Mexico

2017 April
Costa del Sol, S.L.
Newsletter
Mexico
By Anni Dahms
Owner of the retail chain
ANNI’s VITAL SHOP. Nurse- & Health
specialist, Biopath and Nutritional Adviser.
By the time La Danesa’s April issue is fresh off the hotpress, I
will probably just have arrived at Cancun in Mexico. This will be
the beginning of a months vacation.
At this very moment I am enormously excited. My fingers
dance across the keys and find it difficult to hit the right letters.
There is a well-known phrase, ”he whom travels alone, travels
fastest”. Perhaps there is some truth in that. In any case, it is
my lot to travel alone and I really enjoy it. By now I have made
many trips to Mexico alone. Perhaps this is the reason I often
end up chatting with my fellow passengers. We all contain a
history and a life, and all have different backgrounds.
The last time I was sitting beside a young Mexican girl, who
had just been married to a Frenchman. A large quantity of the
journey was spent looking at beautiful pictures from an enormous
wedding, and I was told about many wedding traditions,
from food to clothes, guests, etc.
I will be collected by my ”heart-friend” in Cancun. After many
trips here, I have gradually lived in many places in the area
called ’Zona Hotellera’, which is a luxurious area with many
hotels located right down by the water. There are extra security
guards to protect the tourists, tourists being the populations
largest form of income. It is embarrassingly clean everywhere
you go.
Architecturally, Cancun is an incredibly beautiful city. It is decorated
with many sculptures that tell stories about Cancun’s
indigenous people, the Mayans. Every single sculpture has its
own special story which fascinates me. Unfortunately they are
forgotten almost as quickly as I get them told.
The people that live here in downtown, are predominantly
local Mexicans. It is a completely different life than life in ”Zona
Hotellera”. The material goods and the truisms that we take for
granted, are far from the everyday life that the majority of the
population experience, but there is room in your heart.
I know that one of the very first things I will do, once arriving
at the apartment, is take my empty 5 litre water bottle and
walk down to the local water vending machine. Here I fill
my bottle with water from the tap. Water at these vending
machines are cheap. Water can quickly become an expensive
affair if bought in the various shops.
I bring powedered coral-sand with me. Coral-sand originates
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from okinawas corals in Japan, and is
beneficial not only as a supplement, but
for rinsing water from diverse harmful
substances too. 1 pack is sufficient for 5
litres of water. Water tastes even better
when using this powder, and it has definitely
kept me healthy on my travels.
As tradition follows, I will then go and
greet my good friends, Angel, who is the
baptist church priest, and his wife and
their children. I am immensely fascinated
by their church, regardless of the fact
that the church is a large room. Large
open holes replace the windows and
these function as windows would, providing
a natural breeze of wind which is
delightful when it is 30 degrees warm.
The service is filled with music and
singing, creating such a life affirming
atmosphere.
Cancun is very hot, and there are few
beaches you are permitted to go to, if
you are not staying at one of the hotels.
The public beaches are always crammed
with many loud people and children.
As lovely as the pulsating life in Cancun
feels, just as lovely it feels to move on
and out to the peninsula of Yucatan. The
journey takes place on the local bus, and
it takes around 4 hours. The journey is a
little mixed and yet funny experience.
The peninsula of Yucatan is a place
where I feel time stands still. I care
incredibly much for the peninsula, and it
is here I totally wind down.
I have been so lucky to live right down
by the beach and water, every time I
have been here.
This time I will be staying in a teeny tiny
house, which lies on an enormous plot
of land. There are 5 healthy, strong palm
trees by the exit leading directly to the
beach.
Supplements for the journey
Many years ago while studying esotheric
psychology, we had a class on numerology.
My teacher told me that I was a
”sixer.” We found immense fun in this.
Back then I worked as a nurse, and the
teacher, Gerda, explained that I probably
would take more pills than I gave to the
patients.
Luckily I didn’t end up chosing allopathic
pills, but in contrast the complimetary
supplememts which I take a great many
of. I feel that they have helped give me
an active life full of vitality.
On my journey, my suitcase is filled with
supplements, more so than with all
other articles.
The supplements and a good book are
my highest priorities. E-books just aren’t
the same for me.
The supplemtns I take have changed a
little in relation to the ones I take on a
daily basis.
I have filled medicinal pill boxes for 4
weeks, and in each pill box lies:
• 1 x multivitamin/mineral tablet.
• 2 x Omega-3. I have chosen to take
omega-3 in the form of algae instead of
from fish oil. I feel that it suits me better
than traditional fish oil.
• 3 x vitamin C 1000 mg. I have chosen
ones with many bioflavonoids and
with a slow absorption rate. This ensures
I am covered for vitamin C around the
clock.
• 3 x MSM 1000 mg. MSM is a sulphur
that provides energy, is good for allergy,
pain and arthritis.
• 3 x Astragalus capsules, from the
plant astragel. It’s good for the immune
system, has an anti-aging effect, gives
energy, is good for the heart and blood
circulation and helps the kidneys.
• 1 x of my imperitive remembering-pill,
it contains i.e. Rhodiola and
lecithin.
• 3 x Q10 100 mg, which helps all the
cells and especially the mitochondria in
the cells, these are the energy factory of
the body.
Furthermore, I have brought along my
little emergency stash that is a combination
of various things.
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Since my blood type is O, I am especially
prone to mosquito bites. It is as though
the mosquitoes are already waiting in
the airport for my arrival. This time I
hope to cheat them. I have packed extra
vitamin B pills, and will also add 300 mg
B1(thiamin) daily.
I will be prepared if the food causes
stomach discomfort. I love the small
street kitchens and have therefore
packed a good quantity of probiotics in
case there are problems. It is not dangerous
to take high doses of probiotics.
In case of influenza or other infections I
have brought an extra glass of vitamin C.
I am at ease, just knowing it is with me.
Of course I am also bringing mosquito
cream, both for prevention and treatment.
Unfortunately I am not so good at using
it, considering the skin also needs to
be covered in a sun factor. Although, I
have taken some tablets these weeks up
to the trip, tablets that protect the skin
from sun. I am naturally a red-head, even
though I’m grey now, and have very sensitive
skin. Unfortunately a nice tan does
not come easily.
I get easily car- and air sick, so I have also
packed ginger capsules.
I have used ginger for many years, whenever
I have had to drive far. They are
fantastic at preventing car sickness. They
don’t make you drowsy, so you can drive
worry free.
With the above, I feel well-equipped to
rest and relax, with long walks along
the beach in the morning, which is my
favorite part of the day.
The beach is completely unspoiled.
Birds of all sizes and colours strut by
the waters edge. Dogs often run freely
on the beach too. They have homes in
different places, but are always on the
lookout for treats. When the treats are
especially good from a specific person,
who also happens to be friendly, this can
result in them setting up camp around
the house.
On my last stay on the peninsula of
Yucatan, I stayed not so far from where
I will live this time. That time there were
2 big, very beautiful dogs that ’adopted’
me. They knew precisely when I has my
morning walk, and knew that I brought
food with me.
My friend has told me, that when he
went out to the house in order to prepare
for our stay, that the dogs had recognised
him. This despite it being over
a year since our last trip. They came running
up to him, and he gave them food
of course, and they have settled down
outside of the fence. Here they politely
and patiently wait and guard between
short detours. Other dogs are firmly dissuaded.
This is their domain.
It need not be mentioned how much
I am looking forward to greeting the
other old aquantances, to sitting on their
overly covered terraces, drinking beer
and eating deep-fried pork rind, whilst
the wives ask me how they can lose
weight. To saying ”Hola” to the shoppers,
and to the children in their school uniforms,
who are on their way to and from
school. Admiring motorcycle taxis. Here
everyone greets each other, and I do not
see anyone walking with their mobile
phones.
People will probably want to talk about
the wall between the USA and Mexico.
It is being spoken of a lot nowadays. It
makes me so robbed and angry to hear
talk of such a wall.
Shirley Maclaine wrote in one of her
books: ”When a society begins thinking
seperately about the individual, it is the
beginning of the end of civilization.”
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