Skip to Content

Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.

Map of the world

Horny Tourists Empty Town of Herbal Aphrodisiac

pillsIf you were planning on heading to Chile's famous Vina del Mar music festival, then you need to (a) finish packing and get going; and (b) forget about scoring any palwen for the event. According to local media, the tourists who have already descended on the event have cleaned tiny Valaprasio, Chile out of the herbal aphrodisiac.

Produced by members of the indigenous Mapuche tribe, the sexual energizer also known as "Mapuche viagra" reportedly "increases the desire, the libido and the sexual appetites of men and women." This, at least, is the belief of Italo Diaz, a pharmacist at the Mapuche pharmacy. What's in it? Got me. According to Diaz, "The compound is a Mapuche secret."

Diaz is trying desperately to restock his shelves with palwen. He's probably also considering raising the price -- at least for the duration of the festival -- to something more than $3.70 a bottle.

[Photo: thepipes]

Filed under: Festivals and Events, Chile

Search Travel Deals

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

Gadling Features

Categories

Become our Fan on Facebook!

Featured Galleries (view all)

The Volvo Ocean Race onboard Team Abu Dhabi
Virgin Galactic's Gateway to Space
Breakfasts around the world
FoodFlags
Outrageous State Fair Foods
The world's ten most uninhabited countries
Yellowstone in pictures: 2011
Most crowded islands on earth
Burj Khalifa: The tallest building on the planet

Our Writers

Grant Martin

Editor-in-chief

RSS Feed

Don George

Features Editor

RSS Feed

View more Writers