We went to the Travler's Clinic and paid a doctor to read print-outs from the CDC that we could have read. He prescribed the wrong kind of vaccine for me and recommended a vaccine for both of us that a) would have cost upwards of $1,000 and b) is completely unnecessary for where we are traveling (infamous last works, huh?). Oh well. We now have tetanus (yeah! rusty nails), Hep. C (woohoo for drinking water) and typhoid (3 cheers for food AND water). We also get to take malaria medication while we are there. When I was in Venezuela I took Lariam which gave me some pretty trippy dreams. Others who were on it had dreams about killing their entire families. Freaky. I was hestitant to do the malaria vaccine but a colleague who is my age was in hospice (!!!) with malaria. Malaria: Its for REAL. Anyways, this time, we get to take Malarone which supposedly is a better vaccine without the heady after effects.
My planning is pretty much complete as I finalized our domestic flight. That was a pain with lots of emails but we are good to go! Now I just hope everything work out. I worry about showing up to a place on the wrong day or having booked at a place that is really The Most Creepy Hotel Ever.
I went to Wal-Mart (sorry, good, hard-working local businesses) and stocked up on nifty travel-sized things like tissues, a new soapdish and contact lens solution. I am tempted to buy some sleeping meds for the plane but secretly love the delirious and crazy feeling from long, international flights. Is that wrong?
The Hubby is still letting me go full charge with the planning. However, he did manage to send me this uplifting bit:
"The claims by Oxfam follow the release earlier this month of another report by a coalition of 35 environmental and humanitarian groups warning that Asia's recent economic advances could be reversed as a result of environmental damage caused by climate change. The report, entitled Up In Smoke, said that countries in Asia were likely to be the biggest losers as floods and tropical cyclones increase in number and intensity. ... Oxfam says Vietnam is likely to be among the countries hardest hit by rising sea levels, based on research carried out by the World Bank."
Um. Okay. So we will take lots and lots of pictures, k?
3 comments:
Have an AMAZING time! You guys will be missed at the Xmas Party! :)
i so bummed we aren't going to be there. last year's fiesta was epic and very memorable despite my high level of intoxication!
Vietnam!! Hoorah! What a fascinating and remarkable trip!
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