2 more sleeps!

Two days to go and the tension builds! Its part excitement, part worry and part disbelief; wow I'm going, shit I'm going, really, am i going? I am a great believer in packing at the last possible moment, usually about 5 minutes before the taxi arrives but this time i am beginning to doubt my beliefs, in fact with two days to go i have tentatively started to pack.
This project up to now has seemed like some kind of abstract hobby i have devised, do some drawings, make a model, send a million e-mails and think a lot. Now it all seems a lot more real. This week met up with the wonderful Antonio Riveira, a Mexican artist with a long affiliation to Xilitla and all of a sudden the whole adventure seemed so much more tangible. I have read a lot about the Gardens of Xilitla and seen numerous videos on YouTube and stuff but to actually talk with some who was there a few weeks ago was amazing. I haven't yet written about the place and really i should. Xilitla was the bizarre vision Edward James had for a jungle property, his idea to create a surreal Eden, a place where he, and others, could realise their dreams. Its wonderfully confusing mix of surrealist architecture and creeping jungle and is probably the only place of its kind. Words, or at least my words, cannot do it justice and to anyone wanting to learn more about it i recommend their website, fondo Xilitla or go to YouTube and search Monty Don, Xilitla. Anyway, i have not yet been so maybe i will be able to make a better description next week.
watch this space...............