I had come to a place in life where I knew I needed to shake things up. I needed change. I needed to relax, I also needed to be pushed and I needed to be challenged, I needed answers. I had a clear vision of where I wanted to be but there was no clear path on how to get there.
I really felt that I needed the guidance of a shaman to help me reset and get myself back on track. I wanted that tryptamine magic back in my life, where every trip is just like the first. How had I gotten so far off track? My intentions were good? I was restless for answers and results.
My wife and I were due for a vacation. A trip to get away from it all.
A trip to get away from it all..... Hehehe....lol.
I knew that that was just a story I was going to tell my wife, Hey Honey! Lets go on a little vacation and get away from it all! She would buy into it, I could convince her.
Little did she know, I had every intention of jumping out of the frying pan and right into the fire while I was getting away from it all.
The plan was simple, we go on a little adventure to Ecuador, travel around the country, see the sights and somewhere during this journey we would surely run into somebody who could help me get the CTL-ALT-DEL I felt I needed.
Ecuador was, after doing some research, the easy choice. I was pretty ignorant as to what it was going to take to find what I was looking for. Ecuador for a few good reasons. I felt I had good access to ayahuasca and the amazon and if that didn't pan out I had the Andes mountains and huachuma aka San Pedro. Ecuador was right on the equator so the weather was pretty nice. I also wanted to avoid the crowds of tourists seeking shamans and plant medicine, so Peru was out. I wasn't interested in drug tourism, I wanted the real deal. lol, I didn't even know what real deal I was looking for.
Ecuador was it.