Coconout booms

Paradise has its own kind of battlefield. Here, from time to time, it feels like I’m in the middle of a war.

The other night, while sleeping, a super loud boom woke me up. I freaked out—what the hell was that? It took me a while to calm down and fall asleep again. Then today, in my first hatha yoga class, the same thing happened. Suddenly, a huge noise and I jumped again.

Turns out… it’s coconuts.

The roofs here are made of metal, and when a coconut falls, the sound is insane. We’re surrounded by palm trees, so basically it feels like walking through a minefield. Each time I walk around the school, I put both hands on my head—I’m literally afraid a coconut will fall right on me.