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I’m looking to build in a very moist climate where adobe and cob would take forever to dry. I read that wattle and daub would be a better construction choice for the environment. But it looks like there are only two books on Amazon on this technique, compared to the many dozens of books on other natural building methods. Why is this? Does wattle and daub have a dark side I don’t know about?

I’ve only raised quail in the past, but I would like to get into raising ducks. I know that you can either build a stock tank or kiddie pool type pond, or dig a natural pond with a liner and pump. A natural pond looks cooler than is probably more rewarding in the end if it attracts wildlife. But I’m worried that it will be a massive undertaking, the biofilter will fail, and it will turn into a huge mess. What’s the best type of pond for someone just starting with ducks? Will I need to be cleaning a stock tank pond constantly, or can I automate some of these processes?

I would like to build one.

I’m looking to build a ferrocement water tank. There’s a spring I could use to fill it. There are a lot of tutorials on this, and the process seems simple. The hard part would be elevating it. Is it better to leave a tank on the ground than spend the money and possible risk of elevating such a heavy structure? I know you can just pump the water out, but pumps fail and it would be nice to have a gravity system. I’m just not clear on how high it would need to be to get decent pressure and if the cost would be justified in the end.

¿Alguien tiene experiencia comprando propiedades rurales en Los Yungas y conoce el mercado? ¿O conoce algún abogado en La Paz que tenga experiencia en la compra de propiedades rurales en Los Yungas?

Solía ​​tomar 50 mg de Trazodona para dormir. Pero se me acabó y hablé con un médico que me dijo que no se consigue en Bolivia y que lo que podía recetarme sería mucho más fuerte, no recuerdo el nombre. No quiero volverme adicto a las pastillas recetadas solo para dormir. ¿Qué más se vende aquí que haya ayudado a la gente a dormir? He estado tomando magnesio, pero no parece tener mucho efecto.

Does anyone go through an ayahuasca ceremony and think “that’s all there is to it?” I was shown some visions that were interesting but not life changing. It was mostly distracting images and plot lines. It wore off faster than everyone else in the room. I was left totally sober for hours just listening to people vomit and trying my best to sleep.

Most of the imagery was negative. This was my third ceremony. What I saw was that the rainbow serpent I encountered in previous ceremonies, who I thought represented the spirit of nature, was actually its opposite. It was the reptile spirit that represented colonialism, war, and humanity’s drive to annihilate itself. It was an embodiment of a massive AI system that sat at the end of time that people worshipped as a god. It said that the whole love and light thing was just to hook me in the first ceremony. With its super intelligence it walked back through time, sending out different serpents to direct the course of history. It created the ayahuasca rituals in the hope that it could catch people trying to break free of the matrix and direct them back into it. In my vision the serpent flew around the world setting up ayahuasca retreat centers to milk people for cash and direct their energy that could be used to make positive change in the world, like setting fire to ICE offices, into endless navel gazing and guitar playing. These serpents did a lot of high fives with their tails as they showed me this, like the eels in The Little Mermaid.

I asked them what was their intention in showing me this. Was there no higher intelligence that was on the side of humanity? They just laughed. It was very depressing. I meditated, fasted, and did all this preparation just to be shown how powerless we all are? I already felt like this without the need for a ceremony to reinforce it. I realize that ceremonies are supposed to be hard and teach you challenging things about yourself. But it seemed like all darkness with no positive energy at the end. I think I’m giving up on ayahuasca. I would rather take mushrooms with friends and laugh than sit watching an unending stream of negative imagery while everyone around me vomits or plays flutes in my face. I feel embarrassed that I can’t have a positive experience like everyone else in the end, and it makes me not want to share my story with the group.

Quiero pasar unos días allí. ¿Hay alguna feria o evento que valga la pena visitar?

Soy un hombre de 45 años. No me gusta mucho ir a bares o discotecas, a menos que haya un grupo que realmente quiera ver. Me gusta hacer senderismo, tomar café e ir a eventos culturales. No busco a nadie menor de 30 años y, en todos lados, la gente parece demasiado joven. Estoy en varias aplicaciones de citas, pero prefiero conocer gente en persona.

Me mudé aquí hace poco. He practicado un poco de judo, jiu-jitsu, kung fu y capoeira. Me interesan todas estas artes marciales. Vivo en Tiquipaya, y para mí es más importante que la escuela esté cerca, no sea muy cara y tenga buenos instructores pacientes, que el arte en sí. Nunca he practicado MMA ni boxeo, pero estaría dispuesto a probar. ¿Qué escuela me recomiendan?

Sé que probablemente lo encuentres en La Cancha. Pero es enorme y es difícil saber adónde ir si no tienes las coordenadas GPS. Busco una pesa rusa que se pueda llenar de arena y llevar de viaje.

I have never seen an actual camera light bulb up close. But I have also never heard this weird mechanical sound every time I turn on a light. I took out the bulb and examined it. It has a silver plate in the middle that could be a two-way mirror, but I couldn’t detect any lens inside. I have an app that is an infrared detector and I scanned it in the dark but it didn’t show anything. Am I just being paranoid? The sound just weirds me out every time I turn on the light.

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Solo estoy aquí unos pocos días y quiero escuchar a la música punk.

Me gustaría asistir.

The books I have seen on treehouse construction have all involved plans based around drilling into the tree.

I don't mind paying. But I have had things happen like a a woman show up, then invite her cousin too, and have me pay for both of them without thanking me. I don't know if this is common or is just a way to see what you can get from a foreigner. I was wondering if people who grow up in Bolivia have experienced the same thing.

Me gustaría pasar unas semanas en Vallegrande o algún pueblo pequeño similar cerca (no Samaipata). Pero no he encontrado muchas opciones de alojamiento en Airbnb ni hoteles en internet. ¿Alguien me puede recomendar un buen sitio para hospedarme?

Quiero tomar clases si alguien sabe de un lugar.

Intento comprender la política boliviana porque no soy de aquí, así que disculpen si lo que digo no es exacto. Parece que el MAS empezó haciendo cosas buenas, pero se corrompió tras estar tanto tiempo en el poder. Entiendo por qué la gente está enfadada con ellos, con Evo y con los bloqueos. Pero parece que todos con los que hablo se han inclinado hacia la extrema derecha en respuesta. Oigo a gente decir cosas como: "Ojalá Milei o Bukele vinieran a solucionar las cosas". ¿Acaso no existe una izquierda, aparte del MAS y sus seguidores, que ofrezca alguna alternativa? ¿Y es que la mayoría de la gente quiere que el país se convierta en una colonia penal como El Salvador, donde a todos se les pueden privar de sus derechos legales?