Our holiday week in Peru
20 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Jungle Adventures Tags: head deformation, Huachina, Ica, lines, Nazca, Paracas, Peru, travel
We spent our final week in Peru sightseeing. We visited the oasis town of Huacachina, 
where I challenged myself by sandboarding! As my sister said “Niamh, doing an extreme sport? Never.” More
Sterility
12 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Jungle Adventures Tags: articifial, nature, perspective, sterility
Life in the jungle was hard work for us, but I definitely felt in touch with nature. Going back to my life in the US/Europe, I see it differently. More
Surrendering Control
09 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Jungle Adventures, The Power of Thought Tags: acceptance, control, faith, reality, surrender
This experience has taught me a lot about the futility of the stress response, and how trying to anticipate any possible event only makes you exhausted and worried all the time. More
What You’re Looking For
06 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Jungle Adventures, Michael Jackson, The Power of Thought Tags: belief, law of attraction, lenses, magic, perception, reality, thought, truth
It started off as a little thing: when I would go to the outhouse toilet at night, I would check every corner of it for spiders and bugs. Of course I always found them. I came to the conclusion that there are probably always some there, but they weren’t going to hurt me, so why put myself through the anxiety of finding them? More
The Road Sort-of Taken
30 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in Jungle Adventures Tags: adaptation, Amazon, appreciation, beauty, confusion, difficulty, experience, humans, integration, jungle, learning, Peru
Living here in such a different place has given me insight into the variety of life and existences in the world. I feel like I’m experiencing what people here experience, but at the same time I have the perspective that only someone who knows they will be leaving can have. It’s like I’m taking this road for a little while. More
Not all plain sailing
24 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
Some may have noticed that despite all the experiences I’m describing here, More
No MJ Jokes?
22 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in Jungle Adventures, Michael Jackson Tags: dance, jokes, jungle, light, love, Michael Jackson, Peru, respect
The other night we were sitting in a bamboo restaurant with chickens, turkeys and dogs wandering in an out, while we and the locals were passing a giant bottle of beer and a single glass around (as is customary here), chatting in Spanish, listening to Michael’s Number Ones cd (I was very happy). Of course people started talking about Michael. More
Dancing Thriller in the Jungle
21 Jun 2010 1 Comment
in Jungle Adventures, Michael Jackson Tags: Amazon, chief, jungle, Michael Jackson, Peru, Thriller
I was happy to discover that the people here knew Michael, that his music had reached the Amazon! More
“The world would be brighter if I had some cheese”
19 Jun 2010 2 Comments
in Jungle Adventures Tags: challenge, jungle, miss, Peru
Kudos to Aimee for the title. It’s funny how sometimes it’s just the littlest thing that you miss. I guess what you miss is always relative to what you have. We’re able to buy little treats like biscuits (cookies) and soda, but man was it hard to find cheese. More
