Machu Pichu to the Hospital

I´m sick.I felt great yesterday, visited the great lost city of Machu Pichu. My mistake may have been drinking water from a high mountian stream. Speaking of stream, I´ve never had diariha like that before. I saw the doctor 3 times today. I really like him his name is pronouced ¨wanka¨. He doesn´t speak any English and it was a miscommunication that cause my 3rd visit. He told me to eat chicken soup, but I missed the part when he said it must be only chicken and water, nothing else. I´m also drinking some rehydration juice. I thought it was ok to drink coke - no.

I´m feeling much better now, and I don´t suspect I will need to go back. I´m still on the medicine juice chicken, a couple of other pills to force my stomach to funtion and antibiotics. I´m going to stay here in Aquas Calientes. There are no cars except the busses that go up to the ruins. The only ways min and out are train, foot and helicopter. I´ve met some nice people that work at a bar who delivered food to my hotel when my energy was really low.

The Hospital is older and dirtier than my $7 a night hotel. The eqiptment looks primitive. The doctor gave me the anti puke injections in his bedroom. When I get home and have access to the rest of my money, I will surely make a donation. Maybe I´ll even try to raise some money from other people.

Machu Pichu was more inspiring than I expected. It really makes me wonder how people with less technology than we have now had such an incredible vision to do the absolute maximum they were capable of. In Alberta, with all our wealth, there is no such vision. In fact the public art in the smallest towns in Bolivia is much more grand than the big cities in Canada. I remeber in highschool, I had an idea of raising taxxes 5% and making the most spectacular castle in the world. Of course in our give me society it would take a hell of a lot of charisma to lauch such a project. Maybe Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys has what it takes.

Peru is really eating up my money. Most things are quite cheap, but the government has hefty fees. $25 to see Machu Pichu. $20 each way taking the shortest route on the train in Backpacker class. The doctor´s fees were quite small, abou $7 a visit to the hospital, but I paid a lot for the drugs. Of course relative to Canada, these ¨high fees¨ are still below par. I will stay here at least another day as it is a great place to heal. No cars, nice people and ancient energy.