I got home yesterday with a 99.8-degree fever.
This was probably a result of drinking only a few sips of water per day, walking for several hours — including nearly two hours up the side of a mountain; eating too much crap, and not sleeping nearly enough. (Stupid fireworks woke me up at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday. Who is having a party at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday? Do Patzcuarians really party that hard?)
Briefly thought about swine flu — though everybody I talked to in Patzcuaro swore, “There was not one documented case here!” –but my mom, a nurse, said that since I didn’t have any respiratory symptoms I was probably fine.
Thought I’d share some more Patz pictures. The one above was taken with my iPhone on Saturday night around 9 p.m.
I’m not doing anything else today. Going to sit under my pink blanket, watch Adam’s Rib and Spiderman 3, and eat the cherry Jello that my husband lovingly prepared last night, while I was a zombie.
Click below to see the pics.
Do you see those little white flecks on top of the hill? I hiked there.
The walk up to El Estribo. Note the cobblestones. (Tough on your feet!)
View of Janitzio island from a small ferry boat. The island is only accessible by boat; no one has cars there.
These photos are a bit smaller, because they were taken with my cell phone:
Stopping for Carnitas in Quiroga, known as the Carnitas Capital
A pile of meat wrapped in paper. Mmmmm.
Part of a church courtyard in Tzintzuntzan, where they used to hold mass to convert the indigeous people.
The church in the tiny town of Arocutin
Lesley, it was nice to meet you, for however brief a time.
I don’t have a fever, just a runny nose and sneezing. I hope that it’s only allergies.
When you told me about all the antojitos you consumed in el mercado, I thought, “I used to eat like that.”
It was the tostada de carne apache that would concern me the most; raw, minced beef in lime juice, with tomates, onions, chiles and cilantro, all lovingly held at the ambient temperature.
At any rate, we wish you a speedy recovery.
PS: Sopa de ajo, made with lots of garlic, poured over toast, plus a squirt of lime juice, is a pretty good cold remedy.
Saludos,
Don y Doña Cuevas