Just to let you know that I am in the middle of a week of travelling to Thailand and Laos. Internet access has been intermittent. Thus my excuse for not blogging much this week.
Weather is hot year round here in Bangkok. These days it is running between 35 and 38 degrees. That is hot, even in the shade. We decided not to ride on the river or to walk through the park.
Taxis here in Bangkok are choosy - today one driver asked for 200 baht to take us for a 50 (30 baht to the dollar) baht ride. When we refused, he asked us to exit his taxi. The next driver took us. We were refused a ride by another taxi later today. Interesting! Early our first morning the driver had his meter turned off and simply said 100 baht, OK? We agreed although I guessed 80 baht. Sure enough it was actually closer to 70 by the meter. Beware.
We've visited the Bumrangrad International Hospital these past two days. It is quite famous for it's efficiency and competence. It did not disappoint us. In about 5 hours we had experienced complete physicals including for me a stress test; for Jan a bone density test; and a variety of other tests. When we met with our supervising physician he gave us a complete detailed summary of what had been found - at 1:30 pm on the same day (all the blood work had been done and was in the report.)
No wonder internationals (as well as many nationals) have been going to this huge hospital complex for many years.
Weather is hot year round here in Bangkok. These days it is running between 35 and 38 degrees. That is hot, even in the shade. We decided not to ride on the river or to walk through the park.
Taxis here in Bangkok are choosy - today one driver asked for 200 baht to take us for a 50 (30 baht to the dollar) baht ride. When we refused, he asked us to exit his taxi. The next driver took us. We were refused a ride by another taxi later today. Interesting! Early our first morning the driver had his meter turned off and simply said 100 baht, OK? We agreed although I guessed 80 baht. Sure enough it was actually closer to 70 by the meter. Beware.
We've visited the Bumrangrad International Hospital these past two days. It is quite famous for it's efficiency and competence. It did not disappoint us. In about 5 hours we had experienced complete physicals including for me a stress test; for Jan a bone density test; and a variety of other tests. When we met with our supervising physician he gave us a complete detailed summary of what had been found - at 1:30 pm on the same day (all the blood work had been done and was in the report.)
No wonder internationals (as well as many nationals) have been going to this huge hospital complex for many years.
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