I’m getting some more pages up while we still have a fast connection, because, as Judy writes below, we’re moving at the end of the week. We’re excited about our new, off-the-beaten-path location, off-the-beaten-path relative to commercial and touristy stuff. But, we’ll still be on the Skytrain route and can beat our way back to Sukhumvit anytime we need a western fix. Close enough and far enough away, you might say.
Last weekend Judy and I joined the Rural Area Medical Aid (RAMA) Foundation on a trip to the Sukhothai area. For 20 years, the RAMA Foundation has pursued its mission to aid rural populations and goes to different areas of Thailand every two months. Dick Williams, M.D., an American and 15-year member of the organization, kindly invited us. So Saturday, we joined a mix of 70 dedicated dentists, therapists, doctors, nurses, and administrators who came from Bangkok. These professionals traveled overnight from Bangkok by bus, slept on the floor of the school where the patients were seen and then returned on Sunday, led by a police escort with sirens wailing. 1860 patients came to be examined and to receive treatment or medicine as appropriate. Talk about appreciated, these volunteers truly are. It was a privilege to be involved with them.
Tags: Thailand