around the world in 180 days

            Our last day in San Lucas has ended. We both wish we’d planned to stay here longer. We’re just starting to get our head around Spanish, just starting to get to know the town, just starting to get to know the people and we’re leaving. Oh well. There were reasons why we didn’t plan longer here, and those reasons are still valid. New Zealand awaits.

            Anna and I went up to the clinica today on the suggestion of two of the longer term volunteers at the mission. They said that Anna might have amoebas and that she should go up there and get tested for free. The price was right, so we went and found out that Anna did have amoebas (which won’t go away on their own) and also a bacterial infection (which the Cipro would have taken care of). The two volunteers, Josiah and Kathryn, also recommended a specific ameoba medicine, which we spent half the afternoon tracking down. Anna seems to be mostly back to normal at this point, not in much pain and using the bathroom at a normal frequency. Thank goodness this seems to have passed quickly. I hope that holds true.

            As for the rest of the day, we mostly hung out at Bartola’s again, playing with the kids and starting our goodbyes. Bartola’s husband and the kids’ father ran off to the US and lives in LA now (I think I mighta mentined that before) and when we told the family we were flying to LA next, the look in their eyes was heartbreaking. We should have thought more about it ahead of time and said we were going to Santa Monica or Beverly Hills or something like that, but we didn’t. It’s hard to grow up without a father (so I hear, anyway), no matter where you live. On one hand, I hope tha someday he comes back, but on the other hand, he’s abandoned them for this long. Coming back might only allow him to break their hearts again.

            And so tomorrow we begin another leg of our journey, first to Antigua. then to LA, then to Fiji. This leg will also begin in the middle of the night, as we leave Antigua at 4 am. So it goes.

 

Anyway, enough for now. I’ve a fair trade coffee rant that I feel brewing (i’m sorry), so stay tuned.

 

Goodnight!!

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