So after eating some Pringles for dinner, since that was all that didn't upset my stomach, I spent the night with the shakes and once again threw up. I actually had to wake Mel up because I was feeling like I was going to pass out. She tried to go to the front desk and see if there was anyone around to point us to a doctor but everyone had gone to bed already. I have never felt like that before and I was really starting to freak out.
In the morning Mel went to the front desk and found out where a doctor was. Luckily there was one just up the road. He took some tests and two hours later he diagnosed me with Salmonella. When I first walked in and was waiting for the doctor, the nurse actually freaked me out more by telling me that I had blood poisoning without going into detail. He prescribed about 7 different pills that I had to take multiple times a day.
Our full day in Ubud was spent doing some shopping, sleeping, and getting treatments at a local spa. I got a sunburn treatment: they put crushed cucumber all over and let it sit and then you wash it off in a flower petal bath. I did not enjoy it. The cucumbers smelt like they were starting to go and felt very gritty, and the flowers in the bath had obviously not been cleaned because there was dirt in the bottom of the tub. All-in-all not the best experience.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Beginning of the End
Mel wasn't feeling up to eating dinner so I decided to just eat some Mr. Noodle like soup and got the hotel to boil me water. Unfortunately I dont think they boiled the water long enough because I ended my eight year streak and threw it all up that night.
With both of us now feeling sick we stayed in bed pretty much all day. We rotated between napping and watching tv shows. My parents were able to get a hold of us through Skype and we filled them in on what was going on. Being sick really sucked, my entire body hurt, I was really weak, and nausea was a constant state. I think so far I have had two days where I actually felt good and didn't suffer from any nausea.
This is the point where I decided I was going to go home with Mel at the end of January. We both agreed that we gave ourselves too much time for this trip and were ready to just see what we really wanted to and then go home on January 29th. We tried taking some of the antibiotics that we got back home but those didn't help very much.
With both of us now feeling sick we stayed in bed pretty much all day. We rotated between napping and watching tv shows. My parents were able to get a hold of us through Skype and we filled them in on what was going on. Being sick really sucked, my entire body hurt, I was really weak, and nausea was a constant state. I think so far I have had two days where I actually felt good and didn't suffer from any nausea.
This is the point where I decided I was going to go home with Mel at the end of January. We both agreed that we gave ourselves too much time for this trip and were ready to just see what we really wanted to and then go home on January 29th. We tried taking some of the antibiotics that we got back home but those didn't help very much.
Padang Padang & Ubud
We ate breakfast with Rhys, Savanah, and a couple they were traveling with and then spent a few hours at the beach. I turned lobster red on the front of my body and pretty much stayed white on the back. We had some trouble with getting cash out both on my VISA and Mel's debit card but I think it's more the ATM we were trying to use and not our cards. I was finally able to get a hold of RBC and cancel my debit card just to be on the safe side.
Mel has started to fell pretty sick and today is our day to check out and head to Ubud. We waited until noon to check out so she would have time to rest and I could find us some places to look at in Ubud. Luckily for us Are has friends in Ubud who own Sagittarius Bungalows and we were able to get a room there. Unfortunately for us it is at the top of our budget but I don't think either of us were wanting to look around. We went for a walk to the supermarket and it started to pour down rain and by the time we got back I looked like I had taken a shower, rather than just a 5 minute walk. On our walk we had to pass through the monkey jungle and I had one come up to me and grab my grocery bag, but I just gave it a little shake and told him "No, thats mine" and he backed off. It was cute but Mel thought it was creepy.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Island Tour
The next day we were up at 7:15AM so that we could do our island tour with Are. He was really great and was able to tell us a lot of stuff about the island. We started with Nusa Dua and were going to go over to Turtle Island but we decided it was too expensive to do the excursion and moved on. The beach at Nusa Dua though looked really nice.
Are drove us up through Sanur to Goa Gajah (The Elephant Cave) which was very neat and beautiful. We had to wear sarongs to cover our legs and women who are menstruating are not allowed to enter the temple. There was a man waiting at the bottom of the stairs who said he would be our guide and I thought he was priest/monk of the temple but it turned out he was just someone there to make money as a guide. I decided to wash my face with the temple's water, which was a neat experience.
Next we went to Tampak Siring (The Holy Water Temple). This place was very beautiful. There was a long pool that you could bathe yourself in for good luck and because we were there on a holiday all of the temples were filled with offerings. There was another pool where the "Holy Water" came up from an underground spring, that was neat to see. Unfortunately both of the temples had booths where people were trying to sell you something and you had to walk through them to get out.
Are drove us up through Sanur to Goa Gajah (The Elephant Cave) which was very neat and beautiful. We had to wear sarongs to cover our legs and women who are menstruating are not allowed to enter the temple. There was a man waiting at the bottom of the stairs who said he would be our guide and I thought he was priest/monk of the temple but it turned out he was just someone there to make money as a guide. I decided to wash my face with the temple's water, which was a neat experience.
Next we went to Tampak Siring (The Holy Water Temple). This place was very beautiful. There was a long pool that you could bathe yourself in for good luck and because we were there on a holiday all of the temples were filled with offerings. There was another pool where the "Holy Water" came up from an underground spring, that was neat to see. Unfortunately both of the temples had booths where people were trying to sell you something and you had to walk through them to get out.
We also went to see the oldest house on Bali, which to me looked like the one on "Eat, Pray, Love". We met the family that lives there and saw the different rooms, the family temple, and how they lived their day-to-day lives. It was an interesting experience and made me appreciate our house back home.
On our way to Ubud, Are took us to a spice farm that he liked to go to. Here we got to see how they make Luwak coffee and try some, as well as other teas and coffees made there. While we were enjoying our samples it started to pour down rain and by the time we were ready to leave the path to the car had been flooded. It was a very wet walk back.
When we got to Ubud we stopped to have lunch and Are drove us around the shopping area and took us to the Ubud Market. A little tip: shop the inside stalls at large markets like these, the vendors on the outside edges charge more because not all tourists are willing to go inside. We bough sarongs for Rp. 40,000 from an inside stall and the outer stalls wanted Rp. 120,000.
Mel was starting to come down with a migraine so we decided to skip the last two stops on the tour and just head back to Padang Padang. It was at this point that I discovered I had left my bank card in a machine yesterday so I now had to rely on my VISA for everything. I was a little worried about that at first because I hadn't changed my PIN to 4 digits, but luckily it worked fine.
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