Awakening by E. I. Landa

Author:E. I. Landa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travel, super powers, ancient world, alternative medicine, scifi action, strong woman, archeaology, mashup fiction, mystic journey, own voices
Publisher: E. I. Landa

CHAPTER 29

Amazonas – Peru, August 30th 2007

Ian Clark, a young Englishman, passed by another exemplary mochilero in Peru. He was one of the penny-pinching backpackers abounding in South America. Although his services to Masae Norfolk were well remunerated and he could travel in lux, he was he was restrained by an order: to find the Swedish professors Søren and Jesper Håkansson and follow them.

The blond hair and blue eyes Brit wore an ensemble of worn-out Dunhill and Barbour outfits with a touch of Patagonia accessories to blend in with the hipster tribe as he traveled to the jungle, doing what other backpackers his age did: drinking beers with other travelers, sharing stories and tips. He often, pretending to be under the effect of one too many pints, told of his globetrotting feats, surviving rigorously on his meager budget. Ten American dollars a day granted him the pleasure of getting his boots dirty, eating from street vendors or markets and sleeping in roach-infested hotels. But what he failed to mention was that he did it all for the sake of appearances.

He had been a fly on the wall, a gringo sitting on main squares and parks, people-watching, hiking, passing the time at tourist information offices, museums, ruins. Always engaged in the art of traveling like any other die-hard adventurer but asking in each place if a couple of prominent professors happened to be there. And finally, a traveler shared with Ian about his encounter with a couple of professors at a museum in Chachapoyas, the capital of the region of Amazonas. Immediately after the tip, he was sitting with his back crunched and his legs rolled in a small van full of people, hoping to meet the Swedish brothers.

After a few hours driving between cypress covered mountains and the Utcubamba River, he arrived at Leymebamba, a tranquil and pleasant town built in a valley. He climbed off the minivan in front of the main square.

“Yuya Yacu! Yuya Yacu!” People were running up the street yelling.

Although Ian spoke Spanish, he didn’t understand what people were screaming as they ran up a street. So, he followed. With his compact backpack still on his shoulders, he moved up the hilly narrow streets.

“¿Qué es éso? ¿Qué dice la gente?” Ian asked a boy going up, grinning, holding a self-made slingshot with one hand and a few pebbles with the other. “What are people saying?”

“Es un río que sale de abajo, de la tierra,” the boy answered, running to the corner of the street where, due to an abrupt decline, the waters turned and went downhill, street after street to the Atuen river at the outskirts of the town.

“They are saying Yuya Yacu,” said another foreigner in English with a heavy German accent. He was standing by the corner taking pictures. “It means sneaky water in the Quechua language. You see, this town is built above an underground river that every now and then springs out of that house at the end of the road,” said

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