Checked into our cute, quiet little bungelo and enjoyed our lunch by the ocean. We thought we were in for a treat, unfortunately the pasta I ate with the questionable meat sauce woke me in the night. Three sessions of violent puking! Not a lot of sleep and man oh man was my throat sore. Steve nursed me back to health with LOTS of tea and water, only to later change places with him in bed with a fever and upset stomach. Now he's contracted a mysterious bug of a different sort. Not a lot of fun. While I was at the beach our neighbours approached and asked how we have been feeling. They too were both ill. So I made an executive decision and we moved back to last hotel we stayed at and thankfully they had a room for us! There were more pros versus cons. Avoiding more illness was a priority. The next hotel had better food options in and around the area. We also saw a huge rat running around behind the previous hotel restaurant. The new establishment had free breakfast, airport shuttle, cheaper room, internet, t.v. with three stations, a swimming pool, and better beds with nice fluffy pillows. This hotel is bigger and busier than the cute little bungelo we left behind. As we cannot get a flight off this island till the 25'th of feb it'll do fine. The other option was a half hour taxi to the airport then a three hour ferry to catch a seven hour bus to Siagon. A best case scenario of course. We decided to hang out and take the sixty dollar one hour flight. As it turns out we made a good choice as Steve has taken a bit to recover. Now not to worry anyone, but HOLY SHIT did he give me a scare the other night. After a couple days of rest , he felt like going out for some food. We were at our favorite East Indian resturant, Ganeesh, and after a few bites of our spicy dinner he went white or call it yellow, I`m not sure but the colour drained out of him, sweat was running off of his entire body, his hands rolled inward and he tightened up, his eyes rolled upward so I could only see the whites and he fell back into the chair and was instantly snoring. I grabbed him and kept rubbing his arms and saying his name. He was out for about five seconds. We"re guessing his body went into some kind of shock! I have never felt so scared and alone and helpless!!!! The resturant staff also did not know what to do, we got him ice cold cloths and once he felt a bit composed we got a 50 cent cab back to our hotel or less than a five minute walk. We were taking no chances. Once back at the room I gave him a dose of the super dooper antibiotics and Ibuprophine.
I went to check out where I could contact a doctor and if there was a hospital on the island. I so wanted to call my sister Tami, but knew at this point that it would be useless as there was nothing she could do from afar and I probably would just hear her voice and cry. So it's been a couple days (daze), and my Steven is almost back to his healthy 100% SELF!!!
This island is about to go off, big plans for an international airport are under way, and we assume that at that time they will have most of the islands roads paved. On the resort side of the island there is a jellyfish problem that makes swimming uncomfortable. The local fishermen drag their nets and bring the jellyfish to the surface where the boat props chop them into tiny bits. We found this at a few beaches in Thailand and Rosi confirmed it by way of a documentary she watched. It is entertaining to watch the newbies take to the water to see how long they will stay in before the itching strikes. It feels as though your swimming through tiny needles.Fortunately it leaves no marks and goes away once you leave the water. Speaking of jellyfish, the other day Steve witnessed a guy pull two huge ones from the ocean, they were bigger that his head with a clear jelly and a blue veiny core.
Now on the other side of the island we discovered an amazing fine white sandy beach. On our second dip into the water, within seconds we both were stung by something spiny on the ocean floor. There was even some minor bleeding. Needless to say that was our last swim in this part of the ocean. So we hope for all those visiting this area that the resort you choose has plans for a nice big swimming pool.
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