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Travel Karma: the Pig’s Head
I lay there, individually unable to move but shuddering violently and uncontrollably from the fever. The light flickered above my head once again and with resentment I acknowledged the beginning of another day. The Doctor had jammed the needle into … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, confessions of a tour guide, cusco, dengue, Ilheus, journalist richard mccoll, malaria, peru, pig's head, pranks, puno, sheep balls, sheep testicles, tour guide, travel karma, tropical diseases, uros
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My Son, Are you a Catholic? Confessions of a Malarial Carrier
I knew things were bad, but coming to from yet another bout of fever, with chills, sweating, exhaustion, headaches and explosive muscular pains to see a priest at the foot of my bed did nothing to still the fissures in … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Journeys
Tagged amalaria in Brazil, coma, dengue, dengue in Brazil, falciparum, Ilheus, incidence of dengue in Brazil, Itabuna, Itacare, Jorge Amado, malaria, misadventures in Brazil, surf in Itacare, travels through South America, tropical diseases, vivax, what is dengue
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