I completed my first ever two week Diet last Wednesday at Marosa. Maestra Angela recommended Ajo Sacha per my needs. During my stay, I did feel some strong effects one night in my Tambo from the plant. The ceremonies were the first Shipibo-led ceremonies for me. For me, they were pleasant but notably different from gringo-led ceremonies as I have been used to. I felt the curandero’s were effective in their rendering of treatment. I got some good stuff in some ceremonies, most of them were light in their effects but that was just my own experience. The family living on sight was very nice, Gonzalo and Karina were both very helpful. Karina provided a nice diversity of food. She also accommodated my various cooking requests. Gonzalo was quick to help with ensuring removal of any bugs in the cabins. We had a facilitator who was American and helped provide translation services. She really made the stay here superb. Her help was very beneficial to me in both making sense of some questions I had about the medicine as well as ensuring my stay at Marosa was a comfortable one. I hope Marosa is always able to have someone like that around there. I was grateful we were allowed to have green apples too. those were a life saver. The property was secluded at the end of the road and backed up to a nature preserve. The birds that lived in the trees on site were entertaining to watch throughout the day. The dogs there could become an interruption there sometimes. The five of them would sometimes break out into a barking session in the evenings sometime. Sometime after we went to bed and sometimes during the ceremony. Transport to and from the airport was prompt and on time. Not much goes on during the day around there, which is nice. It was quiet when I was here, never more than 5 people at a time. Most of the time there were just four pasejero’s. There was one night two random people from Spain just dropped in for one ceremony. All of us were dieting a plant for something and these two people that just got off the plane came into one ceremony one night and they had apparently no experience with Ayahuasca before. One of them openly admitted directly to Maestra Angela to smoking marijuana earlier that day and asker her if it was alright. The whole thing seemed weird, I didn’t like it and I thought this guy that had smoked weed was rude and disrespectful to the plant. It also felt disrespectful to those of already in the middle of our own diet. But the negatives I have to say are far fewer than the positives. Overall I had a good experience and would probably go back. But if something like that where a random pair of people pop in for one night right before the ceremony again while I’m undergoing my own diet without some prior notice….that’s a strike 2 for me and then I would not go back.