Yesterday, while waiting for our guide, we were met in the lobby of our hotel by an Asian looking man, named Ashok who said he was our guide. We were expecting a guide named Krishna, so this proved confusing. Turns our Ashok was our guide from the trekking company for the following two days. He was coming by to brief us and deliver what we needed for our adventure. He began explaining, what to pack, and what to leave, where we were meeting, going, etc. Then he said the words, “mud” and “leeches”. After that, I heard nothing! Actually, I didn’t remember much of what he said before ‘leeches’ as well. Although I slept well, I was now anxious about this portion of our trip. I couldn’t get leeches out of my head. We were met
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