Hi This is Matt, sorry I haven't posted for a while but internet is so slow and hard to get to now it is broken at our guest house! Been through quite alot since my last post so will try my best to catch you up on what has been going on inside and outside the hospital. We've been very hands on in the hospital so far and i've been able to assist in quite a few operations lending a hand holding retractors and even placing a few sutures which was fun as you actually feel useful rather than just in the way! Seen some very gory sights as i'm sure you've read in Anni's update, dont think i'll go into too much detail for the faint hearted out there but if you really want to know just leave a message and i can tell you!! Apart from having lots of fun in theatre haven't been required to be in for many afternoons so had time to get to the beach and visit different places in the island. To follow up on the island tour, we met some other people who hadn't done the tour so we decided to rent a car and do an island tour of ourselves, basically visiting the same places. On the way back guess what happened... big nail... flat tyre! Changed no worries but on closer inspection of the tyre there were 6 other smaller nails embedded in the tyre! When we explained to the rental company, they didn't charge us for the new tyre so the whole trip only cost $50 (about 13quid!). Been to the pangaimotu island again for anni's birthday which was nice, then tucked into a Tongan feast for dinner but i'm sure anni will write more about this later! Been doing alot of snorkling around the island and will prob be doing some sea water kayaking instead of diving when we go north to Vava'u island group as we've heard there are many snakes in the waters! I hope everyone is well at home in sunny(?!) old England Matt Ben - Read the match report, congrats on your first cap. Didn't mention how well you played but i'm sure you we're very good! Hope you managed to move into the house OK, if you drive back for training etc you could bring up some of my stuff like computer, TV etc (if you have time!