The Breath of Kali

And other things that I expelled that night.

That night was brutal. I was sick like no ones business. The food caught up with me. The fact that I brushed my teeth and trace amounts of water made it into my mouth caught up with me. The brutal sun sickness caught up with me. Apparently, my bodies way to deal was this was to attempt to expel every drop of water and non vital organ.

I ran the water in the sink to try and cover the sounds of me using the toilet, but it would have required some sort of marching band to cover that racket. I was in and out of the bathroom every 10 minutes all through the night. I could not believe I was capable of such things. As distasteful as it is, I was literally near blown off the toilet by the violence of the gas and foulness.

Sorry, but you didn't have to click that link. After a few hours, my back began to hurt from the contractions of half my body trying to expel the other half. I took a warm bath for a few hours and fell asleep in the tub. I woke up two hours later, with a slightly less sore back, but the diarrhea had not abated. I remembered that I had invested in some Japanese anti-diareahal pills before I left Japan. I went and found them, took a pill with some bottled water. Then went back to bed. About 5 minutes later I woke up, walked into the bathroom and began to vomit violently.

Goddamn Japanese medicine.

All in all I got about 4 hours of sleep, about 3 good ones that night. On the plus side I did loose about 3 kg that night. If you go to India...

1. Only let bottled water that you open touch your mouth. This included rinsing your toothbrush. Shower with your mouth tightly sealed.

2. Never drink from a glass bottle, only plastic. The glass ones are filthy, and recycled. We would remove the cap, and then wipe the mouth of the bottle with a cloth and get a black circle on the cloth.

3. Never, Ever, trust Japanese medicine. Even if you're not in India.