We're Home

Well, we're back from our lovely, long trip to Thailand. We spent our first week on Ko Lanta, in Krabi province in the south of Thailand. We spent our days lazing on the beach and motorbiking around the small island on our rental motorcycles. We experimented with different beaches, ate in different towns, did a lot of good reading, and even enjoyed an elephant ride in the "jungle" (um...more of a tree-lined path...).

Our main motivation for our trip to Thailand, actually, was to get comprehensive check-ups at the renowned Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok. We were both overdue for a real check-up (overdue by several years, in fact). We made our appointments about a month ago and were scheduled for Tuesday, March 27 in the morning; we were then to pick up our reports on Wednesday morning. So - we left the beach to fly back to Bangkok the Sunday before our appointments.

Our adventures in Bangkok began before we even left Krabi - a superstitious person might suspect that missing our flight back to Bangkok was the first of "bad things" to come. Our ferry was later than expected, and we were cutting it pretty close to begin with, so by the time we arrived at Krabi airport, it was too late to board the plane. We did manage to catch a Thai Airways flight, though, so that worked out o.k. Bangkok was on the whole great - but there we found out that somebody had been shopping on Brian's credit card (though he still had it in his wallet!), and we got totally (aggressively) pick-pocketed while exploring the Patpong area of downtown. Bad things come in threes - and that was our third. Phew - let's all breathe a sigh of relief!

As for our health checks, all is well. Although I have a few minor things to follow-up on, we are both in good health and both had a very good experience with the Bumrungrad Hospital, its doctors and staff.

Of course, much more info, reviews and photos to come!