I was going to visit some places in Hanoi such as Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and the Temple of Literature, but I didn’t feel good enough to do anything like that. Plus I was running low on time and had to get to the airport. Today still feeling sick, dizzy, and not thinking clearly.
I took a $2 shuttle bus to the airport. I wanted to exchange some of my Vietnamese money, but I didn’t notice any currency exchange offices inside the terminal. I was in pain waiting for the plane. I think I was cold, tired, hands were numb, headache. Even sitting down, I could not relax.
The flight was on-time and only halfway full. Kind of nice because there five empty seats to the left of me all the way to the other side of the airplane. About 2 hours later, I arrived in Bangkok, Thailand. At the airport I tried to get my Vietnamese money exchanged again, but no one would accept it! I think I had about $60-$70 in Vietnamese Dong left, but outside the country it is worthless. I might as well throw it in the garbage. Here in Thailand, it was nice to see a 7 ELEVEN again after so much time in Cambodia and Vietnam.
I took a bus to Chanthaburi and the English school again where I can get some help with my illness. Once I arrived, they helped me to go a hospital just down the street. I think they said my temperature was 38.6 degrees Celsius (or 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit). They took a blood sample and I asked them to check for Malaria, but thankfully no malarial parasites were found. The doctor suggested I say in the hospital to be safe. But if I have a choice, I wasn’t going to stay in the hospital (especially for $200/night). So I left the hospital with some medicine and might come back in a few days for a checkup.