DUTCH BANKS

Due to the time differences, at 5 am left the house and went to the 24 hours Cyber Café and called my Dutch Bank. Was told that they had two options:

• post me the bankcard to Mexico but it would take a few weeks as they don’t use courier services.
• an alternative would be to post the card to a friend’s address in the Netherlands and then use DHL, Fedex or any other emergency Courier services to forward it to me.

Either way, I would have to express my requests in a letter addressed to the bank.

I called my co-worker and friend Martin and asked if I could use his Dutch address. He agreed so I went home, typed the letter, back to the Cyber, printed it and walked down to Fedex’s office located on 1O^th Av with 12^th Street.

Paid 500 Pesos and was told that it would arrive in Amsterdam by Monday 8^th or Tuesday 8^th June, the latest.

The Bank will then validate my request and post the replacement card to Martin’s address.

If everything works out fine and there are no further delays, I’ll have my bankcard on the week commencing on the 15^th June.

Went to the beach and relaxed for a couple hours then stopped at Burger King, had a drink and piggybacked BK’s WiFi connection.

I started thinking about the meaning of the robbery when it hit me:

I should be going to Belize today!

I did my Reiki Course, had my Akashic Records read to me, completed my PADI Open Water Diver and managed to enter Xcaret Park for free, so all my goals in Playa del Carmen were met, right?

Wrong, as the Argentinean Paola stressed: “You can’t leave Playa without completing your mission here!”

My guess is I got robbed so it forces me to remain in Playa longer (or at least, until my bank card arrives).

My mission is not completed, I must stay longer.

While doing all this thinking, who do I see walking past? Good old Jericho Sunfire, the raw food guru!

I had the impression that he would be back in the UK by now.

Well, I deduce that both of us have unfinished matters in Playa del Carmen.

Ciao 4 now

~ Paulo ~