Still in Delhi

So yeah. We're still here. In-sane.

After a 20+-hour train ride - complete with sandstorm - we arrived in Delhi on Thursday morning and beelined for a nice hotel. Before leaving, my parents had offered to shack us up in a swanky place for one night of our travels -- partially because I think they wince at the idea of us roughing it at hostels all month, and partially because they are generous and awesome like that.

Their offer could not have come at a better time. Just before the train ride, I started worrying about a growing girly infection that I obviously had. Upon arrival at the hotel, I could hardly walk and was grimacing in pain (and I'm pretty good with that kind of pain). I bit the bullet and called a doctor, who had a hard time masking his surprise at how bad the infection had gotten. My diagnosis includes three different infections, so the problem had quite clearly spread with lightning speed. I have absolutely no idea where I got it from -- perhaps it was wading around in the fetid flood waters? I have been put on antibiotics, and have been handed all kinds of other treatments, and have had to see the doctor three times since arriving. He was very strict and told me I could not fly, as the infection would only worsen. No matter: I wouldn't have been physically able to sit in an airplane for eight hours anyway.

Meanwhile, K started feeling sick again, and was eventually back to the vomiting party she had experienced two times before. As I was already seeing the doctor, I asked him about her condition, and she eventually agreed that he should come see her. Turns out she was massively dehydrated and had a serious stomach infection. Her dehydration had gotten so severe that he had to hook her up to an IV -- which was cool because she is a pretty tough chick but has one big phobia: things going into her veins. So that was fun.

But here we are. 24 hours later and we have lived to tell the tale.

I am so incredibly thankful to my parents for helping us out. Had we not been in a nicer hotel, we would have never called the doctor. I cannot imagine what kind of state we would have been in had we not done so. I am 100% sure that neither of us would have been able to fly. They have been amazing and I will need to find a proper way to thank them.

So. Tomorrow we fly out. Finally. This has been a complete nightmare.