I finally make it to Pucallpa jump off the boat and into a moto
taxi to Yarina Cocha, its a fast drive thats for sure. The plan is to make it
to San Francisco a Shipibo town and with luck there are 2 ladies from the town
at the port.
They invite me to
stay in their house which is a large room with 4 beds and a corrugated iron
roof, and to the side a thatched hut as a kitchen.
First a visit to
Uncle Leonardo a Ayahuasca master to make an appointment for the next night. A
quiet night just chilling and a wee visit to give a young girl some eye drops.
I wake up the following morning and its hot so hot. I get up and
have breakfast with Miriam and her family, always involves bananas, they do
wonderful things with them. Juiced, boiled, fried, in soup and mashed.
I have a shower, this involved standing half naked with a few
metal panels protecting me from the outside world and a small basin. Its so
refreshing.
The heat is so suppressing, so its time to get into the warm lake
and play ball with the local kids, bit scary really as I imagine there are
anacondas and caiman in the water.
When I return to Miriam’s house there are many people about,
brother and sisters all teachers. We make bracelets with seeds as they do a lot
of that here. Actually when you walk about little kids come up and put
bracelets on you and hold your hands, guess they don’t get a lot of milky white
people here.
Oh its time to go, I am a little nervous and want to get started
as soon as possible.
