Puerto Berrío → La Sierra → Puerto Boyacá → La Dorada → Puerto Bogotá

[amw]

My misadventures through the "puerto belt" continue.

After my previous regular update, i opted to take the gravel road down the west side of the river, and that happened to be the same day as Glimpse At My Day, so i did a full-blown entry for that leg, mud and all.

Comments

[newwaytowrite]

Hope the next stop in this journey is an improvement of the places in this entry.

[dadi]

Life is a lot easier to deal with when you're healthy

Word. Feeling miserable or even just out of whack makes everything grey, stinky and yucky!

It does sound like long covid to me...or the equally awful aftereffects of a viral gastroinrestinal infection. I got out of one of these years ago with a scoby thingy that I used to ferment my tee with. A bit impractical while traveling, though. Any healthy ferments might be good to re-colonise the abraded intestinal walls, probably.

[amw]

I started worrying myself when someone asked me "oh is it yellow fever?" So i checked my vaccination record for that and it's still good, but then i wondered if it might be malaria, and i looked up the symptoms, and i'm like "yeah! it's exactly that!" There are so many awful illnesses that bring nausea, sweats/chills, exhaustion etc. Good point on the ferments. It might be worth looking for a yogurt or something next time i am at a supermarket. I'm not even sure what they sell in the cold section here - since i have been traveling pretty much the only food i buy at supermarkets is stuff that can last a few days in my Ursack.

[carriea31]

You don't sound like a poophead. I hope you feel better soon.

[geminiwench]

So many guys are such a letdown, especially if you're a straight sexually-active gendered woman.

I'm sure women are not a dream, either.

But, the shit men do to women, just..... because they think they can.... is just.... otherworldly.

[amw]

Yeah, to be honest i mostly just hear it second hand from friends who are still sexually active and it's just boggling the amount of nonsense they go through. It all makes me even more convinced that it's not at all worth the effort. I have to admit i really don't understand the motivations of people who are repeatedly and relentlessly shit to other people, it just seems like such a waste of energy. I imagine i would make a very poor criminal profiler. Probably why i can't ever write a good novel either, i just don't understand the entire mindset of people who are assholes.

[geminiwench]

See? That's what you don't understand... assholes don't think they're the assholes, EVERYONE ELSE is the asshole

[opakele]

You can be a poopyhead if you want.

I would be a poopyhead, too.

I hope you feel better soon.