by avivamo | Aug 16, 2012 | Adventure 2012, BLOG
Finally! Been jonesing to get my fingers on a keyboard and clear my head… Traveling solo leaves you with a lot of time to think – and without having anyone to talk to or being vigilant about journaling or blogging, that means a lot of thoughts just swirling...
by avivamo | Jul 25, 2012 | BLOG
I’m feeling pretty bad ass (and blessed) today. Yesterday, I was in the Amazon jungle. Today, I’m in the Peruvian Andes. Here’s a short bulleted list of what I feel most proud of in the last few days. Yesterday, I was bitten by an Anaconda. Bad ass....
by avivamo | Jul 18, 2012 | BLOG
I’ve been feeling very Jack Hannah lately… In the past few days, I’ve played with monkeys, cuddled a 3-toed sloth, wrapped myself in snakes, and been a perch for exotic birds. I figured I’d see animals when I came here, but never thought I’d...
by avivamo | Jul 13, 2012 | Adventure, Adventure 2012, BLOG
This is the post I’ve been meaning to put up since going to see about the ayahuasca ceremony last week. (Remember that?) It was at the home/property/retreat of a female shaman named Doña Otelia. I met some people in Iquitos whose energy I liked, and she was the...
by avivamo | Jul 9, 2012 | Adventure 2012, BLOG
I haven’t felt like writing lately. Actually, I felt like it last week and started drafting a long post about the shaman’s house in the jungle, but got distracted hanging out with some new amigos. (I will get it done and share sooner than later.) Then the...
by avivamo | Jul 3, 2012 | Adventure 2012, BLOG
Remember how I said I was unimpressed with this place? (To put it very lightly.) Well, all that has changed. Everything I’m about to share below I wrote in a notebook while taking a break from reading “Man’s Search for Meaning” yesterday....
by avivamo | Jul 2, 2012 | Adventure 2012, BLOG
I was totally ignorant when I booked my trip that I was heading to the home of ayahuasca tourism. I didn’t even know it existed. Sure enough, I get down here and that’s in the top three things I get approached about, after jungle tours and cat calls en...
by avivamo | Jul 1, 2012 | BLOG
Yesterday (Sat, 6/30) was a busier day than I had expected. I got up in the morning with no clue what I would do. The only thing I envisioned was tweaking and uploading some photos, doing a blog post and giving y’all some updates on Facebook/Twitter. Instead, I...
by avivamo | Jun 30, 2012 | Adventure 2012, BLOG, Photo Gallery
Nothing much to say here, except that I thought these were...
by avivamo | Jun 28, 2012 | Adventure 2012, BLOG, Photo Gallery
Shit. What the fuck did I sign up for? Why the hell would I spend two months of my life (not to mention a good chunk of change) to live in a Peruvian slum? * That’s what it feels like here – at least what it felt like when I hit town last night. People....
