Food Poisoning

On our way home from the meeting about the Inca Trail, Honny needed to grab a bite to eat. His body needed to be fueled up for the tough trek ahead. It didn’t take long before he started feeling the effects of the food. From around 11 PM and throughout the night, he was running back and forth to throw up. By the end, he was completely drained. At 5 AM, SAS Travel came to pick us up. I had to go down and let them know we couldn’t join because of food poisoning. There was no way Honny could handle the trip in his condition. Unfortunately, we can’t get our money back since SAS Travel had applied for a permit to hike the Inca Trail. That permit is personal and can’t be transferred if you’re unable to participate. We paid $540 per person for the trip, which is a lot of money. There’s no way to catch up with the group later since they’ll be trekking up in the mountains. We headed over to SAS Travel, where we received a document stating that we were unable to participate in the tour. The travel agency recommended a clinic for us, so we went there to have Honny checked out since he still wasn’t feeling well. He had blood tests and a stool sample taken, including tests for typhoid. There was a slight risk it could be typhoid since we had been in the country for a while. The doctor mentioned that the typhoid vaccine isn’t very effective, so it was a possibility... Thankfully, the test came back negative. His pulse and blood pressure were high because his body was stressed. The doctor concluded it was food poisoning. He needed to go home, rest, and drink plenty of sports drinks with high electrolyte content. No dairy products, but soup, rice, and chicken were encouraged.