Jungle Boogie

Yurimaguas to the head of the Amazon in Iquitos in 3 days. Pink dolphins, monkeys and sloths, oh my.

Also, I learned about Takiwasi, a very cool center in Tarapoto that couples traditional Peruvian medicine, specifically ayahuasca with modern western medicine and psychology to treat addictions and other illnesses or conditions. Ayahuasca is a mixture of plants found in the Peruvian jungle used by indigenous people to induce a trance state that is part of a healing process. (There are also a lot of curious foreigners interested in trying ayahuasca that visit Peru.)