Hello!<\/p>\n
So now that Seth and I are both sick again, sitting in front of our hotel computer is pretty much the only option for after dinner ‘fun’ activities.\u00a0 So here goes another post…<\/p>\n
On the way from Agra, I managed to somehow get sick again (sleeper trains are a curse for me) but luckily this time I was able to walk to a taxi with only two ‘sit down’ breaks.\u00a0 Seth stayed strong long enough to battle with our taxi driver in the sweltering 35degree heat and get us a direct ride to our hotel (which still took us 1.5 hours in a non-airconditionned car in the middle of the day…it was GREAT for my fever!)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next, moments after checking in, Seth decided to join the fun ‘delhi belly club’ – personally I think he felt left out, I’m pretty much a lifetime member.\u00a0 Of course, always trying to ‘outdo’ me, he managed get it worse than me, landing him in the hospital early this morning.\u00a0 (Luckily by this point I was feeling a bit better so could\u00a0help him get there!)\u00a0 But don’t worry, he is definitely on the mend now, after being given a cocktail of antibiotics, rehydration salts, and other undefinable ‘pink pills’.\u00a0 He had a very high fever all night and when he started to hallucinate\/radiate heat from 30cm. away\u00a0I took him to the hospital.\u00a0 But his fever is\u00a0much less\u00a0now and he is looking much better, and even ate some dinner.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taking him to the hospital in the dark at 5am was quite the experience.\u00a0 Even in obviously desperate times, the taxi drivers still must be haggled with from their exorbitant demands.\u00a0 We finally arrived, but\u00a0the guy at hospital\u00a0reception was fast asleep on the desk, and I wasn’t sure whether to wake him or not – there were a few other patients waiting just down the hall on some chairs.\u00a0 I plonked Seth down on one, and as he spaced out, went searching for a doctor.\u00a0 Rather hard to identify since they wear regular Indian clothes, but in all white.\u00a0 Finally found one, who told us to ‘come back in a few hours’.\u00a0 I battled with that doctor for awhile, then gave up and found another one who agreed to see him.\u00a0 After all that, the doctor was brief, and 10 minutes later we were walking out with 5 kinds of medicine, and we didn’t pay a cent – no one ever asked us for money, maybe we missed something…?\u00a0 By this point we were exhausted, and I wasn’t up to my usual haggling standards, so we caught an overpriced taxi back to the ranch, and slept for a few hours.<\/p>\n
The good news, however,\u00a0is that Mumbai is fabulous when you aren’t deliriously sick.\u00a0 As Seth slept this afternoon, I took a little wander, and enjoyed finding an air-conditionned cinema playing western movies, a real McDonalds, and many people trying to boost my ego by telling me how great I’d be as an extra in a Bollywood movie.\u00a0 Probably all crap, but hey, if I was feeling better, I might give it a shot.<\/p>\n
We have some more recuperation time here, and as soon as Seth is feeling better, we are heading straight for Goa to relax on the beach and take a holiday from our holidays!<\/p>\n
-Claire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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