I awoke at 7am the next morning when the guesthouse came to my room, calling me for breakfast.
I wanted to get breakfast…the problem with this a) I felt too sick to get out of bed and b) even if I hadn’t felt like crap, it was firmly impossible for me to move my legs.
I had to ask them to bring the food to my room. I simply couldn’t walk. It was like being hamstrung--my calf muscles and thighs were seized up in painful knots. I walked like a robot without knees. Worse, I was so dehydrated that I felt physically ill. I had to have them bring me a lot of lemon juices till I felt like I could eat again.
I decided I’d stay in Ratnapura for several days just to let my legs recover. Walking around town was comical at best; at worst, just embarrassing and painful. I doddered around like a kneeless robot, and everyone was like, “Ha ha, Adam’s Peak!!”
I hate showing I’ve been affected by things (I AM NOT A MERE MORTAL!), so I mostly hung out at the internet café, Pizza Hut (lol, it’s been so long since I’ve had crappy American food, come on!), and in the guesthouse’s massage parlor, where I got a leg massage till I fell asleep.
I called it a day and went back to bed.
Not interesting, I know.
I wanted to get breakfast…the problem with this a) I felt too sick to get out of bed and b) even if I hadn’t felt like crap, it was firmly impossible for me to move my legs.
I had to ask them to bring the food to my room. I simply couldn’t walk. It was like being hamstrung--my calf muscles and thighs were seized up in painful knots. I walked like a robot without knees. Worse, I was so dehydrated that I felt physically ill. I had to have them bring me a lot of lemon juices till I felt like I could eat again.
I decided I’d stay in Ratnapura for several days just to let my legs recover. Walking around town was comical at best; at worst, just embarrassing and painful. I doddered around like a kneeless robot, and everyone was like, “Ha ha, Adam’s Peak!!”
I hate showing I’ve been affected by things (I AM NOT A MERE MORTAL!), so I mostly hung out at the internet café, Pizza Hut (lol, it’s been so long since I’ve had crappy American food, come on!), and in the guesthouse’s massage parlor, where I got a leg massage till I fell asleep.
I called it a day and went back to bed.
Not interesting, I know.
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