25 things I like to do while travelling in Peru

(in no apparent order)

1) Investigate (and sometimes try) odd and magical plant medicines. Gracias for the healing!
2) Speak and learn a bit more Español, enough to have a pleasant conversation... and sometimes make a complete fool of myself.
3) Write postcards, my blog, and in my journal. (and please let me know when you get a postcard - they don't always make it!)
4) Cook and eat weird fruits, vegetables, and meat - often with surprising and/or disgusting results. I've learned that fruits that are dark red or purple on the outside, and yellow/orange on the inside, are likely terrible.
5) Chew absurd amounts of coca, and ponder the untrucacies of existence (often from a hammock, trail, bed, or canoe)
6) Drink (medicine), purge, repeat.
7) Meet new and interesting people, in the weirdest of places (hostal kitchen, public transit, Inca ruins, jungle)
8) Appreciate the subtle flows of the universe, and the amazing synchronicities of life.
9) Read - a lot! I've read 9 books so far :)
10) Share music and movies, and find new gems to DJ with.
11) Dream (by day or night)
12) Make plans, evaluate, modify... ad infinitum.
13) Let go, 'let flo', and strip myself down to the bare essentials, the deeper me. I am me, solo... and it feels SO good!
14) Wander in city markets, see bizzare things for sale, and eat a big meal for $1.40.
15) Do nothing. It's something. Especially if it's nothing.
16) Drink coffee and smoke mapachos, while watching the world go by.
17) Boats, boats, boats. Huge ones, small ones, thatch-roofed ones, motorized ones, canoes...
18) Explore the amazing, massive music collection my wonderful sister gave me before I left. THANK YOU!!
19) Observe bird, plant, and animal species, and appreciate the stunning diversity this planet hosts.
20) Take photos of plants, sunsets, and scenery.... but none of myself.
21) Do any of the above while in a hammock.
22) Do any of the above while drinking a cold beer (there's even dark beer in Peru!!)
23) Feel joy and satisfaction in my heart, and realize, bit by bit, who I really am, and what gifts I have to give.
24) Be rediculous (often including jokes that some people just don't understand...)
25) Chill out with los duendes (gnomes... Peru is FULL of them!)