Hot Ram Hotel

I know it sounds like a seedy brothel, but the Hot Ram Hotel is actually the second nicest hotel in Masaka. For $13 I got a very nice, clean, carpeted room with attatched bath, hot water and TV. This was a room I could recover in. Unfortunately the channel showing movies had not paid its taxes or something and was finished. The satellite TV was also down. I was stuck with 2 local channels for 2 days but it was ok. They showed some watchable stuff. I mostly just relaxed and ordered room service. I didn't even have to leave my hotel. The only reason I had to go out was to buy a 'fatty' thing to take my malaria meds. They don't dissolve in water. I would go out to buy milk or yogurt and that was it for 2 days. My stomach however was still bothering me. It felt like I was always full and pushing it out to make myself look fat. After eating it felt better but it was very hard to eat and took me a long time to get anything down. I kept getting a feeling like after you eat too much rice or noodles without drinking and you need a drink just to get it down and feel better. But after I drank it wouldn't always feel better and this feeling hit me anytime, not just when I was eating. I never vomitted again though, that was over. Throughout this whole ordeal I never had diarrhea either, so that was one less thing I had to deal with. I checked into the Hot Ram on saturday. Monday the TV was back and I was able to watch some decent stuff. I didn't want to do anything that required thinking much, or writing or staring at a computer screen in public.Tuesday was the first day I felt well enough to actually go out and write email and eat outside of the restaurant. I'm almost back to normal. My stomach still gets a little pain once and a while but its handleable and not as intense. Today, Feb. 4, I'm on my way finally to the Ssese islands for some proper relaxtion and swimming and camping. I'm going to the Hornbill Camp which is a backpacker place and should be lots of fun.