The Seedy Underbelly of Preparing for Africa...sort of. 03/17

I finally have my plan tickets and know when I'll be in Africa!  I leave June 8th and return August 2nd.  I tried to apply for a VISA for Sierra Leone, I found out that you need your Yellow Fever Card.  You get a Yellow Fever Card when you get the yellow fever vaccine, and it tells when you were vaccinated and a serial number of the shot, which is also required for the application.  I decided it was time to bit the bullet and get my vaccines.  I was told I could get them all at the same time, since there were only three that I needed.  I was fine after I got them Thursday morning, but by the late afternoon they'd knocked me out.  Lots of muscle ache and tiredness most of Thursday.  I felt a lot better Friday, except that I was pretty tired most of the day.  Today's Sunday, and I feel fine.  I guess I'm actually lucky that I didn't get more sick.  A few of my friends said they got very sick for almost a week from the yellow fever vaccine.  I guess it's a small price to pay for being safe from desease in Africa.