blog des malades

Our Health...... so far, so good; except for John's couple of days (last day in Vientiane, first day in Cambodia, when he was in bed with a stomach bug (?) and Denise''s accident with stepping on a bunch of fire ants in Cambodia...(we quickly unstrapped her shoes and got her sitting so she could rub off the ants from her feet and John shook out the shoes. She was in a lot of pain; felt like her feet were on fire. Not fun. We all are drinking the daily beer at either lunch or dinner as we feel that if pretty safe but with the heat and the culture shock, drinking much alcohol is the last thing we feel like doing; we all have the occasional day when our stomachs are a little "funny"' but we are being super cautious about food; taking malaria pills and using mosquito spray and brushing teeth with bottled water. How much we take for granted in the West; just having clean water!
Oh, and yes, Julie's broken foot bone is not causing any problems and her back problem leaving SF was better by Hong Kong...... So Far, So Good..........