Finally the long awaited moment in my travels had arrived. A friend from back home was coming over to visit and spend the following three weeks traveling through Guatemala, Belize and Mexico with me. Although I had managed to survive almost nine months without getting properly sick, I chose the day before Tian arrived to get a cold. After an early night, some moping around the hostel and a visit to the pharmacy to get the strongest over the counter meds that they were willing to give me (aka prescription meds back home) I manned up, jumped in the car with my driver for the night Reaoul and headed off to Guatemala city to collect Tian and her backpack that was almost as big as she is. During my time traveling I quickly discovered that there
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