

the first day consisted of, upon arrival, realizin that the airport lost my luggage that included a sleepingbag and tent for my later stay at the organic farm....boo hoo...hopefully i will get it before then, or hopefully i will get some flight miles so i can travel some more! either way, no biggie. it could be worse, eh? jessica and i miraculously found our way to the hostel without a hitch. we also found that our spanish was pure merde (HORSE SHIT), so we promptly booked a spanish lesson for our second day...argentine spanish is quite different from other countries. it has a distinct italian influence, which i knew pre-arrival, but it becomes all the more apparent once on soil.

we met up with a group the first night for drinks, Julia being part of that group. this girl is a godsend...really funny and really really friendly. actually, most people are really friendly.

i really wish i could post fotos, but it may not happen while i am here. especially because we are going to the ashram on tuesday...but i will try my darndest!

it is after 1am...these Buenos Aires hours are taxing, to say the least. so, i am going to sleep because we have a big sightseeing day tomorrow. buenos noches!

love!

PORTLAND

I made this lil beauty! it's an all vegan burger. yum!

On NYE, we came across this gem of a man whilst our way to the party we were attending. Those pants are insanely perfect! and he did a whole photoshoot with me!

Portland is a magical wonderland filled of friends, herbal remedies abound, really really healthy delicious food everywhere, the best beer around (eh, not the Old German pictured above), good and super cheap shows, and and and!!! All in all, its home. I LOVE THIS CITY!

Las Vegas!

Last days in Tokyo

These aren't the best, but I did have the most fantastic last two weeks in Tokyo before I left. I cannot even begin to explain my head space with leaving Japan and coming back to the states a year and a half later...but I'm going with it. and everything is just fitting appropriately into its place. Things I miss the most from Japan: convenience stores, trains, rainbow colored cuteness everywhere, "life is weird" echoed in my mind daily, underground surprises that were afforded to me by the kindness of some very gracious hosts.

Onward and Forward

In 6 days I will be embarking on my next worldly international adventure to ARGENTINA!

I have a very tiny tiny amount of anxiety, but I think I'm just confusin' it with the intense feeling of AMAZINGNESS that is soon to be enveloping me whilst between the bustlin' streets of Buenos Aires, tango dancers, supremacy with yoga/meditation, growing some veggies, milking some cows, chants of hare krishna, blindness from sunshine, trekking it across the country alone, eating copious amounts of the best steak on earth, earthen building from the likes of my own hands, the most magnificent waterfalls in this universe, ETC ETC ETC!

I AM THE LUCKIEST GIRL!

Jessica, my best friend and partner in all things, and I will depart Portland on February 2nd at 6:55 am (ouch!)

Life is radical, Portland was SUNNY today (and actually has been for the past few days), I am surrounded by beams and beams of LOVE from family and friends.

to be continued...