Ayahuasca – 7 months later

When I look back at my nine months solo backpacking around Central and South America, I’m still amazed at the scope of activities and countries I covered. The World Cup in Brazil, living with a Guatemala host family for 5 weeks, taking Spanish lessons, deep sea diving in Honduras, Christmas on a beach in Costa […]

Ayahuasca – A Personal Account (part 2 of 2)

This is a continuation of the original post which can be found here. The Shamanic lodge was located in the middle of a forest about 45 minutes drive from the city of Cusco. That Saturday, after the Group readings, my buddy and I explored our surroundings. It was a beautiful location, hemmed in on all […]

Ayahuasca – A Personal Account (part 1 of 2)

I want to relate my experience of taking the ancient hallucinogen psychedelic Ayahusaca, which has received media attention lately after a British man died during the ritual. The preparation, process and post-ritual ceremonies were all eventful to say the least and for that reason I’m going to break the story into two parts. Day 1 (today’s entry) […]