Today we leave Suchitoto to go to Ataco, we share a joke about eating a taco in Ataco. Haha, we're hilarious!
It is finally confirmed, I am sick. My throat is painful, I have small pustules visible back there, my glands are swollen & also very sore. I've got a temperature, my joints & muscles hurt, my eyes are hot, my eyelids are heavy, as is my head which hurts as well.
Tom & I go to the pharmacist & get some antibacterial lozenges with some local anaesthetic to use in conjunction with the butadiene throat gargle & paracetamol. Ive got plenty of antibiotics on hand that I can use if needed, but right now I think its just viral.
The journey to Ataco takes 4 hours & it absolutely buckets down with rain. Outside the sky is very dark & the thunder seems to follow us for most of the journey. Half of the group is doing an optional hike, so the van is fairly empty in comparison to how it normally is. I take full advantage of this & spread out & pass out.
When we arrive in Ataco, we check into our rooms, again it's a hotel situation, no dorms or sharing!
The hotel has a really nice courtyard with a water fountain & we see hummingbirds while here.
The town is fairly small & features a few hiking options & a weekly food festival in the central square. We're here on a weekend & will hopefully be up for some street food tomorrow.
We go out for dinner & Tom orders a vegetarian burger with mushrooms which looks & smells divine. I order some tomato soup, not being brave enough for solids & any further irritation after eating. For some reason my soup is the last dish to arrive at the table & I am absolutely ravenous so I straight away order desert, one of Toms favourites; carrot cake.
It is finally confirmed, I am sick. My throat is painful, I have small pustules visible back there, my glands are swollen & also very sore. I've got a temperature, my joints & muscles hurt, my eyes are hot, my eyelids are heavy, as is my head which hurts as well.
Tom & I go to the pharmacist & get some antibacterial lozenges with some local anaesthetic to use in conjunction with the butadiene throat gargle & paracetamol. Ive got plenty of antibiotics on hand that I can use if needed, but right now I think its just viral.
We go to a local restaurant that Ronnie has recommended & I eat some sort rice for breakfast. This is effort enough & we return to the hotel. We have to check out at 11am & leave Suchitoto at 2pm, which leaves me sitting in an uncomfortable rocking chair, waiting for the time to pass.
The journey to Ataco takes 4 hours & it absolutely buckets down with rain. Outside the sky is very dark & the thunder seems to follow us for most of the journey. Half of the group is doing an optional hike, so the van is fairly empty in comparison to how it normally is. I take full advantage of this & spread out & pass out.
When we arrive in Ataco, we check into our rooms, again it's a hotel situation, no dorms or sharing!
The hotel has a really nice courtyard with a water fountain & we see hummingbirds while here.
The town is fairly small & features a few hiking options & a weekly food festival in the central square. We're here on a weekend & will hopefully be up for some street food tomorrow.
We go out for dinner & Tom orders a vegetarian burger with mushrooms which looks & smells divine. I order some tomato soup, not being brave enough for solids & any further irritation after eating. For some reason my soup is the last dish to arrive at the table & I am absolutely ravenous so I straight away order desert, one of Toms favourites; carrot cake.
After dinner we go back to the hotel & I go straight to bed to sleep.
Tom stays out drinking with some other people from the group.
They are being quite rowdy & by 1am I go out & ask them to be quite. By 2am, I storm out & am very close to yelling at them.
I'm not the only person to tell them to shut up either, another G adventure group are here & their guide asks them twice to shut up.
Tom isn't the loudest of them & to his defence I frequently hear him shooshing the other people.
- Alli
I'm not the only person to tell them to shut up either, another G adventure group are here & their guide asks them twice to shut up.
Tom isn't the loudest of them & to his defence I frequently hear him shooshing the other people.
- Alli
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