I had no shortage of ambitious plans to rid Latin America of rabies, but at the same time, there seemed to be an equally endless supply of mudslides and flat tires, power outages, stomach bugs all stopping me.

我不乏让拉丁美洲摆脱狂犬病的雄心勃勃的计划，但与此同时，似乎同样无穷无尽的泥石流和轮胎漏气、停电、胃病都在阻止我。