“My husband and I had booked a boat trip on Tasmania with which we could spot whales. I am only very bothered by seasickness. I remember that I made a boat trip in Turkey and saw nothing of the beautiful coastline, because I only kept looking tightly at the horizon. That would prevent you from getting nauseous.
Op Hope Van Blessing
So with this excursion I had my reservations. But I also thought: when do you get the chance to see those animals up close? So I booked the trip. I did, however, pull pills against seasickness at the local pharmacy. I took one before we went on board and hit a cross; Op hope of blessing.
My husband kept an eye on me on board, especially when the wind ran out and it started to hurry a little further at sea. “You just stay in the middle of the ship, I’ll warn you when we spot a whale,” he said. While everyone was sitting outside at the railing, I was a bit sad in the cabin. You know what, I thought, I just take another pill. Just to be sure. I knew a lot what the effect would be …
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Indeed, I did not get sick. After a warning from my husband I quickly walked to the railing and a little later I saw the majestic tail of a whale. Magic! I was so happy that I had come along anyway. I said completely happy: “And then soon also eat lobster at that restaurant in the harbor.” Well, we never got there.
Did I start hallucinating?
Once back on the mainland I started to swallow, sounds seemed to get very far away, and did I start hallucinating? “You look crazy,” my husband said. And that’s how I felt like that. What was this again?! I became so blurry in my head that I had to sit down. I had never experienced anything like that.
My husband thought I got a stroke and shot a policeman in a panic. He started calling and a little later an ambulance with screaming sirens stopped for us. So I stumble in that thing. Everything was measured: blood pressure, heartbeat. And just answer questions: had I drunk? No, only water. Used medication? No, only something against seasickness. How many? One pill. Oh no, two anyway.
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Then the brother started sighing. Whether I hadn’t read the package leaflet. A maximum of one pill if you take, otherwise you could go hallucinating … pff, how small I felt. As two stupid tourists we were put out of the ambulance again. “Go to your hotel room and wait until the stuff is worked out.” Shaking their heads, they left again.
I never used those pills against seasickness again. It was also my last boat trip. The sea and I, it will never be anything again. ”
This section is based on true stories. Names are fictitious.