There I sat for 7 hours on a fairly comfortable train seat in
an air-conditioned coach - different
coaches have different prices and different degrees of comfortability – aircon
3rd class will cost you 280 baht (R79)from Lang Suan to Hua Hin. The
lady opposite me showed me where to get off (thank goodness for the letters
written in Thai.)
And there I was at 2 in the morning on Hua Hin train station.
I was extremely tired and just wanted to get to the hospital to see if Steven
is okay, so I decided that I will take a scooter taxi from the station to the
hospital. But after asking three taxi guys to take me to Bangkok international
and them wanting to take me to Krungthep (Bangkok city), I decided that it may
be saver to walk 4 kilometers to the hospital than sitting 250 kilometers on a
taxi in a whole different direction.
I arrived at the hospital and the staff immediately showed me
to the correct room. I would highly recommend Bangkok international to any
person in need of medical treatment. They have highly competent, extremely
friendly staff member, beautiful 5 star rooms (better than almost any hotel)
and amazing medical care.
Steven was asleep so I just greeted him and made the couch in
the room my new best friend. If I thought I would have a peaceful night’s sleep
I was mistaken – nurses coming in every 30 minutes to check on Steven, machines
beeping, Steven making noises and dripping of intravenous machines kindly kept
the dust fairy company and she forgot to come visit me.
The next day Steven looked a lot better (with better I imply
that he did not look like a crab in boiling water anymore) and the reports
showed that everything was okay. He still had killer headaches, terrible bouts
of fever and no appetite – he did not even want to eat chocolates (MASSIVE RED
LIGHT that he is sick). Some pictures of Steven in the hospital:
With him in the hospital were two employees of XploreAsia
that got attacked by the same Kamakazi mosquito.
Sunday morning I quickly went to the train station to buy a
ticket for my journey back to Lang Suan. I decided to take the cheaper ticket
since we were on a very tight budget. A ticket for a fan coach cost me 164 baht
(R46). After spending the day at the hospital and ensuring that Steven was okay
I went to wait for the train that was supposed to arrive at 17:00 but ended up
arriving at 19:30.
I arrived in Lang Suan the next
morning at 2:30. After eating, washing clothes, washing myself and prepping my
lesson I eventually got some sleep.
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