Day 20 - We were Happy at Happy Banana.. Due to our hungover day yesterday we thought we had better go into hospital one last time so we went into the emergency A&E department for the morning again. Unfortunately didn't see any emergencies as such however a man did come with his wife who found he was unconscious, he was unresponsive therefore they had to intubated him to protect his airway, he was also found to have unresponsive pupils, once he was stable he...

Day 19 - Hangovers in the heat.. So after our non existent night sleep we went back to bed and slept for most of the day untill around 2pm! When we dragged ourselves out of bed we all (all Warwick girls and Edinburgh students) went to Delawella which is a beach further along from unawatuna, we went to a restaurant along the beach which had sunbeds, we sat on the beach, read our books and frolicked In the sea, we were all a little fragile, nothing better than a ...

Day 18 - Arrack Attack So normally I write this as we get into bed at the end of the day.. However as we did not get into bed untill 9.30am I am writing this the following day! We ended up having as rather eventful evening! The day was pretty good too, we went into hospital and went straight to A&E to see what we could observe, there were no other students there which was a bonus and the consultants were lovely and very welcoming! The A&E unit was rela...

Day 16 & 17 - Back to Hospital... Monday- First day in medicine today, so we were in a different hospital, The main teaching hospital, we didn't have a clue which ward we were meant to be on so saw a white person and followed! Got to our ward and mets lots of other elective students, there were 2 from Manchester uni, 3 Edinburgh students (who are also staying in our hostel) and lots from Bristol, there are 26 students from Bristol who have a villa with a po...

Day 13 - Packed in Like a tin of Sardines.. Oh what a day.. Early start up at 5am to catch the 6am train into Colombo with all the commuters! Our first sri lanka train experience.. We had to jump on the train while it was still moving which was fun, luckily we got a seat and enjoyed be beautiful views on the 2.5hr journey. When we arrived we got a tuk tuk to the visa office and filled in our application, surprisingly it was quite a pain free process and it was...