Mountain House Casa de la Gringa

I don't like being manipulated into buying jewellery and paintings on my way to breakfast by the innkeeper. The room was ok, very damp. Met some nice people but the whole experience was amateurish, touristy, not worth returning. The innkeeper was unfriendly and fake but she has beautiful dogs.

My friends and I attended the 1 day San Pedro ceremony and slept over 1 night. The thing with tripping is, everyone's experience varies widely. The community at CDLG is there to facilitate the experience by creating a safe and comfortable environment for everyone. Leslie starts off the ceremony by gathering everyone around for intention setting and sharing wisdom about how San Pedro has done miracles for some partakers at CDLG. Leslie is overflowing with spiritual energy and everyone who gathers around her display a lot of love and quest for human connection. My experience with the San Pedro was largely positive. I did throw up twice (a second time after re-upping), which I was not expecting since I thought that only happened with ayahuasca. But for the first two hours, I closed my eyes and laid in the sunny garden feeling immense appreciation for my friends and family. When my friends and I debriefed the next day, we all agreed we wish we had closed our eyes more because that's when the San Pedro spoke the most loudly and imparted the most wisdom. We were constantly being asked if we needed anything (water, tea, blankets, etc). It felt like a completely safe and comfortable space for us to explore this new medicine. Lunch, dinner, and breakfast (next day, if you booked a room) are provided for. We were starving by the time lunch and dinner came, so I kinda wish we ate earlier. I personally would've opted out to re-upping the second time because we were taken on a hike around the mountains and caves nearby, but it was extremely difficult to walk while on the San Pedro medicine. Some of my favorite parts were debriefing with my friends around the dinner table and gathering with the other partakers around the fireplace at night. Maybe we got lucky with our group of people, but everyone was very welcoming. We read and analyzed each other's horoscopes, someone played guitar and sang original songs around the fire, and we talked about life and stuff.

Lesley and the crew here have created a safe, welcoming and beautiful space to experience connection with San Pedro. Everything has been thought through from the comfy futons in her beautiful garden so you can listen to the hummingbirds fly by, to the wonderful soup at the end of the day. I wouldn’t have dreamed of a better place to journey, Lesley is so supportive and wonderful host. Thank you so much!