Blogs from Pisac, Cusco, Peru, South America

A Special Note to Readers: What you are about to read is my experience taking the medicine of Ayahuasca. At no point was I truly endangering my life. I was under medical supervision the entire time. If a reader is interested in partaking in a similar experience of self-discovery, I highly encourage that person to also be under supervision of a medical professional. I have written my experience as it came. I have put aside political correctiveness and proper jargon. These are the true, raw thoughts & feelings that came to me while I was under. Please read, do not judge, and enjoy! I hope my experience can open your mind to the possibilities of this amazing medicine. *** I don’t even know where to begin, except for wow. When it was time, Sam and I ... read more

Words can't describe the spectacular terraces and ruins, the Inkans were brilliant! Check out the pictures!... read more

Really a pretty easy first day. An easy flight to Newark, and then, leaving Newark, the plane took a massive circle around Manhattan, and straight South for like 7 hours. I landed in Lima, Peru around 9ish - which, as crazy as it sounds, is the exact same time as Milwaukee. I left and landed in the same time zone. That's never happened before. In Lima I stayed the night at the airport hotel, which was really just for a bed to rest on for like 3 hours. I got up at 2:30 AM, went back over to the airport and caught a 5 flight to Cusco. I did this for a reason, though. I was flying inland from the coast, right up the base of the Andes right when the sun was rising. It was ... read more

It was a whole planned day that was pretty incredible. We breakfasted and were on the bus before 9a.m. We went through the Urubamba Valley to the colorful Indian Market of Pisac , where native from the region of Cusco come to trade their products. Before that, though, we visited a llama farm (got to pet them and feed them and call them George) and a small traditional weaving community. Jaime was very informative about the multiple types of llamas and we learned about them as well as the traditional weaving techniques of Peru. We also visited url=http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g294314-d2538932-Reviews-Ccochahuasi_Animal_Sanctuary-Cusco_Cusco_Region.htmlCcochahuasi Animal Sanctuarywhere they introduced us (up close and personal) to macaws, llamas, condors (flew right over our heads!) and... read more

The weekend started with a trip to one of the local restaurants close to the famous Koricancha temple to try Alpaca meat. Tasting somewhere in between beef and pork the meat was slightly tougher than pork but very nice – I would definitely recommend. Next on the list of eating things is Cuy / The guinea Pig / The Fat Hamster. These royal creatures apparently live in Castles these days rather than burrows / grasslands (at least in Pisac if you see the photo I took below). Prior to the Spanish arriving Koricancha was the most important Inca religious site that literally translated means 'Golden Temple'. Apparently the temple stunned the Spaniards given the amount of gold and precious stones that decorated the interior. However when the Spaniards held the Inca leader Atahualpa to ransom the ... read more