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Best of travel: A psychedelic trip to San Jose Del Pacifico
To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. This week we revisit Alex Dymoke’s trip to San Jose Del Pacifico, where he discovered the darker side of psychedelic tourism.
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It’s a beautiful day in San Jose Del Pacifico, a small village high in the mountains south of Oaxaca City, southern Mexico, where I’m sitting in front of the world’s most frightening cup of tea. Opposite me is Paolo, a 19- year-old “mushroom guide” in whom I have placed an inordinate amount of trust. Are you having any? I ask. “No,” he says, and smiles. “It’s all for you.”