A dentist, cold weather and baked beans on toast, Thailand.

Well I lasted the week with my sore back. My week has ended as we have a holiday tomorrow as it is Teacher’s Day. My back has improved leaps and bounds, so maybe the drugs and also the stretching must be working. I would say it is 60% good and 40% dodgy. I still get the odd shooting pain at times and standing for prolonged times usually brings on a good ache. Apart from that all is good.

At school today the compressors were set-up outside our small school clinic or sickbay. The dentists had returned to work on student’s teeth.

Inside some students were waiting for their turn on the dentist’s bed.

Two students weren’t in the least bit worried and had huge smiles for the camera.

It is good to see this project that looks after the kids teeth for free. I read a report the other day from the Thai health department and their concern in the rapid increase in tooth decay in younger children.

The dentists come to the school at least 4 times a year. It is stupidly cheap to go to the dentist here in Isaan. When I had my teeth cleaned it cost 500 Baht and Noot’s cost 300 Baht as hers were a lot cleaner and much easier to do.

This looked like a magic gun of some kind.

It has been bloody cold here in Ubon, cold as in, 10-12 degrees at night. It feels much colder with the icy breeze that has been blowing. I have been sleeping in shorts, shirt and socks under a duvet and blanket.

The house is shut up tight. All the windows are closed and when you have to go outside you are rugged up like an Eskimo. I wear a beanie or balaclava and gloves when we venture out.

A had these little babies for dinner last night.

I hadn’t had baked beans for a long, long time. With some toast and two eggs it was a real winner on a cool night. Tonight I steamed a truckload of vegetables with a couple of sausages. Good food to warm a cool tummy on these winter nights.

Brunty