Mexican Habits

Rhythms and habits are hard to break, but not impossible.

What's more challenging is to remember this wild life we created while we were away and not want it back.

Mexico.

My finger nails were always dirty there.

Sometimes I didn't brush my teeth for the full two minutes.I never drank out of the tap or watched TV.I woke up every morning before seven and sat in my bed trying to decide if I wanted surfing to be work or play.I drank tequila in the afternoon.

I didn't turn on my phone for four days and if hadn't been for my mother and Phil's international T-Mobile plan, we wouldn't have even known there was concern about a tsunami.

I left beans in their open can in the fridge. Normally, I always use glass or tupperware.

I didn't go outside much after dark for fear of mosquitos.I learned something new about Basia every day.

When I went in to the bathroom, I reached for the light switch next to the door, but it was behind it.

"Mexican construction," our host had explained.

When I came home, I knew I was going to reach for the light switch behind the door, instead of beside it.Habits change.And that is vacation to me.

{+Our accommodations were provided by The Osprey San Pedrito

+I highly recommend eating at Hierbabuena, the organic restaurant pictured above which is down the street from The Osprey. The ingredients for the food, including homemade soups, fresh squeezed orange juice margaritas and wood fired pizzas, are all harvested from the garden that surrounds you as you eat.

+Some photos by Philip Nowak