In my unprofessional opinion I’m some sort of allergic to the mosquitoes here. After going to the North, I’ve come back with tons of mosquito bites that have become infected. I have several bites that puss daily and one got so bad that my whole leg became sore for a few days. I will admit that I’ve caved to some itching but really I’ve tired very hard not to scratch. Plus, I don’t know anyone else who has such bad bites as I do. I know that I will surely get a scar from the big one on my left leg but I just hope they heal soon. I’ve been treating them daily with Neosporin.
I call the mosquitoes here ninja-squitoes because they are slightly smaller and much quieter than mosquitoes in the states. They sneaky and sly and I hate them.
On a more dramatic note, malaria has struck in our hostel. This German guy that lives a floor below me and Sean (my USAC friend) both have malaria. For reasons of their own, they were both not taking prophylactics and I have yet to hear of anyone taking the pills to get malaria but having friends get it makes the threat of malaria seem much more real.
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