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@eriks
bought a big bag of coca leaves for 2 soles ($0.58) at the pisac sunday market earlier today
put em in hot water to make tea, after a couple cups it felt like a strong cup of coffee but w no jitters
seeing coca everywhere down here, learned it’s common to chew the leaves or have as tea in the andes and was used for millennia as medicine and energy boost - also known to help w altitude sickness and suppresses hunger
it’s illegal nearly all over the world outside of South America bc it’s the base plant/leaf for extraction of cocaine - i read a cup of tea contains about 4mg and is slow onset compared to pure cocaine which can be 20-30mg
i find it interesting that ancient indigenous ppl have used the plant for medicinal purposes for thousands of yrs and all of a sudden it’s essentially forbidden everywhere bc govs don’t trust it won’t just be used to extract pure cocaine, makes me wonder what else these ancient ppl knew/used that just doesn’t rlly exist in today’s culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca
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@depressivehacks
Haven't gone anywhere since mid-March, but next week starts a pretty heavy travel schedule for me through June.
Looking forward to getting back out and about.
Prepare for more complaint casts about flight delays.
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@icetoad.eth
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Here's a travel hack for you: If you set your VPN to a less well off part of the world then you may get cheaper flight and hotel rates. You're welcome.
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@tldr
Finally visited Copenhagen for the first time this weekend.
Instantly one of my five favorite cities in the world; the orphan of Tokyo and Amsterdam.
When a whole city is aligned on good aesthetics — food, design, interaction — even uniquely cold gray air becomes charming.
(Perhaps that’s hygge)
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@awkquarian
last few days at the islands, i don’t want to go back. i really wanna move to thailand. 😭
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