A lot of new seasons

Where to start now? It´s been a while...Well, rainy season is almost over. Hopefully.
During the last couple of month a big project has started. Together with my friends I´m gonna be the owner of a restaurant which will be part of their "La Luna island resort" soon. It is exciting to see the progress of the building and the garden around it which my friends and me are continously planting. We just go around and ask people for plants and flowers or hunt them in the jungle. Little by little we gathered a huge collection of tropical plants. Amongst the a lot of hibiscus and frangipani and birds of paradise flowers.

So many things have happened, so it´s quite hard now to review everything. One of the most exciting events has been the visit of my mum at the end of march. She stayed for two and a half weeks and it has been amazing to share my life here with her. We´ve been visiting a lot of places and friends. In the mornings we got up early for walks at the beach or getting fresh coconut bread in town. During the day we cruised with my new motorbike which was scary for my mum cause of our roadconditions here. My mum was overwhelmed by all the impressions she got and it touched her many times to see the differences between the life of people here and Germany.
 

It has been such a blessing to have my mum here. I could really recharge my battery in terms of receiving closeness and comfort and in things taht only mums can understand. Because my mum and I are so close and share the same interests it was nice and easy to spend the day with things we enjoy.

While she was here we talked a lot about my future here. Now that she has seen my life my options and my friends here, she can understand what makes me happy about it :) She is happy, too, to see me in my new home and to know that I am safe and being loved.

Just like me she loved being with my friends and exploring the filippino style of life in different occasions of every day life, festivities and surprising moments.
The best experiences were the ones with getting to know people. Their joy, their struggles and thier dreams.

We also toured around the whole island in a group. There are many nice spots like lonely beaches, waterfalls, a natural pool for swimming and much more.
I am so blessed with the moments me and mum shared. The many times of laughter and also the times we cried together. I can´t wait to see her again. She definitely wants to come. 

It was difficult to say goodbye again and to know that I still have a long time before I see my family again in September. But I´m here with all my friends and there´s a new season ahead in running a restaurant with a lot of things to do. I´m looking forward to cook and to experiment with the dirfferent ingredients you can find here.

Soon there are going to me many tourists again and times won´t be as quiet as now ut there will also be loads of opportunities to get to know new people which I still really enjoy as it is a big part of the pleasures of travelling to be in exchange with so many kinds of people and stories they have to share.

By the way: Elmo is doing great, growing a lot and also making friends :)