this blog is the “travel journal of my experiences, the good, the bad and sometimes very ugly”.  that’s what it says, right there in the title.  welcome to the swollen, red, itchy and very ugly part of the trip.

sadly, my heat rash only got worse throughout the evening, and we ended up deciding not to do the Lost City hike.  by the time i went to bed, i could barely walk and my legs felt like sausages stuffed into ever-so-tight casings.  they are a bit better today, and i’m going to go to the drugstore and see if they have anything that will help.

canceling the hike….i think it was a wise decision, but we’re really disappointed.  i talked about it for ages, purchased special gear, and not it’s not happening.  but it potentially could have been 4-5 days of being really uncomfortable. and although the Lost City would have been amazing, probably not worth my pain and misery. my misery which most definitely would have been shared with 10-12 other people. people that likely would have hated me by the end of the weekend.

so, what will we do for the next 4 days?  that remains to be seen.  for now, it’s hanging out in the hotel with a cool cloth on my legs.