All the way south

I’ve been pretty busy at work these days so I haven’t had much time to update the blog.  I’ll summarize:

I finally got the valves back in order — I did it at Motorcycle Exchange, which is located within running distance from my house.  This is fortunate because I didn’t have a ride back home after dropping off the bike, so I jogged the 3 miles =].

Shots!  I’m done with my shots and just need to get my malaria medicine lined up.  I got my second round of Hep A/B (twinrx) and should be good to go even though I haven’t had my third round.  Let the previous sentence not be the one that I regret.

I’ve started working on a route for Mexico.  I’m open to suggestions you know anyone who’s traveled around Mexico.  Thanks to Kevin I have a good idea of places to check out in the Yucatan area.

On the bike front, I’m busy pricing spares and trying to figure out what I’m doing to do tire wise.  TKC 80s or Distanzias????  Also I realized that I can’t fit my right pannier on the bike after the drop I had on water crossing in the Hill Country.  I bent the mounting rack just enough where the pannier barely doesn’t fit.  I tried “convincing” the rail with a rubber mallet with no luck.  I’m going to try to add some heat and give it some more love with my neighbor KTM Carl.

The execution begins: Shots!

According to the CDC if I want to live, I need to get the following shots:

• Typhoid
• Tetanus
• Yellow Fever
• Hep A
• Hep B

Last week I started with Tetanus from my GP. However, she did not have any of the other meds in stock so I searched all over Houston to find a cheap place to get them. Don’t get them at a special travel clinic. They’re about twice as expensive as I was able to find them at Houston Adult Immunization Center in the Third Ward. Not only where the immunizations cheaper, but you didn’t have to pay a doctor for a consultation. All the travel doctors do is go to the CDC site and look up which shots you need and write you a prescription for anti-malaria medication. You can get one of those from your main doctor.

On Friday, I filled my arms with dead or weakened organisms. I have to come back in a month and get my 2nd round of Hep A/B (Twinrx). I’ll get the final round when I return from my trip so that I’ll have ten years of protection from Hep.