http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/sufiyo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from sufiyo en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:52:28 +0000 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:52:28 +0000 Well what do we know...Here I am again.. on my way 'home' ...like a lifetime ago... yet so familiar ...In true Sufiyo tradition this report comes somewhat late though I've been thinking of you in my heart regularly Life in the tropical rainforest has been very good to me. Together with Luke I have lived what feels like 3 years of heart and soul in the past 10 months can you believe i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-214653.html So there's been a fair amount of turbulence up here internally mostly... more of that old updownaround aroundinsideout stuff working its way through to a higher level of harmony and creating beautiful new possibilities I have so much to share with you... but itrsquoll have to wait for nowhellip But the short of it is... We may have very well found Paradise here in Far North Queensla http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-153775.html Is this a new reality dawning upon my fractured spirit or just PMT I suppose every woman has asked herself this at some stage. But who ever knows the answer I guess in a couple days time Irsquoll have clearer insighthellip either that or my entire universe of this past day or so will have warped itself into a black hole where Irsquoll be wondering how I ever doubted my sanity and have http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152054.html Ahh My Rise Shine to Peace Power routine Irsquom into action today Outa bed 6.30 guzzle some freshly filtered negatively ionised pure alkaline crystal clear Mossman Gorge water take a beach walk and collect a few shellshellip and then some frangipani blossoms to decorate our room with finish my 1 litre before breakfast commitment make a rainbow veggie juice and all by 8am http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152053.html Saturday mornings are for the Mossman Markets a 15km10 minute speedy drive to the next town for the exceptionally satisfying purchase of superbly grown serviced and priced mangoes and avocados. Then therersquos the little Asian lady who picks her cacao pods just for us now hehe just 2 each And with each one casing 3040 really RAW chocolate beans who are we to refuse Though sucking http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152052.html Luke leaves for his Big Adventure Another totally exhausting day in Cairns. What have I become that I can no longer handledeal with the lsquocityrsquo anymore Cairns is not even as populated as Adelaide by half In fact the streets all appear quite empty evenhellip But the lights and heavy energy of shopping centres have always sent me into vague and heavy states I wonder if there h http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152050.html So satisfyingly enjoying the Port Douglas Market experience each Sundayhellip. earlyish arrival for snapping up of the best fruit vegies a quick cruise around the stalls and on this weekend we finally meet Adrian Judith and their gathering of children again what a beautiful joy they all are For fifteen years they have been doing an awesome coconut stall young nuts to drink then sp http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152048.html Had a traditional tarot reading todayhellip and wowhellip thankfully I overcome my initial hesitancy over the as it was so what I needed. My attitude card fell from the deck almost immediately when I began to shuffle lsquoQueen of Cupsrsquo Who I Am. lsquoQueen of Pentaclesrsquo My Attitude note for self Irsquove always known and felt that my environment is my inspiration http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152047.html Hollow and helplessness after yet another day of emotional violence. Simultaneous steel traps of stubbornness withhold love and acceptance from each other. When will enough be enough Lately I feel my best when I am alone. So why can I not acknowledge to myself that I need space and time to myself and that perhaps it is best for both us for me to take that time I have neglected my SELF. This http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152045.html Dreamed I had green tics in my skin last night possibly due to my presleep waking thoughts of parasites crawling around my body yechhMy dream job ice cream girl Surprisingly Irsquom really enjoying it A little disappointed with the lack of supervisory inspiration and motivation though this could be such a fun and lsquowickedrsquo environment to work in but the girls Irsquove sha http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152044.html 9.25amTsunami alert from Cairns to Cooktown.. that includes Port Douglas. An earthquake measuring 8.1 on the rector scale sends shock waves al the way from the Solomon Islands to Far north Queensland. I didnrsquot buy into the impending fear at allhellipat first. In true spirit of the commercial media the sensationalism grew by the minutehellip and still I was cruising around not even bel http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152041.html Who would have thought Itrsquos incredible All this fruit feasting I am so addicted to rollinia and I am definitely losing inches. I suspect itrsquos the coconut flesh Irsquove been enjoyinghellip as I remember the effect of the cold pressed of course oil on Luke during one of his own fetish eras. After a couple weeks of coconut oil with everything hersquod lost a couple kilos http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152040.html What rightsStuck. Between potential hard slog for 17perhr nowhere. Lost sitting in the carhellip Reminding me of when I ran away from home as a teen when in upsethellip Couldnrsquot go home suck in upset. Couldnrsquot go elsewhere what elsewhere Sitting in the van outside a schoolhellip begging for fresh air and a firm bed for a good nightrsquos rest. But no choice but http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Port-Douglas/blog-152039.html What began as an overnight stay to take care of some brief business turned out to be a full dayrsquos hostagesiege situation at the local MPrsquos Office. Complete with 2 ambulances on standby several police patrol cars to serve protect us with all their power of course the full SWAT Serious Wanking Armed Terrorists team and news reporters in tow. Word out was that a disgruntled http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/blog-152038.html For the sake of FREE food have we stooped too low Bordering on rotten nonorganic but FREE We have become the raw food equivalent of dumpsterdivers Surreptitiously hanging around till the wayover Rustyrsquos markets vendors deal with their leftovers. You would be sickened to see the extreme waste of produce that is disposed of after the weekrsquos market period. ThursSun. We sti http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/blog-152037.html Walking through a spiritual book store in town today I found myself quite excitedly overwhelmed with the urge to be creative Irsquom feeling exceptionally inspired by images and books and peoplehellip and totally loving my enlivened senses and desire to express my truest creative soul sing ldquoOh what a wonderful feeeeelingrdquo Itrsquos almost as if I canrsquot wait to get http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/blog-152036.html Absolutely hilarious Wersquove gone from desperately desperately seeking durian and having been told there were none available in these parts catastrophically disappointed our main reason for venturing into these particular parts was following a lead on fresh local durian once yoursquove tasted the divine yoursquoll understand to buying the apparent last deluxe baby from a local f http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Daintree/blog-152034.html March 14thDay 7Cairns to MossmanLuke is my hero. He climbed a coconut tree for lots of treasure awesome stuff. I admit I am getting greedy with these coconuts now Itrsquos cos theyrsquore just so damn good And theyrsquore healing and all Makes me juice dietfast a whole lot more pleasurable with those to look forward to 61514 Shame is that Luke has to be the one to do all that har http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Mossman/blog-143053.html 7.30pmI am introduced to lsquoThe Motherrsquo Ayahuasca.8.30pmI am introduced to her close ally Psychotria by a thimblersquos concoction. I immediately knew that after 11 days of next to nothing going down my oesophagus this certainly wasnrsquot going to go down well let alone stay down. This has got to be THE most ltindescribablygt abhorrent tasting concoction I can ever imagi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Atherton-Tablelands/blog-152031.html Day 10Irsquove never felt such furious crimson hateful spiteful deepseated selfrighteous unsexy uninspired unfounded anger as I have this past week. If yoursquove even the slightest predisposition or tendency to anger in your bones or even any emotional imbalance for that matter I share with you my strongest recommendation to NOT participate in any detoxing of onersquos liver in http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Mossman/blog-152029.html