A visit to the hospital

Yesterday morning we took an early walk from our bungalow on Hat Yao into the main village here on Ko Phi Phi. Crossing some slippery rocks, my foot skidded off one and my leg slid along some sharp shells adhered to another rock. It wasn't painful but Kate soon noticed a stream of blood and we noticed that the gash was actually gaping a bit. So we went to the hospital and got it cleaned up, since there's no other clinic on the island. I felt like less of a baby when the did say I could have it stiched if I wanted, but that then I wouldn't be able to swim. However I felt like more of a weenie looking at the guy next to me getting his scalp stiched back together. In the end they just cleaned it up, taped it shut, and sent me off with some antibiotics and materials to keep it clean.

If I had to get one hospital visit in SE Asia out of the way, this was a pretty painless way to do it.