Sunday I moved out of the house of the Peruvian family where I was staying. I moved back into the hostal in the San Blas district where I stayed for a few days when I first arrived in Cusco.

Sunday afternoon I walked to a westernized cafe called Jacks to have something to eat. It is a little more expensive than other places (by my standards) but pleasant and clean with good food. The place was packed with a line out the door. I waited for a table and when one opened up the waitress asked if I minded sharing the table with another person. I didn´t mind and that is how I met Lee.

Lee is originally from the UK and now lives half the year in Ibiza and the other half in Bali and Thailand. He is a jewelry designer and has been visiting Cusco for about one month. We got along really well and had a very interesting conversation about change and living, philosophy, healing and other topics. He invited me back to the hostal where he´s been staying…a large compound on a quiet street. The entrance from the street consists of two large wooden doors. When opened there is grass and flowers surrounding a two story building that includes rooms with baths, a kitchen, living room and other facilities.

He ended up showing me and then teaching me the use of poi balls. Poi balls were originally used by the Maori in New Zealand. You hold one in each hand circling and spinning them around your body, making movements like a dance. Very meditative and fun. We spent about one hour and a half doing this. Lee has a set that can be lit so that the ´dance´ is done with fire! If you´re interested check it out on YouTube. Just type in poi balls or fire poi. Know that it will be no time soon when I will be using the fire balls!

The next day after school I met Jo for lunch. We walked up to Lee´s complex and Jo ended up renting a room for a month there. Afterwards I called Pablo, a man who is a yogi-healer-mystic who Lee had recommended. I made an appointment for a healing the next night. Later that night I met Lee and we went salsa dancing at a club near the Plaza de Armas. It was fun. Lee had been taking salsa lessons so he knew what to do. I didn´t so I just participated in a group dance.

Lee and I said goodbye and exchanged emails. He was leaving the next day to go back to Ibiza.

Tuesday I met Sylvie, a student at the Spanish school, in the afternoon and we walked to the bus station and bought tickets to Puno for Saturday morning. We´re planning a trip the end of this week to Puno and Lake Titicaca and then on to Ariquepa and the Colca Canyon.

Later that night I had dinner with another new friend, Mary. We bumped into each on the street and decided to have dinner together. Then at 7:30 pm I met Pablo and we took a taxi to his home nearby. He is married and they have a 5 month old baby girl. I had a powerful healing session combining rieki, Inca healings, chanting and far east sound vibrations. Pablo was very insightful and I am glad I decided to go for it. It´s not something that I do lightly. I am cautious but I trusted my intuition and it worked out.

Synchronicity at play in my life these days. Much more to come. I am through with school so I have more free time now. Tomorrow morning I am meeting Pablo at 9 am and he is going to teach me how to breath and meditate. That should be incredible…high up on a Cusco hill near Sachsawanam, close to the sky with feet planted in the ground of this wonderfully spiritual place.