The Sun is Shining

Okay, so the pictures are not actually gone, just lost. I half knowingly erased everything from the little memory card because it had all been infected, as far as I could tell. But everything is still there on the camera so I'll be able to transfer them to a computer once I get home and have access to the chord. So... as long as I retain the camera itself (everyone knock on wood) I will still have the pictures. These internet cafes are a prime spot for getting viruses, on you equipment that is, because so many travelers use them. So, lesson learned. Nonetheless, it seems wise to approach the whole operation with detachment.

It's like the world becomes this amazingly friendly place as soon as the sickness lifts. I'm figuring it out, slowly but surely. Lots of doses of vitamins are involved, and I'm just going to eat very little in general. It's a diet imposed by exterior circumstances. It helps that the sun actually came out a bit yesterday too. I'm heading to school to pay for my second week of classes and some salsa lessons tonight. Then I'm trying to choose between two totally different weekend adventures: A Saturday spent kayaking over to a quiet Westernized holistic community across the lake followed by a Sunday up in the mountains at the area's biggest artisen market, or getting on a bus Friday and heading up to Tikal for a long weekend wandering through Guatemala's Machu Pichu. Both sound great in different ways, so I'm going to look into costs and waiting to see how the stomach is doing... Thanks for all of the emails and comments on the blog! It's great to have all of the support as I fumble my way through my first solo trip abroad!