Giardia strikes me down
Trip Start
Aug 15, 2006
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Trip End
May 27, 2008
Ban Na Hin,
Lao Peoples Dem Rep
Sunday, March 16, 2008
We checked into an LP hostel just before the main town but then checked straight out again once we found there was no 'swimming pool, fridge, TV, free internet or free laundry' as noted in the book! We found a restaurant nearby and ate lunch there and were given free chips and then given heaps of sticky rice to take away.
We headed into town and found Sousaphan just near the market and got a cheap room. We popped in to the tourist office to ask about how we can get to the infamous local Konglor cave and stay with local people but we were quoted a steep price for a guided trip
Scrabble outside by the road at 3am!
. We took off and hiked up to the local waterfall Tam Namsanam which was dry and had no water (it was the dry season!).Ollie went and bought some cooked fish from the market at the end of the day and some tomatoes and mixed it with the leftover sticky ricefor dinner. BIG mistake for me to eat it as I was up all night and have never been so ill in my life!
Today I was sick all day and Ollie had to go and find some kind of electrolyte drink from the local chemist for me. We were trying to make a decision as to whether Ollie went to the cave alone while I was ill or whether we headed to a big town to find a doctor.
