Travel tip 1: "Don't lose your shit"

Travel tip 1: "Don't lose your shit"
A couple of days ago I hit the 3 month mark of traveling. I spent the last 3 days in Chitwan and had a absolutely fab time with a group of lovely Aussie's I met at the hotel I was staying at. In Chitwan we went on a 5hr Jungle walk that started at 7:00Am and we got back around 2 or 3 PM. At one point of the safari walk we were in very close proximity to 3 rhino's sleeping (2 of which were a mother and baby). It was terrifying because they were not all sleeping when we encountered them, all I remember being told run and trying to find a tree to hide behind. We saw one of them run across the road and all of our hearts stopped. When we got back to the hotel we found out a tourist in the morning had been attacked by a rhino :( Luckily we got to watch them in their natural habitat without being attacked. The next morning I went on a lovely Elephant ride, but I don't think I will go on an elephant ride again even though they were from the elephant sanctuary. I feel like I could support the cause in a different way.

SO...

This morning I almost "lost my shit" so to speak. Arriving in Katmandu was so exciting! I met so many Canadians and ended up hanging out with more Aussies a few days after, but on day 3 I was ill. I had a reaction to something I ate, fever and running to the toilet all night. I survived and felt great the next day. Nothing out of the ordinary when traveling. However, when I arrived in Chitwan I became ill again, which I think was from taking Malaria pills. I found out that Malaria has been erradicated so I stopped straight away, but I now have a head cold. The fun did not stop there :S the night before leaving Chitwan I was talking to some of the Aussie's about having an itchy head and they checked my head and sure enough I had lice. An old trick back in the day was to mix a little bit of kerosine in water and massage the scalp, so we did that and I borrowed some tea tree oil, but I really need a comb. On my way back to Katmandu I met a lovely Nepalese couple on the bus and they helped look for a comb and shampoo. Last night I washed my hair with lice shampoo sent all of my clothing for washing, but this morning after checking my hair I realized the teeth of the comb was too far apart because I still found the eggs in my hair. I went searching in Thamel (the tourist area) to find a comb, but I couldn't find one so I went to my volunteer organization that I am meeting with in a few days to start the program and asked them where I could go to find one (the entire time I had a smile on my face knowing I was very lucky to had so many people help me). When I asked one of the guys at the organization he didn't really understand what I was talking about then the big boss came and they figured it out and had a chuckle, in any other moment it would have been funny, but I am sick, I have lice and no change of clothing I got a bit teary eyed, lol. They told me that I had to go and find it on my own, but I already tried and the thought of having to search all morning was stressing. All I wanted was a comb, so one of the guys took me to the market to find the right comb and success!! So today I lost my shit, but I am lucky to have had so many people helping me out in my moment of distress.

I am smiling again and feeling fabulous. :)