Hi. A very quiet day today. We ended up doing nothing exciting. After breakfast I spent a couple of hours cleaning and tuning the bikes. Then we went downtown shopping.
I also developed a pain in one of my upper molars. Great, eh? I went to a pharmacy armed with the Spanish phrase "I have a toothache." I was expecting to be shown some possible medications (I think one is called Ambesol). Instead, I was charged S/ 1.50 (one Sole, 50 centavos, about 75 cents) and given a 500 mg Naproxen pill on the spot.
Back to the hotel to talk to some of the good Spanish speakers to see if we could visit a nearby dental clinic. I speak to Shirley Frye, who is talking to one of the new riders just joining us. Her name is Marina, she is from Montreal and is a dentist. Her comment, after a very short discussion - a week of antibiotics will probably allow me to continue until we get back to Canada.
Shirley and I do drop by the dental clinic. Even though his sign says Lunis a Viernes (Monday to Friday) he is a Tuesday to Friday dentist. Oh, well.
Plan B - I speak to Jody the nurse. Antibiotics are easy to get down here - they have 3 different kinds in the tour medical supplies. I can access them and replace them. BTW, the Naproxen has helped - I may have just bothered the tooth (it has given me problems before).
Like, I said, a quiet day. No photos. We are back on the road tomorrow for a convoy out of Lima and 58 km ride to Pucusama.
Another reason for us being sluggish today; we went through a bottle wine and a couple of Pisco Sours last night. Hmm......
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