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The Pure Orange Expedition Journal - How many things?
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
3am: Alarm bells hit the head - toilet paper, buckets - open both ends!
5am: Get up feeling weak. Where’s the nearest GP?
6am: Pass Ha Seromo, our last two night’s accommodation. But, still another 1½ hours walk back to Thoteng - kills me......
7.30am: A concoction of medicine - Voltaren tabs, for lower back; big green tablets to control vomiting and diarrhoea; and a Reuterii tab to get the good bacteria back in again!
8.30-11.30am: Eyeballed by the Thoteng village during repack to get back on the river.
Midday: Finally.......on water!
2pm: Met two guys at river crossing where Derek dropped Jakob and me off. One asked if he could borrow my river knife to fix his car. After 15 minutes of hacking at plastic - the car started!
4pm: Found a camp next to flowing water, not too high up - although close to water level. Going to go and tie up boat while I think about it!!
7pm: Blackened new pot. Haha! 1599 kroner and titanium pots are just like any other pots!
9pm: Writing this update and checking out the map for tomorrow.