im leaning towards the sick side of the road and i would like to talk about my experience on getting sick in New Zealand.
Auckland, 8th of January 2011
a week of travelling later, surviving on a budget, i arrived in auckland. a sore throat brewing, and a cold coming along. my poor dutch and german roommates had to try to sleep with this girl coughing like a dying lady. i took some panadol.
Auckland Airport, 9th of January 2011
the day of the meet up with fellow ISV participants. left the hostel with a really really bad cough and non stop sneezing, with a mild fever. got to the airport. went to the pharmacy to buy some cough syrup and soothers. the girl offered some nice, honey flavoured cough syrups. i opted for the cheaper irish moss cough syrup. the girl offered some really nice, honey flavoured (manuka honey) soothers. i opted for the cheaper really bitter soothers.
and consequently, i suffered for a week. they both tasted appalling. they were really bad. and they did not work.
darrel took us walking around talking about maori people's medicinal plant, and i ate a leaf that was supposed to heal bad stomach coz at that point i had a stomach flu too. it was ugly.
and after i ate that leaf, it got uglier.
my team supervisor, fiona, told me to make some honey and ginger and lemon tea
and tom gave me a water purifier to take with a glass of water. which was the most bitter glass of water ive ever drunk in one go.
but after those two, i got A LOT better. just in time for our weekend away to whitianga.
so guys and girls:
1. honey, ginger, lemon
2. water purifier
3. good company
thats all you need.
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