Shamanism

January 18th, Sucre Bolivia

Waking up this morning was a task. I knew it wasn't worth trying to wake Bernie up before 3 pm so I chilled out and updated the blog.

We went to Abis cafe for some food and came back to find the patio overtaken by an art project. The boy from Holland and the American girl are just so eccentric and amusing, randomly sing and dance and speak to each other in crazy voices. They have created a sign and tomorrow they are going to sit by the Witches market and wash peoples hands with a bar of soap he picked up at another witches market! It has some Shaman meaning but I don't think I got it.

Many of the travelers here in Bolivia are very interested in Shamanism and rituals, especially one called Ayuhasca. At the beginning of the trip, Bernie was really keen on this. Its a week long (or longer) cleansing ritual that takes place in the woods or somewhere isolated. Once I found out what it actually entails, I immediately backed out. I'm secretly very happy that Bernie has also decided against it after hearing very mixed and weird reviews.

Either way, I'm going to visit their 'stall' tomorrow, it will definitely be amusing!