Monday, November 10, 2008

il try to keep it short

Ok so a breif summary of the last week since i updated this. I went to Jeslaimir, a beutiful city in north east india thats surrounded by the desert. I spent a day wandering the city and checking out the fort thats right in the middle of it. After that i joined up for a 4 day 3 night desert safari, where a company takes you and a group of random travellers in a jeep out into the sand dune filled landscape about 60 k away from the city. The safari was going great although riding a camel 5 hours a day loses its appeal after about half a hour. like i said the safari was going good til the second morning when i woke up and instantly knew i wasnt feeling well. As the day progressed i felt worse and worse until i told the guide i had to get out of the desert and to a hospital becuase i felt like i might die. I dont remmember anything over the next 48 hours except the little bits which il share with you. I pass out in desert and wake up in the back of a jeep thats ripping through the desert as fast as it can to the hospital. I wake up in the hospital. Then i wake up in a strange room with some random guy patting down my head with a wet towel and a doctor beside me. I guess i have some sort of infection of the intestine? i think ? Anywase a man, whos brother owns the safari company has been nursing me back to health in the family guest house. His name is Sharif and has helped me so much i really cant repay the man properly. The guy litterally checked on me every hour over the first two days i was in the guest house and supplied me with anything i needed. Im feeling better today and walked down the street to this internet cafe. my condition haha, has been improving steadily and il leave for my next destination- pushkar- on the 12th. Il get into more detail next time about what happenend, or maybe i wont actually i dont know, im trying to forget anything bad that has happenend to me at all, while im here so ya thats it. Il post some photos from the last little while over the next few days. Im going to try and stay away from the computer over the next month so, if you have any question and are one of the 5 or so people who read this haha, email me becuase il try an check that every week or so. Actually i dont know il try and update this atleast once 10 days or so. To try and sum up how im feeling il use a quote from holden cuafield that ends the catcher in the rye, "Its funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do you start missing everybody."

3 comments:

Leslie F said...

Steve, I don't know what to say! Your blog is amazing....keep up the good work, and good luck on the rest of your trip.

Glenda said...

hi steve!
a safari would be so cool, but that sucks you got sick.
your trip sounds really exciting!
-Glenda

Daddyo said...

Steve, you are incredible! You will treasure the ups and downs of this journey for the rest of your life. Enjoy, push on, take lots of pics and keep us up to date,o.k.?
Love Dddyo