by avivamo | Aug 24, 2012 | Adventure 2012, BLOG
Ok, it’s decision time. Do I stay or go? I can stick with my original plan and leave Cusco in a few days, or I can choose to extend my trip until…whenever. I just moved into an adorable place – a guest room above a cafe in San Blas, one of the most...
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 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...