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Monkey Blood and Rat Raisins
... Nights always seem the worst and neither of us is getting much sleep. Beginning to wonder if the first blood test was done incorrectly. Perhaps it is malaria? Dengue? It seems like the longer this is dragging out, the more our little research and self-diagnosis is leading in that direction.
The debate began.. What to do: go to the hospital? go to the clinic? go to the old man on the corner? go to where the first blood test was done? or, as was suggested by ...
Change of Plans
After a night without chills or sweats, I thought we were getting somewhere and Brian was getting better. He even managed a piece of toast in the morning. I booked our bus tickets to Laos after breakfast, and then started stressing that I wasn't ready to go. We're planning on going straight to Si Phan Don, or 4000 Islands. Some of the 4000 recently got electricity a few years ago, but don't have ATM's or post. ...
A local Cambodian family to the rescue
We turned up in the evening after what seemed like a long bus ride. Once off the bus, we decided to get a lift on the back of two bikes. They were taking us to what sounded like a nice hotel, with all the amenities that we required, and all for $5. Once at the hotel it turned out that all their rooms were $8 with single beds. We asked the bike riders about the price increase and we were then told that they knew of a hotel for $5 ...
Elephant Ride
... it comes to these kind of things and I admit, I didn't look into the background of the operation. Seems to me, it's a few Khemer's trying to make a living. They have 2 elephants a mother and a baby. I got to ride the baby. Perhaps I should mention that baby outweighed Mamma by ½...
I packed away a bunch of bananas in my bag. Within seconds I felt this thing behind me. She was poking around me with her trunk! So much larger than I ever could imagine, and so ...
Brian's Travel Tips: Sickness
... sends you on your way.
So not only do you find yourself feeling very uncomfortable, you get the added bonus of being very uncomfortable while interacting with the medical staff. You'll also have the pleasure of extending your stay even longer in this wonderful country for fear of the medical system you might find in the next country. There, you will probably be prescribed monkey blood and rat raisins.
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