first chance to really post

right now It's 8:07am Wuhan time. Patrice is sleeping ... or better yet, trying to sleep as I just keep waking her up. I'm not sure why...maybe excitement on y prt or perhaps it's anxiety. I DO know that I got up this morning and had to look up this address


Travelers' Diarrhea at the CDC website

ommonly associated symptoms are nausea(got it), vomiting(not yet), diarrhea(mostly dense), abdominal cramping(a small bit), bloating, fever(yep), urgency(I'm usually fairly "urgent"), and malaise(ooo, I'll be laying around today a bit).

GO fluoroquinolones!! We brought a full course of cipro so we started that aout 4am last night.

I cant "view" these posts so I'm not sure if they are really posting could I get a mic check from someone please?? email us and use this secret phrase...

cbacigalupo@gmail.com

Escherichia coli

Okay now the good news...but first P just got up and has asked for coffee...which I brought from the co-op....sale coffee 7.99 / lb...hang on

there..started the water boiling...a MUST HAVE in china.

We were just discussing the "fancy" hotels we've stayed in...the Best Western May Flower - Wuhan is right up there. So this pad, out home for the next week or so, is a welcome relief after the two pretty interesting, very rustic and more than midly moist hotels up the mountain at Wudangshan. So much to share...ooo but I feel that I better start in the beginning and try to catch up..it's amazing how much we've done and seen since last tuesday. So for this post, I'll copy and paste some stuff I wrote on the flight from Mpls to Tokyo and a picture or two.

You know that saying, "They all look alike." Well P and I are now firmly convinced that "WE all look alike!" We have seen the asian counterparts, dopplegangers?, of several of our friends and co-workers. P tried to sleep on the flight as the asian version of Matt Alvar drooled on her shoulder...just like home!

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08/23/05 19:25 Beijing time

Well I'm taking notes on the plane to copy and paste later when I have a chance to toss them up to the blog. OI! I hope I'm (we're) getting over the initial adjusting to travel...getting the few things you actually need and use in the right pack location so you have them on hand when you need them. I find that is the hardest part of traveling. Once you've got your journey feet, then you can relax a bit.

Minor turbulence as we cross the northern reaches of Canada. Must be some active inuits and moose down there. Mostly the turbulence has been from me. I can feel it shedding as we get further into our future. Knock on wood, we've not felt any effect from the mech.s union strike. All flights on time ( we got off the ground in mpls about a half an hour late but thats probably normal) Now we're on the way to Tokyo via the Yukon and Alaska.


P said , while wolfing a cheeseburger in the mpls airport – angry at her over anxious husband, that it's amazing to see so many different types of people. Soon we'll be the minority. I cant wait.

We spilled wine on my “go to the commissar” shirt during the flight. Here's hoping thats the worst thing that happens.

BARK BARK WOOF BARK !! We could here Murphy and scout barking as we flew past Duluth at 515mph.

I'm struck with the hugeness ans the smallness of the world. So many lives and stories, ours is only one. And when the sun sets, everyone lays their head down. We're actually chasing the sun on this flight. We left Duluth at 12:35p and will be in Beijing by 21:30 the next day.


535mph, head wind of 35 mph