Comments on: Things to not do in Perú

By: Nicole Thibault

Nicole Thibault — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:19:05 +0000

Thank you for this brilliant insight on malarial prophylaxitives… now I know what happened to me when I felt I was dying in a floating room on the River Kwai in Thailand, back in 1990…

When I go to Peru I will definitely not do any of the things that you did…

By: Brad Allen

Brad Allen — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:04:32 +0000

I don’t know what’s scarier; the misdiagnosis and mistreatment of migraine for Lariam side effects, or having to take Lariam in the first place. Are none of the other anti-malarials expected to be effective in that region?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:14:06 +0000

Sounds like you made it, though. Kudos!

By: Wayan

Wayan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:33:45 +0000

Hahaah! Welcome to the developing world. Whatever that could go wrong, will, in another language and way off the grid.

I still have a jagged scar running around my left thumb (how I remember left from right) from a youthful entanglement with a broken Coke bottle on the Inca Trail up in the mountains behind you. Almost cut it all the way off but by the time we found a doctor, the Mom-stitched sutures had already healed it enough that he only admired her sewing style.

Larium on the other hand is wild! For me its always part speed/part LSD - I am wired all day and the four hours of sleep I get are Technocolor rides through memorable dreamlands of explorations. If it wasn’t so harsh on the body it could be a recreation in itself.

Travel memories aside, why is it that you are the “only OLPC person on the ground in a country scheduled to deploy a quarter million laptops with the first shipment arriving in two weeks”? Is it just you leading trainings on XO technology, School Server configuration, and Bitfrost registration? Please tell me you’re not moving a single VSAT as part of that?

By: Christoph Derndorfer

Christoph Derndorfer — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:27:15 +0000

Phew, sounds like you had quite a week down there in Peru…

Hope you have a chance to relax a bit now that you’re back home.

Cuidate!

By: Paulo Nuin

Paulo Nuin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:18:39 +0000

Welcome to the Third World. Everything they say it is true. Wish you luck.

By: Carl Trachte

Carl Trachte — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:35:57 +0000

Small consolation - but the scenery and the weather look beautiful in the picture.
Buenas suerte, amigo. Hope you’re feeling better soon.

By: Jacob Rus

Jacob Rus — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:07:22 +0000

Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to walk on corrugated metal roofs?

On the upside, that’s an amazingly beautiful locale, what with the massive green mountainsides. Hope your camera is getting a workout.

By: Steve Holden

Steve Holden — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:01:45 +0000

Well, you certainly do have an interesting life. That must have been a worrying time. Do be careful, Ivan, you’d be difficult to replace if you got broken.

Time to think about ways to reduce those stress levels.