So I woke with numb fingers and a very upset stomach. MS1 says I should rename the blog adventures in bathrooms but I don't think that is quite fair.
Nevertheless I found that I just couldn't go on the current excursion and ended up in the bathroom just as they were starting to leave. But within ten minutes I felt fine and went running down hoping to catch them but they were gone.
I went back up to the room and just cried feeling very sorry for myself. Here I was in the most beautiful country inn the world and I was stuck in the damn hotel room. I am very nervous person and Twila had locked the money and the ID in her suitcase and I didn't have her combo and I just didn't have the guts to go out in foreign country by myself with no money and no ID.
But then I remembered that I had a copy of my passport in the suitcase. I was filled with joy I could go out exploring and not worry about having a heart attack and no one knowing who I was.
So off I went thinking Thimphu is a one street town I can wander around for a while but stay close enough that if an emergency should arise I would be close to the hotel. Well I managed to get horribly lost and a ten minute walk around the block ended up an hour.
I finally found the hotel, and decided that I would have an adventure anyway. *I was a bit panicked when I couldn't find the stupid hotel, so the adventure in my eyes didn't start until after I knew how to get back home.* I didn't need no stinkin tour company around to have a good time, so I decided I would walk until there were no more sidewalks, or until I got to India whichever came first.
In my travels a monk came up to me and grabbed my hand and just sat holding it. I found it rather disconcerting and wondered if I was suppose to do something. Later I asked our resident tour guide what it meant and he said that even some Monks were crazy. Lucky me.
I did finally run out of sidewalk and it was a good thing too. I did not take water with me, and I became very very parched. I didn't make it to India - I think that is a good thing.
MS2
Nevertheless I found that I just couldn't go on the current excursion and ended up in the bathroom just as they were starting to leave. But within ten minutes I felt fine and went running down hoping to catch them but they were gone.
I went back up to the room and just cried feeling very sorry for myself. Here I was in the most beautiful country inn the world and I was stuck in the damn hotel room. I am very nervous person and Twila had locked the money and the ID in her suitcase and I didn't have her combo and I just didn't have the guts to go out in foreign country by myself with no money and no ID.
But then I remembered that I had a copy of my passport in the suitcase. I was filled with joy I could go out exploring and not worry about having a heart attack and no one knowing who I was.
So off I went thinking Thimphu is a one street town I can wander around for a while but stay close enough that if an emergency should arise I would be close to the hotel. Well I managed to get horribly lost and a ten minute walk around the block ended up an hour.
I finally found the hotel, and decided that I would have an adventure anyway. *I was a bit panicked when I couldn't find the stupid hotel, so the adventure in my eyes didn't start until after I knew how to get back home.* I didn't need no stinkin tour company around to have a good time, so I decided I would walk until there were no more sidewalks, or until I got to India whichever came first.
In my travels a monk came up to me and grabbed my hand and just sat holding it. I found it rather disconcerting and wondered if I was suppose to do something. Later I asked our resident tour guide what it meant and he said that even some Monks were crazy. Lucky me.
I did finally run out of sidewalk and it was a good thing too. I did not take water with me, and I became very very parched. I didn't make it to India - I think that is a good thing.
MS2
Glad you're feeling better. Any idea as to what caused the "numbed fingers"? Do you think the monk might have known?
ReplyDeleteHow about the upset stomach - salad, food, water, stress, or ?????
Is Bhutan the most beautiful country you've ever seen? Maybe we should go to New Zealand as a comparison or ???
Have you yet discovered anything that you SHOULD have brought that you didn't?
Love to hear your voice on skype, so email me with a SF time (we end daylight savings time this Saturday night, so 7pm will become 6pm as of Sunday, 11/4/12
Glad you had a nice walk around Thimphu - I'm checking out on Google Earth.
Sounds like your adventure was as good or better than the tour could have been!!
ReplyDeleteI'm really developing empathy for you, Tanya. good for you for having an adventure anyway.
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