Looking like a Chow Chow

Cameron and I both woke up with black tongues this morning to add to our list of physical upsets (up to this point, the list had only included vomitting, diarreah, and fever. Thank god we opted for the baño privado). Being the healthier of the two, I went out to change the plan ticket to Coca and post pone the advent of our 8 day canoe trip down the Rio Napo. I have just completed a little interent research on black tongues. This fellow sums up the general consensus succinctly:

Tom (34) -- 03.26.2004

Did you take Pepto Bismol? That will turn your crap blue or black and give you a black tounge. It says so on the box.

What a relief- not having the box of our little chewable pink friends, I thought we might be dying.