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A cure to all that ails you can be found in Iquitos, Peru

The magic bullet for all that ails you, or they believe at least.

Sara Burdick
5 min readDec 6, 2022
Iquitos, Peru view from my hostel balcony.

I am currently in Iquitos, Peru. Originally I had the idea to come here for a getaway and in my nativity thought, since I have not read or seen much about it on YouTube, that it would not be a hotbed of tourists.

If you are wondering the same, it is on fire, with tourists. Many have never been to Latin America and have come to Iquitos for one particular thing. Ayahuasca.

If you have never heard of it, which I am sure almost everyone has nowadays, thanks to Joe Rogan. According to a quick google search, it states:

Ayahuasca (pronounced ‘eye-ah-WAH-ska’) is a plant-based psychedelic. Psychedelics affect all the senses, altering a person’s thinking, understanding of time, and emotions. They can cause a person to hallucinate — seeing or hearing things that do not exist or are distorted.

I am sure there is much more that goes on, as I know there is, so don’t come at me for not being a detailed-oriented scientific research dissertation.

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Sara Burdick
Sara Burdick

Written by Sara Burdick

I quit the rat race after working as a nurse for 16 years. Travel and Storyteller. I live in Colombia. https://substack.com/@saraburdick

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