I'm so happy to be finally in front of a computer. I'm staying at this spiritual retreat in the suburban area of San Diego, so there is absolutely no computer access. The rooms are nice except they have pretty much everything you need and nuthin' more. Then I have no car, and getting everywhere requires a car, so I have to get rides from my classmates everyday. I plan to rent a car after the workshop to go see friend Karen in Coronado Island. Good luck with that given my absolutely poor map reading and direction skills. keke.

Quickly let me gloss over what I've done in the past two weeks. Arrived in LA and stayed with friend Michelle for 4 days - shopped, ate, watched some Sex and the City and saw the play Les Miserables (which we both absolutely abhorred..). I took the amtrak to San Diego last Saturday and the train was delayed for 2 hours because there was a power shortage in Anaheim and loads of sweaty men that just came out of the baseball stadium packed in MY cargo with no airconditioning for a long long time. So when I arrived I was 3 hours late (cuz I also missed the train I was supposed to be on) and thank god the lady who was supposed to pick me up from the train station waited for me!! and took me to Questhaven Lodge (the retreat I'm staying at), which would've been impossible if I haven't had a car. I really dun think there are any taxis here. On a separate note, San Diego is absolutely beautiful, I was surprised to find that it's miles different from LA - rolling hills with masses of green lands that're becoming filled up by low rises, but still, very nice!

So I've done 6 days in my 10 day Soul Memory Discovery course with Ellen. Today is a break, which is much needed. Learning too much to share them all here so will share more when I come home. All in all I'm really enjoying it. On my third day in LA, I received a message from my guides that I need to go to Peru first. So I got my plane ticket to Peru leaving on July 5th and as of now, I'm not sure about Mexico. Am already feeling a bit tired, guess the course is just too intense, so hopefully after my lil' break in Coronado Island I will be recharged to travel more.

More and more later..

(Photograph: Casa de Angeles, Questhaven Retreat, San Diego)