Today I decided to take care of any health requirements necessary. I was referred to a travel clinic: this is a clinic which specializes in poking adventurous travelers like myself full of needle-holes and then charging a lot of money. Not a bad racket, really. I went to Passport Health of Austin (http://www.passporthealthaustin.com/) and met with a nice lady named Elisa, who sat down and calmly explained all of the horrible lingering deaths that were possible from insect bites, eating, drinking, animals, birds, breathing, walking, touching people casually, touching people intimately, and just plain going about your business without doing any of the prior. We discussed which kind of anti-malarial drug I would prefer: 1) The one that causes psychotic episodes and horrendous nightmares (been there, done that); 2) The one that causes nausea, yeast infection
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