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Well, this is it, looks like I’ve finally picked up some sort of stomach bug. I had an uncomfortable nights sleep with my belly rumbling, churning and generally getting itself into knots then, when I awoke this morning, I discovered I had diarrhoea.

Never went to Brazil [3]

Matthew
2004-03-06 00:15:30

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Surf's Down [Jul 28th 1999]

Well, this is it, looks like I’ve finally picked up some sort of stomach bug. I had an uncomfortable nights sleep with my belly rumbling, churning and generally getting itself into knots then, when I awoke this morning, I discovered I had diarrhoea. I decided to risk leaving the room with Jayne for a trip to a Laundromat (lavandería) and ended up pathetically leaning against the wall of the place, sweating and moaning while Jayne and the assistant counted out the clothes. To be honest, I was doing fine except for the occasional five minutes now and then when my stomach felt like it was about to explode through my backside. I decided I needed liquid and not beer so we made our way to a small café past litter bins made to look like alligators, macaws, toucans etc and sat down in a place diagonally opposite the plaza with a giant plastic Blue and Yellow Macaw in view. I downed the drink then considered, perhaps stupidly, that some food might be a good idea. We made our way up the road back towards the hotel and were about to go into a restaurant when a bloke with curly hair wearing a pair of glasses with no arms fixed to his face with a rubber band said he knew somewhere cheaper. This in fact turned out to be the same place we went to last night. On the way he told us he worked for the railway and could find out about train tickets for us. He ended up coming into the restaurant with us. Now my mum always said to me, “never trust a man whose glasses are attached to his face with a rubber band.” Well, okay, she didn’t but I reckon it’s a sound piece of advice. I’m sure the bloke was fine and only trying to be helpful but we declined his offer of assistance and said we would sort it out ourselves. We managed to shake him off quite easily which is more than could be said for my stomach. The buffet lunch did not go down at all well and I ended up making another dash for the toilets only the Male/Female ...