Shrunken Heads and halucinogenic cactus juice.

Currently in mountain village called Vilcabamba. Had a cool few days in the city of Cuenca where I saw some real shrunken heads in glass cases at the Banco central museum.  Their faces are eerie…the pores and the hairs are clearly visible with their sewn up mouths forming a deathly pilled up gurn. If I was a serial killer, I think I would shrink a few heads.

Also went to a skeleton museum although it was more like a skeleton room. We had to ring a bell because the doors were locked and then this large Ecuadorian woman who looked like a cleaner came to let us in. We paid her and then walked very slowly round the room. You wernt allowed to take pics but I managed to squeeze a couple off.

On a similar note, and going back a few days, went to the museum in Baños where there are some really weird stuffed animals as well as some other random junk. I felt right at home.

There is a native cactus which grows in these parts and the juice of it can be ingested for a hallucinogenic trip a bit similar to mushrooms. Its called San Pedro and its possible to get together with a local Shamen to get right back to nature in a three day ritual which a French Canadian Kid has been telling me about. He said it was the most bizarre event of his life. It started at 10pm and went on till 10am the next morning, involved some Shamens “Working on him” for an hour and also getting to know another plant of which I cant remember the name. It releases or gives you DMT which is a chemical that is only released when you are born and when you die…. I will leave the rest to your imagination. Needless to say as soon as I get rid of the parasite I have got in my intestine I am gonna be gettin back…

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