Tajik Tummy -Round 2

I really meant to have my hiking pictures up yesterday, but have fallen victim to another, rather difficult bout of Tajik Tummy. I'm doing ok, but am still on a liquid diet and yesterday had to have an IV to rehydrate. Don't panic, according to the med officer, this is fairly common and I am by far not the worst case she has seen in her 6 months of being here. I still don't understand how Stephanie has managed to avoid any ill effects whatsoever, but am glad she hasn't had to deal with this.

On the bright side, I may start marketing trips to Tajikistan as the ultimate diet plan. Since arriving I've gone from the second notch on my belt to the 4th and according to the bathroom scale have lost about 15 lbs. Again, don't panic, I'm sure a good chunk of it is water weight and I've been assured I will gain it back once my system adjusts to the local bacteria culture (haha).

Anyway, I'm back to work today and doing fine. Hopefully will get the pictures up tonight or tomorrow morning. I've gotta say, they're pretty good, even for me.

Nick