Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

Arrival Friday, February 29, 2008 It?s 4am and the smell is familiar. Burning leaves like the smell in Costa Rica and Mexico. But here there is also the smell of sandalwood incense. Burning. Burning. A kind of natural ritual of purifying and transforming night into day. The smell of sweet dryness and preparation amongst the dampness of the soft morning dew. The hour brightening now. The palm trees dot the landscape. The birds are quieting as the sun boldly rises.