San Pedro cactus

larumberainglesa says on Jan 29, 2007, 13:42:

brings back memories... I lived in Ecuador for 7 years and used to go to a lovely valley called Vilcabamba for cactus weekends! We never prepared it ourselves, just bought it ready in plastic bags. It is the most foul tasting thing you can put in your mouth I'm telling you. The most difficult thing is keeping it down. We did this by cramming a whole chocolate bar in our mouths immediately afterwards. We usually went to the shallow river to do this then sat in the river to wait. It only takes a short time but by then you have forgotten what time is anyway. I remember one time coming out of the river and walking along a track and bumping into some locals dripping wet, fully clothed and (afterwards) realising that the dress I had on the dye had run out and I was bright blue (at the time I thought I was a brilliant morphus blue butterfly).I wrote some really good poems too!(ha ha)and saw a few tigers. Extremely strong hallucinogen and highly recommended in the right hands. Happy days. Now I am all grown up and sensible....

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goin_south says on Jan 29, 2007, 16:44:

I was thinking by the accounting, that.... the shaman had forgotten to 'de-spine' the cacti!
(kids forever! give me some cacti!)

Where do we go from here?

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gringolondinense says on Jan 30, 2007, 02:20:

hahaha cool! Yer Ive heard about Vilcabamba!! Does anyone know if this cactus grows in colombia? I fancy my next career as a shaman! Why bother dealing with problems on the earth when you can disappear to the otherside and sort stuff out from there! :-)

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