Tuesday morning I left beautiful Phuket and boarded a bus bounds for Sura Thani on the East coast. The bus was rather basic at best and half way through our 6 hour journey some kid threw upon the bus and stank up the bus so badly. Despite the remaining 3 hrs with our heads out the window we made it to Sura Thani. Sura Thani is not a tourist town and I was only there for 1 night so I could meet my Gap tour the next morning at 6:45am at the train station.
The following morning I met my tour. Mr. Yoo and the other 9 members. We have an interesting group. Two German boys that are really lovely, a young Aussie couple from Melbourne, a girl from London, a guy from Finland, who is really nice and 2 strange girls from Austria. I have yet to see them smile or be at all friendly. Last but not least, Ansley and EMS from Toronto!!!! Her skills came in handy for me....
We boarded another bus and drove 2.5 hrs to Khao Sok National Park. Our bus arrived at the Park and we all got off. Except I slipped getting off the bus. I wasn't hurt and caught myself by grabbing onto a part of the door frame of the rusty, dirty bus. It was until I looked at my hand that I saw blood. Lots of blood. I realized I had cut my finger, deeply. Now those that know me well, know I am a WUSS around blood. So now in front of my new friends I just about to pass out. Ansley was great! She took a look at the cut and asked me when my last tentunus shot was. I thought back and realized it has been at least 20 years since my last shot. So now I'm off the hospital in Thailand for my cut and a shot. The clinic was rather basic, in front of the clinic there were chickens running about and children playing. It turns out the school children where there to get there boosters that day. So my guide asked me not to cry in front of the children when I got my shot.
The Dr or nurse (not quite sure what she was) examined me right away and clean out my cut with pure rubbing alcohol, it hurt so bad I must have passed out because next thing I remember I was laying down and they were giving me smelling salts. She then stitched my finger (never putting on any gloves herself) and gave me my shot (which was nothing compared to the alcohol). All this took 30 mins. The cost... 140 baht or just over $3. She even prepared a reciept for my insurance company (is if it even worth the effort to claim).
So that my boo boo.
Khao Sok was amazing, the rainforst was beautiful.
Sorry no pictures, I will add some to the post shortly.
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