Cyndi’s Travel Invocation

 

I feel so COMFORTABLE on any airplane!  I am able to relax and sleep in any airline seat.  The Universe handles all the connections with ease, and my job is to relax and enjoy the FUN interactions with people along the way!  My experience includes friendly people, helpful airline staff, upgrades for no reason, fine food, and fluffy white pillows in a bright blue sky!

I look for reasons to smile, and find them everywhere.  I look for interesting photos and snap them up wherever our feet take us. We experience only high quality foods that amaze and delight us whenever we travel!  We even find amazing food in airports at whatever hour we are there. 

Money exchange is easy and becomes second nature, just like booking ferry and train tickets in Europe.  We explore everything we want to see and have energy to spare!  We find undreamed marvels, and peaceful scenery down roads taken on intuition alone.  We enjoy scheduled adventures, and also discover unexpected pleasures and treasured memories that elevate our vibration for decades!

I am married to amazement. 

I am present, and enjoy every single moment.  The rhythm of the airport thrills me.  I feel joy and easy excitement.  I know that I have all the skill and knowledge required to handle anything that comes our way.  I know that I don’t have to handle any of it alone, because the Universe loves and supports me always.  Whatever we need always flows to us.  I can relax into faith.  Faith in myself.  Faith that the Universe always has my back.  Faith that kind, helpful people will be sprinkled liberally (by my angels) throughout the travels we have planned.

Every face I see is the face of the Universe. 
The face of God/Mother Goddess.  Source.  Great Spirit. 

Each and every person we meet is a face of the ever-supportive,
fun & playful Universe – thrilled to have my back and flow to me any little thing I need.

If something does not go as planned, it’s not a mistake!  It simply means the Universe has a better plan!  I’ve made a LOT of plans for our travels because I adore planning.  I savor the planning as a really fun way to manifest travel adventures, and to milk the excitement for much longer than the trip actually lasts.  But I am not attached to my plans. 

I am open to the guidance from the Universe that flows through my intuition.  I won’t experience sadness, or feel like we missed out if we don’t do something I planned.  I will relish the opportunity to do something different instead, or nothing at all. 

When I am present in the moment, I miss nothing!

I surrender the entire plan to the all-knowing Universe now.  My only plan is to enjoy the unfolding, to be present, and savor each moment.  Each and every moment is a gift to be opened in amazement!  Even in the airports.  Even on the airplane.  Waiting in line for the ferry.  All of it is a rich, delicious experience of which I intend to savor every beautiful, satisfying, vibe-raising moment.

I fucking LOVE travel.

Wailima Beach House

Aloha!

While in Kona we will be staying at Wailima Beach House to rest and rejuvenate our spirits!  Here are photos I took when we stayed in 2019.  I know the owner has been painting and renovating since then, so I will post new images when we get there.  If you want to rent this amazing place in Kona – walking distance to Magic Sands Beach – follow THIS LINK.

Wailima Beach House

Living Room

Kitchen

Dining Room

Master Bath includes jacuzzi tub.

Half Bath Downstairs

Second Bathroom

Master Bedroom includes King Bed and Ocean-view Lanai

Queen Bedroom

Twin Bedroom

Wailima House boasts an amazing art collection.

Watch your toes on the tiny lip between the dining room and kitchen!

Puna Bear ~ More than a Mascot

Back in 2013 when Jeremy and I were planning our first trip to Hawaii, we could barely stand the thought of leaving Boscoe the wonder dog at home.  One of us came up with the idea of bringing one of my old beanie bears along as a proxy.  I chose my Peace Bear, and shoved him into one of the pockets if my backpack.  By the time we left Pahoa, we had named him Puna for the south east coast of the big island of Hawaii.

Since then, Puna is our loyal travel companion, and has become a legendary traveler among bears having been spotted in distant locations across the globe enjoying adventure and exotic foods wherever he roams!

Kalalau Lookout, Kauai

Bread and Honey in Croatia

Overlooking Lokrum Island, Croatia

Dubrovnik!

Antipasto in Italy

Clowning around with author and friend, Jon Steele at Lausanne Cathedral.

Meeting world-famous, war-correspondent bears.

Enjoying a peaceful moment with Jeremy on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.

Puna enjoys easy hikes, ancient cities, tropical forests and stunning coastlines.  When Jeremy and I need to dash into a shop for something, he waits on the car dash so we remember which rental car we’re driving. 

There was that ONE time he got drunk at the wedding, but overall he has been an ideal room mate and travel buddy!

Tuscany, Italy

Puna is as comfortable with fine dining as he is with diners and dives, but his favorite treats are raw fish and honey.

Poke at the Hilo Bay Café

Hawaii is still Puna’s favorite place to chill and he is greatly looking forward to our week in Kona coming up next month, but lately he’s been feeling like…

Like…maybe he’d like a travel companion his own size to keep him company in the backpack for the long flights to distant lands.

Now – EVERY time I post a photo of Puna enjoying one of our trips, my favorite aunt Verla complains that I am taking ‘that damn bear’ somewhere again, and begs me to put HER in my backpack instead of Puna.  I have repeatedly told her that her legs are too long, but she insists she will fold them.  So when Puna requested a travel friend, I decided to find a travel proxy for Verla, the way that Puna stands in for Boscoe!

Finding JUST the right bear took some time.  None of the ones I already owned seemed right, so I took to Amazon, as I so frequently do! 

We just ordered this pretty new bear to stand in for Verla!

She is very colorful, and just a little worn out, and has stitches at the top of her right thigh, and on her left ankle, JUST like my aunt Verla since she broke first her right thigh and then her left ankle earlier this year.  Perfect!

Puna is excited and anxiously awaiting his new friend! 

I tried to explain that she’s NOT a Prime item, so it may be several days before she arrives, but he says he’ll wait.

Stay tuned for more adventures with Jeremy, Cyndi, Puna and Verla Bear! 


Edited to add photos of Verla Bear’s arrival: