Since Monday evening, I have been… unwell. Unwell of the sort that is associated with Mexico. You know, involving digestion, commonly known as la turista or Montezuma’s Revenge. My digestion is always terrible, but this was exceptional and obviously food related.

It took three days to identify the culprit.

Was it something from a restaurant or a food cart? Nope.

Chicken from the butcher shop? Nope.

Vegetables or fruit? Nope.

Oh, I’ve got it! Bad water! Nope…

As it turns out, the culprit was a bad jar of almond butter from Trader Joe’s purchased in the United States! While this specific batch was not mentioned in the recent recall, I guess it should have been. I’ve contacted Trader Joe’s to let them know.

I’m fine, just feeling a little weak, hence my exhaustion after climbing El Faro yesterday. I’m sticking to bland foods (lots of tortillas, rice, and plain pasta) and drinking gallons of Electrolit, a rehydration solution that is very easy to find and which I know I need because I’m not finding it sweet in the least (my favourite flavour is pineapple).

I have to appreciate the humour and irony that I came to Mexico and got a mild food poisoning that I could have had in Canada or the U.S!

The moral of the story is, leave scary mass produced food back home and come enjoy the fresh and unprocessed local delicacies Mexico has to offer!