We moved to our final destination of our 'tour' of eastern Thailand. We took another brand new bus down the country's smooth main roads. We had a birds eye view being at the front on the way.
It is was an uneventful three hour journey apart from seeing this very large statue of a quail.
We were here for just two nights. Our hotel was conveniently located close to the airport for a Friday departure. However it was that close it felt like the aircraft was landing on top of the hotel. Luckily there weren't many inbound flights a day, and we also had a very quiet room.
Apart from seeing this very nice Wat, there wasn't much time for sightseeing. We were continuing the bad night sleep pattern as George couldn't shift the cold that had gone to his chest. So he spent the day in bed. He felt that bad on Thursday night, we took a slow walk to the private hospital twenty minutes down the road. We sat in reception for ten minutes, and after professing he felt better, we walked back.
Going to bed that night I thought all was better. But from 4am, he was up in pain, he even went for a walk because he couldn't sit or lay down. When he returned it was inevitable we needed to go back to the hospital. Conscious we had a 1pm flight, we got a taxi to the hospital at 6am.
Thankfully it was just a chest infection. In just 40 minutes he had been triaged, had a chest x-ray, ECG, and two sets of blood pressure tests. Then they wheeled him to the cashier to pay and pick up his prescription waiting for him. It cost £90 and it was worth every penny. The service was impressive. The excess on the travel insurance was £150 so it was cheaper to pay and go.
There was a government hospital around the corner which would have been perfectly adequate as well. But there was no waiting in the hospital we went into, allowing us to return, have breakfast, pack and leave on time.
We took a slightly delayed flight and then picked up the coach taking us back down the coast to Cha-am (where we stayed in December). The last month has been very hectic, moving around constantly and feeling unwell. We are now sitting in the sun for a few days to relax. I was very happy this morning to resume my beach walk in the early sunshine of the day. And get some fresh air after a few weeks of pollution from city traffic.
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