After the glitch with the van, i was sure don't be able to arrive in Auckland in time and above all scarred about "my" car, "my" big Nevis. Instead...everything was good and ready to go again!

A long stony road took me to Kaukapakapa, a magical and mystical place north of Auckland, where silence, wind and little animals were the owners of the day!! Yeap, i arrived to Vipassana center and a lovely young chilean girl showed me my room and remembered me the rules.

10 days without speaking to anyone, meditate for 10 hours a day, not dinner and wake up at 4 in the morning! I thought was difficult to follow scrupulously the timetable, but was my choice to do it, so i put all my energies and constance to be successful!

I crossed my legs, closed my eyes...and let's start it!!

The first few days i was so excited and honestly when Buddha started talking and chanting a little smile appeared on my face, loosing the concentration, but after that i realized how important it was and everything seemed normal to me.

You start to meditate, going deep and deep on your mind with the objective to purify it, purify it at the deepest level from all the impurities.

So many thoughts and childhood memories came out at the surface, so many emotions and you have to stay quiet, equanimous, balanced, listening your breathe.

The days ran fast until the 6th day, after that I started to be very isolated to everyone, missing all my family and my best friends. I started to know how important they are, how much i love them, the role that they had and have on my life. I wanted to be embraced by someone, but I couldn't..not physical contact for 10 days...argh!!!

But the emotional difficulty wasn't the only one...after 7 days seated all day long with your crossed legs, could be hard... obvious result, pain everywhere, above all on my back!

After 10 days we started talk again...i can't describe my emotions at that time, few tears wetted my face, i was so happy, but a different happiness than the normal one, so peaceful, quiet, full of love. For this reason, i decided to stay longer working for the center for 12 more days.

Wonderful experience, i met so many special peoples and during that time i could breathe a special air...air full of energy, respect and love.

Thanks to the wonderful person that introduced me to Vipassana...