The Bug
Monday, May 7th, 2007Things were going good there for a few days. I was having a blast on the river, got to Luang Prabang and met a few nice people and planned to travel through Laos with them for a few more days. Unfortunately, for the 2nd time in 1 week and the 3rd time in 2 months I caught some sort of stomach bug. I think I may have figured out the reason this time. It definitely wasn’t food because I had been sticking to mainly western cuisine and since Laos is a former French colony there are plenty of baquettes to eat. Plus no matter where you go in this world you can find spaghetti or some sort of pasta. It has to be liquid. I didn’t have bottled water one night so I had to brush my teeth with the tap but I can’t imagine that little bit got me that quickly. The only other possibility is milk. I realized the last 3 times I got sick I had drank a milk shake earlier that day. Milk shakes were usually no problem at the beginning of my trip and you get them in just about every country and the milk is normally pretty good. I think I may have had some bad milk once and ever since then it has been getting me sick.
I am not really sure and I am no doctor but for the rest of my time on the road I am staying away from it. Too risky and I am tired of having my trip stalled for a couple of days over a stomach bug.
I am doing better now and I am going to visit a local waterfall and go swimming when my bus arrives to get me. Tomorrow I am going to head east to check out the sites I was supposed to see the last couple of days. So I will be back on track just a few days behind the rest of the people that were on the boat with me from Thailand. Maybe I will catch up.
Joey