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Mean Green Machine

argentumvulgaris wrote 3 months ago: New Zealand isn’t exactly known for is cocktails, but here’s one worth a mention. You … more →

Tags: Cocktails, New Zealand, preserving jar, agwa, Bolivia, Lime, Kiwifruit, Apple Liqueur, Energy Drinks

Apocalypse Cocktails with Agwa de Bolivia - drinks for the End of the Mayan Calender.

DTS wrote 5 months ago: The 21st of December is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. But is also marks the end … more →

Tags: vintage cocktails, Agwa de Bolvia, apocalypse, Calender, coca, Cocktails, Darnley's View, end of the world, King's Ginger

Letter #17 The Mighty Amazon1 comment

141solitude wrote 6 months ago: I woke up to a bright blue cloudless sky on my last full day in the Amazon. It was the first time th … more →

Tags: travel memoirs, william dick, Prison Writing, Travel Writing, adventure, fugitive from justice, Travel journel, Memories, Wandering mind

Day 06, Sunrise, Dead Bodies, and Encounters of the Green Kind

ken wrote 7 months ago: Buenos dias Arequipa. So, in case the picture didn’t give it away, I was able to make it up by … more →

Tags: Perú, Arequipa, COLCA CANYON, San Miguel Batista, El Misti, Yanahuara, SAM, carly, Museo Santuarios Andinos

The Living Inca Heritage

Howard G Charing wrote 1 year ago: View this document on Scribd The Living Inca Heritage by Peter Cloudsley The Living Inca Heritage by … more →

Tags: Andes, coca, Perú, Cuzco, inca, andean curandera, Archaeological sites, Machu Picchu, peter cloudsley

The History of Coca - The Divine Plant of the Incas

Howard G Charing wrote 1 year ago: View this document on Scribd This magnificent book by W. Golden Mortimer, published in 1901 and long … more →

Tags: Andes, coca, Perú, coca divination, Alternative Medicine, Medicinal Plants, inca, inca empire, Erythroxylum

Frotacion de Coca

Howard G Charing wrote 1 year ago: Frotacion de COCA, a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Frotacion de COCA  Erythroxylum  - The Per … more →

Tags: Amazon rainforest, coca, Perú, Alternative Medicine, healing with plants, andean curandera, Erythroxylum, plant spirit shamanism, howard g charing

Coca Myths - a research paper by the Transnational Institute 3 comments

Howard G Charing wrote 1 year ago: View this document on Scribd A  very well researched and informative study from the Transnational In … more →

Tags: Andes, coca, Perú, coca divination, Alternative Medicine, Medicinal Plants, Erythroxylum, South America, Cusco

Coca Leaf Products in Peru.1 comment

Howard G Charing wrote 1 year ago: coca leaf products in Peru., a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Coca (Erythroxylon coca). Produc … more →

Tags: Andes, coca, Perú, Medicinal Plants, Erythroxylum, South America, Ancient Wisdom, Pachamama, Herbal Healing

Lifting the ban on coca chewing - Bolivia's proposal

Howard G Charing wrote 1 year ago: View this document on Scribd As documented by the Transnational Institute: The 2007 UN Declaration o … more →

Tags: Alternative Medicine, Andes, coca, coca divination, Erythroxylum, Medicinal Plants, Perú, South America, Bolivia

The Steven Hager 420 Plan for Legalization of All Drugs1 comment

Steven Hager wrote 1 year ago: Stopping substance use is a failed concept, and 80 years of the most intensive war in history—the wa … more →

Tags: Autobiographical, Steven Hager, Opium, legalization plan, Marijuana

An Authentic Andean Spa, UNU at Inkaterra Machu Picchu

inkaterrahotels wrote 1 year ago: Amidst the lush gardens of Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel sits the UNU Spa, an authentic Andean … more →

Tags: Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Spas in Peru, Andean Spa treatments, Spa Hotels in Latin America, The Spa Spy, The Daily Telegraph

Top Reasons to Go Abroad7 comments

sbharper wrote 1 year ago: You step outside your comfort zone. - While I was abroad in Argentina, I was terribly lonely. I woul … more →

Tags: Travel, Travel (2), Spain, spanish, Study Abroad, Education, Language Learning, World Cultures, Buenos Aires

Bolivia's Route 36: Not Your Average Bar4 comments

Cristina Luisa wrote 1 year ago: “La hoja de coca no es droga” was the slogan on t-shirts and posters everywhere when I w … more →

Tags: Traveling, Current Events, Latin America, Life, Bolivia, Bars, cocaine, CounterCulture, drugs

Bolivia withdraws from Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs: implications??

Pain policy & palliative care wrote 1 year ago: On June 22, 2011, the Bolivian Congress accepted a request from the Bolivian President, Evo Morales … more →

Tags: Pain, Balance, balance, Access, Diversión, INCB, CND, Narcotic

Mama Coca

Bindu Chander wrote 1 year ago: Travelling through South America, particularly within the Andean communities of Bolivia and Peru one … more →

Tags: indigenous, Pachamama, Bolivia, Evo-Morales, mama coca, cocalero, South America

If Americans didn’t do coke – an analysis | Pass me the wings2 comments

Liam wrote 2 years ago: In the recent issue of the London-based print magazine the Monocle, an article was published that of … more →

Tags: Mexican Drug War/Analysis, México, drug war, united states, Felipe Calderon, Colombia, health, drugs, illegal drug trade

Coca leaf and cocaine are two different things

Silvia Rothlisberger wrote 2 years ago: Cocaine is a dangerous drug; the coca leaf is a sacred plant. Western cultures found it hard to unde … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Colombia, Indigenous people, Amazon, United Nations

Bolivia activists stage mass coca-chewing protest

mztj2011 wrote 2 years ago: This is a short article from the BBC News which talks about the protest that took place in La Paz,  … more →

Tags: united states, Bolivia, chewing coca, Culture, South America


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