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hello all, it's me reporting again from Hotel de Principel. it's still beautiful here. we are reccomending this hotel to everyone we talk to. it's wonderful. yesterday the maid asked if we wanted clean sheets and we declinded. they have to wash everything by hand. and i do mean everything. and we even have good toilet paper. okay enough about that.

yesterday, i don't think i will ever forget in my entire life. it was humiliating. oh my goodness. we went to the market for breakfast and for some shopping. we wanted to treat Mari Belle to a day where she could do whatever she wanted to do. we went and had a nice breakfast, i had fruit and yogurt. the fruit is fantastic here. and then to the market. while we were there i started not feeling so hot. i told Tina and we came back to the hotel and i crawled into bed for a nap. i slept for 2 hours. Tina and Mari needed time to themselves anyway and didn't need to fuss over me. so they went back out and did some more shopping. they told me that they would be back around 2 so we could go to Mari Carmen's house for lunch. i told Tina i really wasn't hungry, but that i was feeling better. we went on a safe car ride (i wish you all could see how they drive around here, it's crazy!) to another little town called XOXO (pronounced hoho). anyway, it was a beautiful home. Tina told both the mother and Mari Carmen that i wouldn't be eating, but thanks so much for the offer anyway( they had salad, chicken molele, it's this stuff with 27 ingredinets in it. it's very very rich and spicy, i don't know of anything that we have like it). Her mom wanted to go to the market and get me something else to eat, i told her thank you but i'm really not hungry. my lunch was a glass of Coke. i got the chills during lunch, but i pressed through so Tina could visit with her friends. then it got to the point that i couldn't handle it anymore. i told Tina, and she explained that i really wasn't feeling well. Mari Carmen's mom wanted to pray for me. so they laid hands on me and it felt like they were calling down Heaven for me. it was really specail. they treated my not feeling well like cancer, and fervently prayed for me. she gave me a shawl and we went home. we pulled up to the hotel and started to come in. i told tina we needed to hurry, but it was to late, i got sick on the top step. it only got worse afer that. it seemed like none of my food digested since i had come here. tina said "when you blog, you need to say think of the worst kind of sickness and go one step further, and that's what you had.

after the shower it was straight to bed. and i haven't really been out of bed since then. but i am feeling so much better. tina went to the drug store and told the lady what was going on and wanted to buy some maylox, but the pharmasist told her now, gave her some meds, sprite, and gatorade and crackers. tina did have the maylox in her bag, but when she got home she had discovered the pharmsist took it out b/c she knew it would make me sick again.

i don't care who you are, but people treat you like royalty around here. if you are at the silver shop, then they make sure they polish the silver before they give it to you. Tina and i have both recieved incredibal deals, so many times we have gotten something for free, or it was a real steal. it's so different from America in so many ways. we both could learn a thing or two from eachother.

well, have a great day.