Tuesday, after eating store-bought refried beans, I started feeling sick. At first, I just felt dehydrated, and drank a bunch of water. By Tuesday evening, I realized that my stomach and bowels were not happy, and I retired to my bed. This sucks extra large because I’ve been feeling super homesick and lonely ALL week. I really miss David.
I was sitting up in bed reading when I noticed something crawling next to me. IT WAS A BABY SCORPION. Luckily, Josie-Ann came down and killed it for me, but for Christ’s sake! This experience cemented my desire to flee San Marcos; I was already sick of its hippie trappings, and my second scorpion in two days was enough to make me want to leave for good.
I had a horrible night of vomiting, loose bowels and crazy twitching. Wednesday morning, I packed up all my shit in preparation for the boat ride to San Pedro. I figured spending my last couple of days at the lake in San Pedro was better because I can take a shuttle from San Pedro to Flores on Friday, where I’ll be meeting up with George and Caroline to explore Tikal, the famous Mayan ruins in northern Guatemala. Eva wanted me to stay in San Marcos so that she could check up on me every couple of hours, but I wanted to go to San Pedro anyway.
I found a private hotel room near the dock in San Pedro. It@s really stinky around here, but I was in no shape to travel around much with my pack. I spent the whole day in my hotel room, sleeping, laying around, and going to the bathroom.
I slept 10 hours last night, and today I feel a bit better. Still a bit weak, but no more stomach problems. I haven’t eaten in over 24 hours, and am having some juice in order to see how my stomach handles that.
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Oh oh sounds like a bad case of South America food poisoning.......be CAREFUL what you eat. Hope when you read this you are feeling way better.
ReplyDeleteTravelers at work told me to tell you that it is probably safer to drink bottled water, but make sure to carefully inspect the seal. Remember "Slum Dog Millionaire"!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNot sure why my comments are not going through Erin as I sent ones on you blog Thurs after I talked to your Mom and got your right blog info.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow you will have an email from me wishing you the best
Glad Kev wrote to you also.
Think of you every day,Dear.
Hope this goes through!
I´m so glad my aunts are commenting on my blog!
ReplyDeleteAunt B, I´m in CENTRAL America, not South America. Some geography homework is in order!
Good one Erin and I thought I was terrible in geography!
ReplyDeleteLOL...which is why I always hate when it's my turn to get the blue pie in Trivia Pursuit...geography really isn't all it's cracked up to be!
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