Hi guys, will be brief, off to the airport in about 5 mins to go to Tobago as we're done here in Trinidad. We're both dead excited. In a rush so will write some more later

Had Antenatal clinic this morning with Dr Bassaw and the rest of his students. A good 10 of us squished into a tiny cubicle with a heavily pregnant woman. The only thing that stopped me hitting the deck were the two students I was wedged between! In theatre tomorrow morning, except we heard that the hospital's electricity is going to be turned off tomorrow from 8am until 5pm, so not sure how successful it's going to be! Dr Bassaw told me today that the fac...

Today was my first proper day in placement. In for 8am, I was back in bed at 8.10! My doctors car was stolen over the weekend and he wasn't coming in... again! However, I was called back in at 9am to follow a different doctor, and was chucked straight into a delivery room with 7 student nurses and 2 midwives, all watching this poor girl giving birth! How dignified! It was traumatic for me nevermind her! I nearly passed out twice. I fully expect to have hit...

England 1 Ecuador 0 That was S**T.

Not an exciting week this week, just lots of liming, and Andy started his placement. We went to the pics on Tuesday to see X-men 3, and most of the rest of our spare time was spent learning to play poker and other card games! We're getting better, only betting with Carib bottle tops (we've got enough!). We also roped in Peter, a student from Botswana, and two of the German girls, Steffi and Saskia. I'm sure we'll leave Mount Hope having set up a fine Poker rack...