More Traveling In My Dreams
This morning while in REM sleep I revisited a tiny village in Mexico. As far as I know it doesn’t exist in the waking world. I think this is true because it is yet another place in my dreams that I can not always find.
In the past I have gone to this place by bus and by car, crossing over the border through southern Arizona, although the first time I went to this place I walked. Down a broad and wide southern California beach, over the border and down the road.
The village is not easy to find, and can’t be found unless it wants to be. A number of times I have made my way down there, only to get to a neighboring village but no further. This place is only three or so blocks long and is tucked into a steep, rocky canyon. The middle block of this town is its widest point and has what would be called a town square, but it’s really just a very wide part of the street.
Every time that I have been to this town there has been a band of musicians playing music on what might be the church steps, under a very large and ancient tree. It’s always the same tune, and they always play only one song. Sometimes it’s a flute band, other times a mariachi band. After they are finished, the crowd disperses and goes on about their business.
I love this little village. This morning I wasn’t out looking for it. I was with a friend and we were walking up a canyon road. Before we turned a bend, I had a sudden realization of where we were headed and what lay beyond. I could faintly hear the music being played in the square.
On this trip the village had changed a bit since my last visit. It had grown. There were now cafes on the square. There were a lot of tourists in the village, hanging out at the candle lit tables of the cafes, wandering through the shops, and there was a new block of buildings on a new street with a hotel or two.
I was a little sad that the village had grown by a block and that it seemed to have been “discovered”, but my friend and I had a wonderful time wandering around and exploring.
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