
There was none of that fear or anxiety now, this being my second trip down to the jungle city of Iquitos to experience the ayahuasca medicine.

I had the feeling the snake was evaluating me as well, though he vanished as quickly as he had appeared, kept at bay by my intense fear and apprehension. At the time, I had struggled to maintain my concentration long enough to determine if the mysterious serpent was friend or foe. He appeared during my first ayahuasca experience, darting back and forth like some elusive creature of myth. I‘d seen the snake only once before, on my first trip to the Amazon nine months ago.
