Tag: Cacao ceremony

Today I woke up at tiki bar and packed my things to go to Tipal Chocolate paradise, a very well-known hostel on the island. My plan was to do yoga there and maybe stay the night before going to San Juan del sur.

They said they were fully booked which surprised me. So I grabbed breakfast and hung out with the group that I got pizza with the night before. We talked for a bit and met a nice group of French people

They then told me they had space at the hostel. Apparently people canceled so I booked it, moved my bags in, and then went to Ojo del Agua with the group. We stopped at a comedor which had a great view of the lake and fed a puppy a shit load of fish. Until his belly was bulging. I’ve never seen a puppy eat so voraciously in my life. We also fed the monkeys some cookies on the way.

Ojo del agua was just okay. Just a pretty cool natural pool that has a rope swing. A nice place to drink a few beers in the heat of the day.

Then we went back to the hostel where I convinced Maria to do the cacao ceremony with me. I still don’t really know how I feel about it. It went pretty much how I thought it would. We meditated a little, listened to the main lady talk a bit and then drank the cacao which was just really strong hot chocolate. So strong that it tasted a bit spicy.

Then they played some loud music and everyone danced around the space. I felt pretty weird about it. It’s supposedly no judgment but everyone is just watching each other. I tried to just enjoy it and get something out of it, but I really didn’t. I definitely felt nothing from the Cacao. Do these hippies have some internal sense that I just don’t have or are they all full of it?

The yoga earlier in the day meanwhile was quite amazing. I felt so awesome and relaxed afterwards.

Then we hung out with the French some more, drank some flor del caña until we were tipsy and we all went to sleep.