Hello! Thought I should write one last blog before I leave Sri Lanka, but it's currently 11.30 at night so might not be too coherent. Flying to Bangkok tomorrow morning (waking up at 3.45!) and I have procured some surgical masks from hospital so I can avoid catching swine flu as I pass through the airport!! Today is Vesac in Sri Lanka which is a festival to celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha. The whole city has been decked out in lant...

Writing this from Colombo (for a second time as Erandi unplugged the computer just as I was getting to the end of the last one!), where we have been for about a week. We decided that we had had enough of doing pelvic examinations in Kandy, so would head back to Colombo for a few days break before starting at our next hospital. Me and Erandi decided that as we had a few days to kill we would visit one of the private hospitals to see the difference between this...

Hello!!! Arrived in Sri Lanka about 2 days ago. Thought i should write a blog entry before we go to Kandy, as I don't think we will have any internet connection there. First impressions of Sri Lanka are: hot and humid!!! As soon as we stepped off the plane it was like a heat wave coming out to greet us. Luckily it's rained the past few nights so that's relieved some of the humidity. Been bitten lots by mossies, new resolution is to wear lots of insect repellent!...