Taryn knocked on my locked door at around 9am but i was too ill and cold to get up and let her in. Taking more panados (as i had done through the night) i waited for my temperature to drop. Alas this time the panados did not seem to have any effect and so i got out of bed and had a cold shower which managed to bring my temperature down a degree or two. After much discussion and calls to Rory (who Taryn feels is more knowledagable in this area) Taryn decided to have more tests run on my blood. Fortunately the hospital still had my samples from yesterday and so i did not have to go in. The others went out again to do more sight seeing while i watch a bit of tv in the restaurant and typed up some more entries for my blog. With my temperature rising again and starting to shiver i headed back to bed where despite wearing a thick polar fleece and my -15'c sleeping bag i still shivered uncontrollably. While sleeping March phoned to discuss the shock issues. Simon had gone down earlier to see if the Beast was ready as promised. Unfortunately; despite the best attempts no suitable shock could be found and so we had emailed March to see if he could organise shocks. From our conversation it seemed he would probably send them up from SA which would mean more delays and time wasted. However with my being sick it didnt really matter. Earlier in the morning the other 3 had decided that the following day they would go up to see the castles but when they returned at 5pm I found out that Simon C was running a temperature too. Furthermore my new blood tests showed my blood to be normal. Taryn forwarded the results to Rory who would consult and then recommend a course of action.
After my rest i got up and watched an Indian movie which was in English and really good. I do love Indian movies and it took my mind off my fever. Also, for the first time in over 15 yrs i had a coke to try and get my energy levels up as i had not eaten breakfast although earlier i had had two oranges, a quava and a sweet roll. I also couldnt face any heavy food. I am not sure whether it was because of what i ate but i started refluxing, coughing heavily and heading to the toilet. Rather than getting better i seemed to be getting worse :)
I should mention a little bit about my "hotel" for R65 I get a room with a double bed and bathroom with "hot" water (90% of the time its cold due to power fluctuations). Now beside the 4 Mapa people staying at the hotel there are maybe 2 or 3 other rooms occupied. The staff complement includes 2 waiters, a security guard, cashier, barman, manager, 3 cleaning ladies. Now ALL of these staff work all hours... I mean from 7am to 11pm everyday. Its totally crazy and they are such nice, humble friendly people. You quickly realise how good we have it South Africa. Despite the large staff compliment the hotel keeps going even though there is hardly any customers. Furthermore the staff in the restaurant have the same impeccable service levels i have come to expect from Ethiopian restaurants!
After the Indian movie I decided to have supper around 9pm which was a vegatable stirfry which although good had too much salt and butter...oh for a little Kuaui food or healthy stirfry or anything fresh really. Afterwards having not being able to finish my food I went back to my room. There I carried on reading "The Life of Prophet Muhammad" which is generally very good except for its strange extremely strong anti-Jewish stance. It incorrectly tries to justify this based on Jewish behavior during the time of Muhammad. Such writing destroys bridges, it does not build them! Fortunately everything is else very insightful.
I headed to bed and after a fitful sleep ended up throwing off all the covers because i was too hot. I now know what it is like to have hot flushes and it feels like you are on a roller coaster ride! Being awake I decided to get up and pray the midnight pray and read some more until i was sleepy again which was not too long afterwards
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