Life in Hua Hin - beautiful. It was very pleasant to get away from the cold of Macau and warm up at Ben's friend's holiday home in Thailand. This place is like an enormous guest house. Separate bungalows for the guests, a live in housekeeper and gardener and all the entertainment and wonderful food that anyone could want. And all of this right on the beach with a swimming pool. We spent most of the time in the sea as the pool was a little too cool. I suggested to Bridget and Benjamin that we look around Hua Hin, perhaps go horse or elephant riding but they preferred to stay put. They certainly know when they're onto a good thing. So 3 nights at Ed's Hua Hin holiday home - bliss.
Bridget unfortunately cut her hand on one of the tiles in the swimming pool. It was like a Jaws movie with blood clouds blossoming in the water. She wasn't a happy little girl. Thankfully the chauffeur was only 5 minutes away having his lunch so Ben took Bridget to the local hospital for treatment. 5 stitches later and she was all smiles. My concern wasn't with the medical system in Thailand, my worry was who to see in Macau to get the stitches taken out! We've dealt with that one too now and it was Ok although the officious mainland Chinese nurse wanted me out of the room and they made it all very serious. It may as well have been a major operation. Thankfully the doctor was a Chinese speaking Indian and he understood that I wouldn't create a fuss.
Back to our holiday: Benjamin had caught a cold prior to leaving for Thailand and by the time we were in Hua Hin the cough had turned into a wheeze very much like his allergic reaction to cats. He complained of not being able to breath and it did stop him running with us on the beach. I was somewhat concerned so Ben booked an appointment in Bangkok's best Bumrungrad Hospital. They have a wonderful pediatric unit and we saw an allergy specialist. It looks as though the cold triggered the asthma that he was always in risk of developing due to his allergies. We're to keep him away from whatever triggers the reaction: cats and dust at this stage. He's also on a course of medication for the next 6 months to keep it in check and we'll check it again in 6 months time. I'm glad we were in Thailand at the time as I've very little faith in the Macau system.
Even with our medical adventures we had a wonderfully relaxing time in Bangkok and Hua Hin. Kids back to school this Monday and me back to the computer.
