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Ants:
The boys spent the night on call and so the girls and I went out to a bar called the Woodford café. We arrived just after 10pm the place looked like we were entering the ghetto but we decided to go in and have a look around. It turned out that there were hardly any other people in the bar and as we had already paid 8 pounds to get in we decided to stay. It was an interesting night as all our drinks were free and so as you can imagine we all really enjoyed the evening. I found it quite strange that I was getting drunk after only a couple of drinks so I decided to just drink cranberry juice. It turned out that reason I was getting so drunk was that the barman was putting ¾ of a glass of vodka and a splash of cranberry juice! For some reason the vodka wasn't very strong tasting and so I didn't notice. I only realized after a couple of cranberry juices that he was doing the exact same thing with the cranberry juice. After that I just stuck to water and gave the barman an earful!
We had to get up pretty early the next morning to get the ferry over to Tobago and with us all feeling worse for wear we finally made it onto the boat, found some seats and settled down for the 6hr journey on choppy seas. There is not much else to tell you it was a pretty boring day. Matt is going to quickly update you on what he has been getting up to.
Matt:
Hey just a quick note from me, hospital work has been quite laid back as they only work mornings here and send us home well before lunch on most days! The early starts do get quite hard tho. Seen lots of cases here that I wouldn't usually see in UK including so many boils and abcesses(!) that I've lost track! The SHO said next time there is one I can drain it myself, something I would never get to do in UK so I can't wait! Weather has been erratic with gorgeous sun followed by torrential rain so hard to predict. Got the weekend in Tobago now in a really nice apartment but have to jet back to Trinidad for Monday to continue hospital work, it really gets in the way of the beach but its what I'm here to do! Hope everyone is well, really enjoying reading what everyone is up to, take care for now
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