The end of my Peruvian adventure is approaching fast. Even while there´s still ten days left, if seems as I´m rounding off here... I am staying a few more days at Samana Wasi. Before leaving to Lima, we will visit what is the climax of most tourists´stay in Peru: Machu Picchu. We will also do the market at Pisac, spend one more day in Cusco, and after that head to Lima via Arequipa. Arequipa is a bit of a detour, but it will give us a chance to see Johanna again and spend one more night at her place. I plan to arrive a few days early in Lima, in the hope of still being able to visit Marcahuasi with David and Paulo. Marcahuasi is the name of a plateau at 4000 m above sea level, some 100 km away from Lima. It has very strange rock formations, of which it is not clear whether they are man-made or natural. They are mostly in the shape of animals. If you want to know more, check out http://www.labyrinthina.com/schneider.htm.

I spend my days as usual here, although our painting job is done. I finished Many Lives, Many Masters, about reincarnation. Very interesting. Also read a book about the secret life of Jesus, which is about the theories alleging and documents proving that Jesus spend the time between his 12th and 30th years in the east (Ladakh and Tibet). Fascinating. Other than that, Heather and me have been brainstorming and philosophising about our future communes (not the same one, cause we have different ideas).

Oh, and just to end this whole trip nicely, I will probably meet Andrea - the girl that drove me crazy on the vegetarian conference in Brazil last year - on the very last day of my trip. She lives in the US now but will be visiting Rio from the 30th on. I will meet her on the 1st of Dec in Rio, and then leave to Sao Paulo on the 2nd, where I have to catch my plane in the night. If they change the flight, it will be fate... ,-)

I am still enjoying it very much here, but thoughts about home and my friends are starting to cross my mind more frequently...