July 31, 2007

Tuesday
With the uncertainty of were we could find a place to live, I started calling every single “for rent” classified that said it was located in Coatepec. Again we started driving around to check out the places that had given us information. One was too little and too empty: it was in a new subdivision in the periphery of Coatepec, but there was no one living around, just empty houses… Another one was just ugly; it was a brand new duplex painted in the brightest Aqua color with absolutely no character otherwise, and it was not that easy to get to either. The third one, we just could not find… again, no street names and very iffy map…
In our going around in circles we stopped at the local supermarket: Chedraui Coatepec. It was very well stocked, small but very efficient. It was good to know that we would not have to drive all the way to Xalapa (the whole 15 minutes of a drive) to go to a grocery store.
We also happened to find where the Ashram was located. The “Ashram” is a place of spiritual peace and good vibrations. It sounds very “Woodstock”, and it might very well be, but it has the reputation of having beautiful grounds and a very nice campground right at the foot of the “Cerro de las Culebras”. We were already thinking about camping out at the Ashram if we did not find a place to live by the 17th!