(part 2)

[mr_funktastic]

Way up in the mountains we pass a young boy rugged up in a traditional woven poncho herding goats out of the way of our truck.  It'd be a timeless moment if he weren't wearing the iPod earphones.  We spend the next several hours driving in the dark on what must be some of the steepest, windiest, most decrepit roads in the world.  Worse than south

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[alacarta_renata]

Neat story. I felt sorry for the main character, though. Did he make it home ok? Does malaria come back to bite him in the arse again? Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion to this saga!

[mr_funktastic]

Literally? it's unlikely to bite me in the arse again. Australia has totally rad mosquitos that aren't vectors for infectious diseases.

the tests I took back here showed no permanent liver damage and normal white/red cell counts so I got off easy. For reference I was taking doxycycline but I may have missed a day. the aussie soldiers I spoke to had been taking doxy consistently for several months without any cases.