Do you know the best way to work a lot very long days in a row without falling asleep, no matter wich altitude you're at? Well I discovered it is a hell of a lot cheaper than cocaine.
Every morning a large cup of extra strong cofee - who can say no to that - with an aspirine, and another aspirine after lunch with half a liter of coca cola. Each of these will help you to stay fresh and active for about 6 to 7 hours. Undoubtedly the best ever medical product, bayaspirina they call them here, as there are a lot of copies on the market as well. Tried it as well with the cafeïne version, as it is for the cafeïne you combine them with coke or coffee, but doesn't seem to work as good.
Please no more Salinas Grandes for a week or so, I've seen them, been there, done that.
Oh yeah note: received a tip from Porteños.
Free today, needed a day of so I can restart without the above routine.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
Getting worked in
Tomorrow going to Humahuaca, in a bus with 12 tourists, 1 new driver who doesn't know the tour and a new guide to be trained in. 1 foreigner without any spanish as well.
I'm nearly recovered from the doctor's poisening so it's going to be a fine day.
About 8 weeks to go.
I'm nearly recovered from the doctor's poisening so it's going to be a fine day.
About 8 weeks to go.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Hoogstraten
En, alle Hoogstratenaars fier op hun burgervader, meermaals de voorpagina gehaald op de standaard online!!!
Never trust the doctor
I kow I have been claiming for quite some time that I'm never ill, but I need to put a nearly in there somewhere. It all started last wednesday, after another nice but tiresome tour to the Salinas Grandes. I'd been feeling perfectly allright all day long, no sign of the often present fatigue during the 90 minute drive along Road 40 through the desert at high altitude, until later at night whilst having a drink with some friends on the standard wednesday - Barny Gomez evening.
The next day I started having fits of really high temperature, with sweat running in rivers from my body bringing my temperature down 'till I was shaking like a leaf.
Well, shit happens, so stay in bed for a day and it will be forgotten. Didn't count with the devil, and on saturday still no change in my situation, so I made the biggest mistake of my life, number 1: I called the paramedico. After 20 minutes and a shot in my bottom to bring the fever down she told me that this was no malaria, just angina and bronchitis, so she subsribed me some peniciline and tablets to control the fever. Then I made the biggest mistake of my life, numer 2: I actually took these pills.
Untill this moment I hadn't been eating for not feeling like it, the day after I couldn't eat because my entire mouth was infected. I blame it, not on the government, but on the peniciline. Today is tuesday, a week on, and I managed to get some milkshake in, water wasn't enough anymore for my stomach, even bought a "liquidora" to maybe try some soup. And tomorow, a white or a pink tongue, I start working again, it's high season, and I need to save for my trip. I hope I can talk all day long, dunno yet where they're sending me to.
After all, it probably wasn't more than a sunstroke. I'm going to get meself a hat and goggles.
Thumbs up in life! See yis in Aruba?
The next day I started having fits of really high temperature, with sweat running in rivers from my body bringing my temperature down 'till I was shaking like a leaf.
Well, shit happens, so stay in bed for a day and it will be forgotten. Didn't count with the devil, and on saturday still no change in my situation, so I made the biggest mistake of my life, number 1: I called the paramedico. After 20 minutes and a shot in my bottom to bring the fever down she told me that this was no malaria, just angina and bronchitis, so she subsribed me some peniciline and tablets to control the fever. Then I made the biggest mistake of my life, numer 2: I actually took these pills.
Untill this moment I hadn't been eating for not feeling like it, the day after I couldn't eat because my entire mouth was infected. I blame it, not on the government, but on the peniciline. Today is tuesday, a week on, and I managed to get some milkshake in, water wasn't enough anymore for my stomach, even bought a "liquidora" to maybe try some soup. And tomorow, a white or a pink tongue, I start working again, it's high season, and I need to save for my trip. I hope I can talk all day long, dunno yet where they're sending me to.
After all, it probably wasn't more than a sunstroke. I'm going to get meself a hat and goggles.
Thumbs up in life! See yis in Aruba?
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
BTW
passport valid till 03/2008
visa valid till 18/03/2007
travel money set aside 2.800 pesos and a lot of small amounts of foreign currency.
visa valid till 18/03/2007
travel money set aside 2.800 pesos and a lot of small amounts of foreign currency.
Brilliant Idea
I woke up this morning and straight away got this brilliant idea that it is about time to leave Salta, and time as well for a bit more adventure. Well, I decided that mid-march I'll be setting off, walking/hitch-hiking towards Colombia/Venezuela. Visiting Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador on my way up north.
If I really enjoy the trip, and this shouldn't be expensive, after a shorter time working at some point, I might try to get all the way up north. I would finally have something to write about so that this blog gets some value again. As I've said many times before, here nothing is happening, nothing is changing, the future is known for most people here: if they're not working yet, they'll just need to take a look at their parents, if they're not working, they probably won't either.
This place is beautiful, interesting, nice climate, people, all you can want, but without a future.
Thats about 75 days to go!
If I really enjoy the trip, and this shouldn't be expensive, after a shorter time working at some point, I might try to get all the way up north. I would finally have something to write about so that this blog gets some value again. As I've said many times before, here nothing is happening, nothing is changing, the future is known for most people here: if they're not working yet, they'll just need to take a look at their parents, if they're not working, they probably won't either.
This place is beautiful, interesting, nice climate, people, all you can want, but without a future.
Thats about 75 days to go!
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