January 4, 2015
Today was day one of our medical brigade, the day where the whole group met up at the airport and we finially met our Starfish team. We arrived at the Bangkok airport after our week of traveling and vacationing through the Phi Phi islands and we were so excited to meet everyone! Most of the group has already been in Thailand for a week or two traveling around before the mission so everyone had stories to share and they all seemed to have just as much fun as we did. We met our Starfish team and then we boarded a coach and started our three hour trip to Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi is located in western Thailand and it is the capital of the Kanchanaburi Province which is the province Sangkhlaburi is also located. It is four hours away from Sangkhlaburi which is the town our medical mission is based out of. Kanchanaburi is the closest big city to Sangkhlaburi and it is where the main hopsital is located, so if there is a medical emergency the patient is taken to the Kanchanaburi hospital. Being there only one night however, we were not able to tour the hospital.
Once we arrived in Kanchanaburi we checked into our hotel which was located on the Kwai Yai River. For our first night the Starfish team welcomed us with a buffet dinner on a riverboat type setup consisting of chicken curry, glass noodles, fried chicken, shrimp, and vegetables, rice, and fruit. It was the best meal I had had thus far in Thailand. The team introduced themselves, we went through the itinerary for the trip, and then we were off to bed for a good night's sleep to get ready for our trip to Sangkhlaburi the next day!
(Sorry still unable to upload my pictures)
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