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South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa July 20th 2008

When a curandero (shaman) dies, it hits you, it hits the whole town, it hits the people, it hits the animals, the insects, the plants and even the weather. I am in my chakra (hut) with a few members of the family I am staying with in San Francisco: The biggest Shipibo village in Peru (2.500 inhabitants). We were resting to be a bit more fit for the ayahuasca ceremony this evening. But there wouldn't be a ceremony, not tonight .... It started when they were spreading messages in the megaphone (that is how they spread news in sucha villages). Since it was in Shipibo I had no idead what was going on until Flora called me in the dark and asked me to come to her. She and Darwin had a very serious face and ... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa July 17th 2008

Sorry for the text and images getting mixed up, frustrating ... Next time no text, just pix. ... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa July 17th 2008

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, Before I'm writing my next entry I'll place some pictures here regarding my last entry. I am in a fast cybert in Iquitos, the biggest city in the jungle, BUT that story is for later. Now, picture town. Pucallpa, crazy monkey town: The harbor, some pix and some images of the river Ucayali: In Puerto Nuevo, the ayahuasca, ready to brew, takes up to 24 hours for a good preparation:img=http://i115.photobucket... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa July 15th 2008

Well, It's crazyness in crazy monkey town with like a billion of mototaxis driving around, so I know I won't be able to sleep, so I'll give this a try. No pictures though ... my cam is still in my room, so I need to upload that tomorrow. So Sunday morning we took off to Pto Nuevo with a 12 hour boat ride, we arrived way too late in the dark, awaited by some kids and girls from the Shipibo tribe. Pto Nuevo is a little village with about 100 inhabitants, near a river in the Amazon. They have some solar energy which they use for a microphone, a few lamps and a few radios. Besides that, there is no luxury, no ipods, no playstations, no internet, so ... a very nice, relaxing, quiet place. So ... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa July 12th 2008

And hup, Here I am in Pucallpa, having fun on the carrousel, I always wanted to sit on that, and the security here is bogus, so ... Pucallpa, crazy monkey town, the only place in the world where u are scared a drunk monkey will stab you and steal your money. It is full with mototaxis, bums, crazy markets, chickens and .... churches. Those bastards even infiltrated the jungle, trying to gain a few souls here, buy religion and destroy the indigenous culture. I quit here, before I go into a rant about the church ... So we arrived very late, had a few drinks, really nice juices from fruits, I swear they have so many crazy fruits here, mmmm. It is sooooooooo hot here, I mean, soooooo hot, even hotter than in the Black Rock ... read more

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa January 16th 2008

And so starts the end of our journey. We are actually writing this in Australia having returned safe and sound. Some of our friends find it amusing to be receiving travel blogs from Peru when they know we are in their livingroom but we would really like to finish them, as much for us as for you. We estimate that there are only two more blogs after this one. So all of you that we see regularly, just sit back and pretend that we are still overseas. We are sure that is a relaxing thought! So after returning safely from the depths of the Amazon jungle, it was to face a much larger and cunning foe: Christmas in Yarina Cocha. While Pucallpa is the main city in the Ucayali region, Ana's family lives in a port ... read more
At the Yine Association
Part of the family interview panel
Delia and Genaro enjoying preparing Christmas dinner

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa January 3rd 2008

So we sadly said goodbye to Home Sweet Home and the beautiful city of Cusco. Our luggage was a little heavier after all our shopping, and Rachel and Delia also had ornate walking sticks that helped them through the Inca Trail. Mine (Ana's) reeked of vomit and Chas and I were too cheap to buy a prettily designed one (thank goodness Chas says) so I decided to leave it behind. A brief stopover in Lima with the wonderful Pedro and Emma to repack all the stuff we left there before heading to Cusco (a deeply horrible process that Chas and I put off until we came back from the jungle) ended back at Lima airport via taxi. It has always been a really cosy ride when we've caught taxis together! As James is the tallest it ... read more
A main street of Yarina Cocha
A transport of delight
A large and imposing house on the river

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa May 11th 2007

Well It is over, at least the south America leg of this journey we call life. After spending 13 months in South America I flew back to the states yesterday and I am currently in the Chicago area (special thanks go out to my buddy Robbie Hopkins for picking me up at the airport) While sitting in the airport in Miami I realized that now: I am Homeless, car less, jobless .... Ok, on to another topic, I do have some new photos from pucallpa which is a town in the jungle of Peru. There is a "tribe" that lives there called the shipibo. It is a matriarchal society and the women sell jewelry, fabrics and pottery to the tourists. I ended up visiting a small community called San Fransisco and spent a little time ... read more
shipibo
shapibo
shapibo

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa January 30th 2007

My travels have slowed down the past few months. I have remained in the area surrounding Pucallpa, making the 1 hour journey into town by boat, a few times each week to check email and buy food. I have not encountered any new pueblos, villages, or tourist sights, so this journal will be more about the cultural aspects of the Shipibo culture of San Francisco and surrounding area. Also, more of my thoughts and experiences...... Life for the past 7 months among the Shipibos has been interesting, (to say the least). Because of western influences, such as religion, tourism, (especially ayahuasca tourism), logging companies, electricity, (and with it radios, WWF wrestling, soap operas, and all other influences from the modern world), and a new road connecting Pucallpa to San Francisco, life for the Shipibos has changed ... read more
hotel room for 3 dollars per night
Amazon: After the fall
on a moto car, going to Pucallpa

South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa December 8th 2006

This is actual writing from my little black journal....my internal travels so to speak. I hope you enjoy my thinkings and ponderings about life, spirit, god, creation etc... "11.22.06" HIGH, the feeling of feeling the feeling created from coming into the present moment, because in the present moment exists the feeling. ----------------------------- loosing my mind. what is this? If I lost my mind, where would it go? Where would I be without my mind? If I had a spirit, I guess I would become my spirit. If I am my spirit and it, by the nature of spirit is eternal, or I am eternal, then surley I existed before my Mind was created. So, if I did in fact loose my mind, it would be quite ok, because I would still be here, and I would ... read more
Front Door View
Leaf Cutter Aunts of the Amazon
little house on the prairie




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