Blogs from Chiang Mai, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 9

Todays weather was beautiful, as usual. Oh how i’ll miss the sunny 70’s once i return to the States. I’ll probably go into temperature shock from the cold! This morning I slept in until 8:15am, which was a blessing. I really needed the extra sleep. My morning consisted of “free time”, so I caught up on my weekend journals, and did my devotions. This afternoon everyone attended a nursing conference at BCNC. A few different nursing colleges from the northern region of Thailand attended. Each college completed a presentation on a non-communicable disease. It was really cool to hear about what different colleges are doing to prevent NCD’s. I appreciated everyones attempts to do their presentations in all english. They all did a greta job! I wouldn’t have been able to do a presentation in Thai, ... read more

Today I woke up so sad that we had to leave the beach already! We had another wonderful breakfast and this time I got eggs benedict and a chocolate croissant that was delicious. After breakfast we had some time to relax on the beach before we had to pack up our stuff and leave the resort. We all enjoyed the last looks at the ocean water and took some pictures in our The Chill hats and headed into the van. We were all not excited to make the long journey back to Chiang Mai, but we had fun reflecting on the excitement and beauty of the beach and resort we got to experience. We drove to the ferry and waved goodbye to Koh Chang. I was getting a little car sick when driving down the winding ... read more

Today we woke up at 0515 to leave for the beach!! We were all very tired but excited for the beach weather and the ocean!! We caught our flight around 0810 and thankfully it was only an hour flight! We were all expected that we would be able to catch a quick ferry over to Koh Chang and be there by lunch time but this was not the case! We were informed that we would need to take a 2 ½ hour bus ride to get to the ferry and then another hour on the ferry before Koh Chang. The 2 ½ hour bus ride ended up being around 4 as we made stops at two gas stations and a noodle restaurant on the way to the ferry. We got to the ferry around 3pm and ... read more

January 15 Well today I got to experience being an actual patient in one of the private hospitals here in Chiang Mai. I haven't eaten in about 5 days and my body keeps spitting things out (I honestly don't know how there's stuff in there, but there is), so they thought it would be best for me to go to the doctor. I was really nervous to go because I hate the doctor even in America. Imagine me in a whole different country. They don't have doctor's offices here, just hospitals, so you have you have to go to the hospital and wait until the doctor is able to see you. Some people wait all day! I didn't have to wait that long because we went to a private hospital, which meant you have to have ... read more

Today I got up extra early to talk to my best friend, Karalyn on the phone. It was really nice to spend some time catching up with her since she’s gone through a few life transitions since I left for Thailand. I haven’t been able to support her as much as i would have been able to in the States, which has been rough for both of us. At the beginning of the trip I was feeling guilty because I knew she needed me and I wasn’t able to physically be there or pick up my phone and call her at the drop of a hat like normal. Although it’s still tough, I know that God has her so I don’t need to worry or feel guilty. Needless to say I’m really exited to see her ... read more