Pffff… what great relief. Yesterday afternoon my eye started getting more and more red, and with it, I got more and more worried. To the point where I couldn’t handle it anymore, and called the hospital directly. Well… that’s not allowed. So had to go back to my general practitioner (GP) first and get a referral… OK, called the doctors office but the assistant wouldn’t give the “go ahead”… So had to go see the GP in person. Strangely enough, my eye got less and less red the more time I was away from work… so when I finally got to the GP’s office, it was actually feeling quite good. Tiny little bit red, little bit painful, but in general much better then it had been…

But still, I was very worried. Hardly slept the night from Monday to Tuesday, the worrying was keeping me awake, and just didn’t wanne go through that again. All I wanted was for the hospital doctor to have a look, as he would be the only one would could really tell me what the problem was and take my worries away. Well, went to see the GP, got send to the hospital immediately, and half an hour in the emergency room later my worries were gone. Just a minor cornea irritation… Unfortunately for me, with almost the exact same discomforts as with my earlier eye problem. But it’s behind me now. What a relief… Slept like a baby last night! :-)

Plus I can put the focus back to the trip again! Got my new camera yesterday, a lovely IXUS 850 IS. Now just going to invest in an extra battery, so I can’t run out of power on the Inca Trail! As I don’t believe I can send my porter back to charge the battery for me! ;-)

Did get the hotel (Hotel Gomero) booked for Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as the locals seem to call it. Only thing left is a hotel for the first week in Santiago. Well… only thing… that, and a ton of administrative stuff, additional travel gear, sorting travel insurance, etc., etc. … But fortunately nothing that can’t be sorted in time before I leave! :-)

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