On December 7 we took the slow train from Bangkok to Khon Kaen. We wanted to see the landscape of this part of Thailand that we had been eager to see. Khon Kaen is the largest city in Isan and a university town. In fact, the university itself –located on 4000 acres–is a town itself. Dr. and Mrs. Chaiwit hosted us. He is the professor of Neurosurgery at the university and she heads the medical school’s library. We arrived on a day like our blue-sky days of autumn.
The highlights of the visit centered around the neurosurgery department of the medical school and a great afternoon in the city with three medical students. This is a place where they do lots of neurosurgery and have strong neuroradiology and pathology in support. When we get back to Thailand, we hope to spend several months in Khon Kaen.
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