Quad 2015
Photo Credit Ed Smith www.edsmithphotography.com There is a moral to this story boys and girls: Never agree to anything when drunk. When you do, chances are that you may find yourself, a year later, at 6am, dressed head-to-toe in […]
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Herbal Therapies
Herbal course at Baan Hom Samunphrai “Hello Sarah, we have had a student pull out of the herbal medicine course. Would you like to take her place?” Never one to turn down a chance to spend a week learning with […]
Read MoreReflexology, Thai Style: Same Same, but different!
Reflexology at Baan Hom “Sarah, we have a bit of a problem. One of our students has let us down and we need another person otherwise we can’t run the reflexology course. Is there any chance you could help us […]
Read MoreHome Sweet Baan Hom
Home Sweet Baan Hom It would not be an overstatement to say that Baan Hom Samunphrai is one of my favourite places in the world. I arrive, the phone goes off, the emails are neglected and Facebook is forgotten. For […]
Read MoreThailand 2014 -2015. Nong Khai
Thailand week 2. The past week has not exactly run to plan. But the following things have officially rescued it for us! 1. Splashing out on a hotel transfer from Railay Bay to the airport. Our exit from Railay Bay […]
Read MoreThailand 2014 – 2015: Railay Bay
It’s only been a week since I left sunny Edinburgh behind, but already it seems, literally, thousands of miles away. For the first time in years, the weather gods were kind to us and allowed us to leave without any […]
Read MorePhotos from Vietnam
To view all the photos from my recent trip, please visit my Flickr site on the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22579090@N02/sets/72157634906209009/
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Love and Laughter in K2 Palliative Care
A snapshot of life in K2. It has taken me a while to write this entry for my blog, as I simply don’t feel I have the words to do justice to the effect that the time I have spent […]
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Nghe An Cancer Hospital
When Dr Yen invited me to accompany her on a business trip to Nghe An Cancer Hospital in Vihn City this weekend, I jumped at the chance! She and a colleague were spending 5 days delivering Palliative Oncolocgy Care training […]
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Patient Care: East Vs West
Hospital conditions are very different here in Vietnam to what we have in the West. My time training in Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital prepared me well for my time here, but there is no denying that essentially conditions here and […]
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