Cats in coffee shops from Antigua to El Paredon, beautiful sunsets and a clear goal for Yellow Views.

December 10, 15:43

I thought I’d go for a walk and see where it would take me. Which was super nice cause I ended up going to an art gallery and an art museum. And I listened to piano music while walking around. Total rom com moment. And of course afterwards I went to a coffee shop, a different one this time.

December 11, 08:41

So I’m walking around town to make some videos cause I had this idea about sharing my poetry in a different way. In a sort of cinematic movie kind of way. In my head I see exactly what it should look like, but now that I’m making the videos I think it’s gonna be harder and way more time consuming than I thought. But maybe I should just make a few and then it will be easier as I go? Who knows, but I’ll probably only find out if I try.

December 12, 09:18

I’m at a coffee shop - surprise, surprise. AND there is a cat. And out of all the people in the café he chose me to sit next to. YAY. I’ll only be here for a little while tho, cause this afternoon I’ll go to El Paredon, a small town at the beach!

I’m so looking forward to this. Two and a half weeks at the beach. And then I’ll pick up my sister in Guatemala City so the next day we can go to Livingston, which is also beach! Just on the Caribbean side and El Paredon is on the Pacific side. So excited!

December 13, 15:47

Let’s go to the beach. It’s suuuuper hot here so I waited the whole day to go, cause the sun is just too much and I very much don’t want to be burned alive. So finally we go.

Oh and I responded to an ad on Facebook Marketplace of a short bus that I really like. Initially I thought I would want to convert a van, cause you know that’s what most people talk about. But after looking around a little bit I think a short school bus would be even better. They’re cheaper and more spacious. Alright maybe not cheaper in maintenance and gas, but those are issues for future Lisa. But they’re definitely more spacious and if I would want to use this bus to travel around with for two months it might be nice to have a little extra space. Especially cause I would like to have a toilet and shower in there. And a kitchen with enough counter space. So yeah I think it’s gonna be a short bus instead of a van.

December 14, 11:02

I’m having THE BEST MORNING EVER. First I went for an early morning beach walk and afterwards I found a coffeeshop where they have casts. THREE. Three cats and they so cute. They’re all up in everybody’s faces cause they’re trying to steal away the food. A little annoying, just as most cats, but so cute, so who cares. So right now I’m happily surrounded by cats while making drawings for the short bus. Not exactly in scale but just for fun so I can see what’s possible.

December 15, 17:30

Right now it’s sunset time. I’ve been going every day since I am here. It’s funny cause in a way it’s kinda like in Las Tunas, Ecuador. There we also went to the beach to watch the sunset every day, a little tradition. And it’s there where I started this diary. 29 weeks ago. Super funny cause the first thing I wrote was that I didn’t really know what I was gonna share, and to this day I still don’t know. I’m just going along with what I decided to do over half a year ago. The one thing I now do know is that I want Yellow Views to be a platform that makes the world a better place and simultaneously show that the world is already such a beautiful place. So I’m gonna choose a few charities with whom I want to work with. The poems and photos that I make I want to sell and give part of that profit to those charities. I’m want to set up volunteer programs all over the world and I want to offer group travels in collaboration with travelcompanies. I also want to have alternative or unique housing all over the world, like a Tiny House in The Netherlands and a wooden sustainable cabin with outdoor shower in Guatemala. And then I would like a collaboration with the local community, like I don’t know a cooking class in someone’s home or something, so the people that rent these places are more connected with where they are. And by renting these places I want to give part of that profit to a local charity as well. So yeah that’s the plan. Definitely a clearer vision than 29 weeks ago.

December 16, 14:13

There’s no one at this apartment complex that I’m staying at so I have the pool all for myself. It’s four houses or actually bedrooms with private bathroom at the complex, an outside pool in the middle and at the end a bigger house with communal kitchen and seating area. It’s super nice and far away from the party hostels in this place. And the pool is very welcome with this heat. So I’m a little happy penguin at the moment.