I woke up and I was not feeling well, I had problems with my stomach, I had fever and my bones were hurting. At the same time, one of the blisters at the back of my right foot that I had opened with the scissors yesterday was infected and consequently my right foot was swollen, my toes were swollen and even the wade was swollen, my leg felt like twice the size as normal. I stayed in my hammock and tried to sleep a bit more, I was feeling weak and tired, exhausted and lazy and wanted to stay in my hammock and hope that this was only temporarily and would cure itself rather quickly.

I did not get better until lunch, I wanted to go down to the kitchen/diner, the kitchen/diner had surprised me so far and maybe would surprise me again with something tasteful, something delicious, something different. The plates of my friends looked tasteful, looked delicious, not different in size though, again mountain high, except the plate of Ana, she was suffering a bit like me and could not really eat. I did not take a plate, no convincing surprises at the self-serve. I just had a couple of Maracuja juices, due to the fever I had lost quiet some liquid and needed to refill. My friends were concerned and offered me medication from their small house/van pharmacy. I rejected for the moment but promised to come back to their offer in the evening if I would not feel any kind of improvement.

The afternoon passed, I did not work on the computer and just stayed in my hammock. I have had so much luck in the past 2 weeks and was not sure if the fever was a sign of bad luck or a sign of body cleaning. I definitely had eaten something bad or wrong, Ana had very similar symptoms exactly at the same time and we both had eaten something bad or wrong. I turned from one side to the other and back again, I was feeling hot and in the next moment I was feeling cold, I had just fever in one moment and extreme high fever in the next, the only thing that did not change was the pain in my bones. I was not feeling hungry only thirsty but I had to drink water, plenty of water.

I did not get better until dinner, I wanted to go down to the kitchen, the kitchen had no surprises for lunch but maybe now for dinner, something tasteful, something delicious, something different. No, I definitely could not eat something, my stomach was infected, was extremely sensible and eating was out of the question except 2 Paracetamol pills. I wanted to attack the virus now and hope that 2 pills would fight him down, give me some rest tonight and let me wake up with new energy tomorrow morning. I had been resting and sleeping all day and could not imagine to sleep tonight at all. I was looking forward to a long difficult and uncomfortable night.

For a small understanding of the days travel, I have included a Google Earth map. The red pins mark the locations I have stopped and taken pictures. At the bottom of the page you will find a link for all the pictures I have taken. The link will open in a Google+ Album.

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See map and distances / Siehe Karte und Entfernungen / Ver mapa e distâncias / Ver mapa y distancias

Please click on “View Album” to see pictures in a Google+ Album.