Once again I woke up too early for my liking. It has been a fitful sleep. I had a hard time sleeping, and then when I finally fell asleep, I was woken up by noises from outside my room. First it was a gaggle of ladies having a big laugh from the ground floor of the hostel. The windows of my room were shut tight, so I was wondering why I could hear them so clearly. A quick inspection of the window showed that one jalousie panel was missing. Darn it. They left eventually, and peace was back in the land. <\/p>\n
\nI was able to drift back to sleep, when I was awoken again by another guest and the nighttime receptionist having a rather loud discussion in the hallway. From the gist of it, it seems that the guest brought back a “friend” she made that night, and want him to stay in her room (which is a single, I think). The receptionist argues that guests aren’t allowed, and if he wants to stay, he has to pay for the room. The guest keeps on saying “but he’s my friend,” and “it’s my room.” Eventually the receptionist got frustrated and said she’ll call the police. It was quiet after that.<\/p>\n
Around 6am, I woke up feeling really crappy. My nose was clogged and my mouth was really dry. I took a swig of my bottled water, and decided to get up, get more water, Gatorade and take my medicine. I dress and left the hostel, with my wallet and flash drive to post my Day 5 entry<\/a> at the 24\/7 internet shop. The short walk to the shops made me feel a little better. Back in my room, I took the decongestant I bought the night before. I did a quick scan of the literature that comes with the box of medicine and found out that one of the possible effect was insomnia. Geez. When the pharmacist gave me a choice between two types of medicine, she only said one would make me sleepy, and the other would not. I chose the non-antihistamine and ended up not getting enough sleep. Wonderful.<\/p>\n