First Day in Bacalar

To get an idea of where I will be for the next three weeks, here´s the resort´s website: http://www.encantado.com/espanol/
I arrived last night after dark and it was a wonderful surprise to check out the beautiful surroundings this morning. So far the food is wonderful and strickly vegetarian. It will be a very pure month. Supposedly I will be much less agressive with no decaying former flesh in my system. I think I am already much calmer now that I am not in the go go go real estate development scene.
The bus ride from Playa del Carmen was an expereince. It was a second class bus so we picked up dozens of people along what was supposed to be a four hour ride. To start, the bus was 1.5 hours late and it runs every two hours so I was asking every bus that pulled into the station if they were going to Chetmal (my direction) as I didn´t want to miss the bus. I loved the ffood that senoras sold at the bus stops. So fresh and yes, eventually I may pay with sickness from street vendor food, but I am enjoying it for the time being.
The other yogis seem to have lots of prior training and meditation practice, but something has brought me here and I am ready to learn. The program doesn´t start until 6 pm (18:00) tonight, but I did get back on the mat this morning.
Cancun was way too crowded and big for me, but the hostel was fun and I went to the aquarium. I love sharks. Playa del Carmen was more my size. Main road only a block from the beach and you can walk for hours and hours on the beach. Struggled with swimming as a single traveler, but by the end of the first day I set up an elaborate system of locks and cables and left my passport and $ in the hotel room so I could dip in the Atlantic.
I have to figure out how to post pictures because I have a good one- me holding a tiny boa constrictor. Formally petrified of snakes, a few minutes of education changed my perception and now I like them. I was upset when the snake was taken away from my.
Ok, back to checking my email. I will post again next time I come into town. We´ll see just how ¨calm¨that post will be.