Saturday, April 28, 2007

Final spurt for takeoff

Maybe I should've started operational preps a bit earlier, but so far everything seems to work out fine.
On wednesday it occured to me that getting a few refresh immunization might be a good idea. The doc warned me that two jabs (for two diseases each) at the same time might be feeling a bit dazzling. Well, mind over matter!

These circumstances provided for a quite surreal visit to the honorary consulate of bolivia - situated in the office of a dude trading macadamia nuts. I found myself waiting in a conference room in the company of a number of man-sized nutcrackers. Maybe this is what altitude sickness feels like...