And a few days after this I got✨malaria✨

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Storytime:
When I was traveling across West Africa, I saw this man in a gas mask and hazmat suit fumigating outside of my hotel in Guinea. At first I didn't think anything of it which I would later come to regret...

I woke up in the middle of the night to a tight, painful feeling in my lip. In the dark, I knew I had been bitten by some kind of bug. I got out of bed to assess the swelling and when I flipped on the light switch, and was absolutely horrified at what I saw in the mirror.

My upper lip had swollen more than three times the size! My skin was so tight it felt like it could rip open. Since it was the middle of the night and I had an early flight, I had absolutely no idea what to do. I looked like a crazy person walking through that airport the next day😂

Over the next few days, the swelling began to decrease, but I started feeling very sick. I was exhausted, had muscle aches and a fever, chills, diarrhea- the works.

I ended up going to the hospital in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. In spite of the language barrier, I ended up being treated for malaria by the kind doctors there. My recovery was slow, but I was lucky because my symptoms only escalated to a sickness similar to the flu.

What most people won't tell you is that travel isn't always pretty.

Sometimes it means risking spider, mosquito and bed bug bites (sometimes all at the same time). Getting sick and having to recover on the road is not fun.

However, I wouldn't trade those miserable moments in exchange for all of the incredible ones I've had while exploring this big and beautiful world.

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By: Lexie Limitless
Title: And a few days after this I got✨malaria✨
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