Don't drink the water!

I know, I know....don't drink the water, ask for 'sin hielo', check to be sure the fruits and veggies have been rinsed with 'agua pura,' and don't eat anything off the street. Well, I must say my pride has been hurt the past few days since I have had my first ever stomach illness in a foreign country. To my defense...everyone does it and I have never been overly careful south of the border...but I really have not been careful for my first 2 weeks in the country and I'm sure my immune system has had enough.

I'm fairly sure we, Health in Action, taught the children of Samox San Lucas, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala that they should brush their teeth with purified water. Eating mango from stands in the market nearly every day probably doesn't help...especially that fruit cup that tasted like alcohol because the pineapple and strawberries had already started to ferment. Additionally, eating immense amounts of food every day for the entire weekend, whether they were healthy vegetables or the sweet local desserts at the music festival, was probably not the best idea. With the amount of food I ate at the music festival, I was probably statistically doomed to eat at least one disease carrying food.

Anyway...Lauren and I are both sick and headed off to the clinica in the morning. Good thing I got that travellers' insurance!