This blog post had a number of potential titles: From Capital to Capital; A Journey to the Middle of the World; Alana’s Blog Number 18… and while all had merit, particularly the last one, there was none that felt quite as right as “The Adventures of Nicole’s Uvula”. What’s a “uvula”, you might ask? Who is Nicole? (Though really, if you’ve paid any attention over the past three blogs you should definitely know who Nicole is by now). What possible adventures could this dangley piece of flesh have? These are all very valid questions, and ones that I will let you ponder over as I delve into the details of the past few weeks. This journey picks up where we left off – on a dodgy local night bus by myself heading into the depths of the mountains to partake in an ayahuasca ceremony…

For those unaware, ayahuasca is a…