The Misadventures of Sean, Part 2
by Sean on Aug.31, 2008, under Thailand
Ever since the accident I’ve been careful. So careful I missed out on one of the most amazing experiences in life: a speedboat tour of the Phi Phi islands in Thailand. I told myself I have to come back to Thailand one day so I can do this tour. Maya Bay was the filming location for “The Beach,” a Leonardo DeCaprio film. I have rested in bed each day and missed out on the opportunity of swimming and other things.
The staff of the hotel felt bad for me, so the first day they made a 3 or 4 egg omelette with rich instead and didn’t charge me (brought it into my room). The following days they used the hotel truck to drive me to get food and see the doctor 
I am feeling a bit better today because much of the initial shock and pain have subsided. Last night I went to a neighborhood doctor and he took my dressings off and cleaned out all the wounds. Before I saw him I knew my big toe hurt so I couldn’t walk on it, but I didn’t realize until after I saw it that the whole toe was swollen. I asked him to look at it and he determined nothing was broken (obviously, because I could move the toe to walk, but it still hurt). He said it would be fine.
The thing that sucks about living/traveling in third world countries is that Thailand doesn’t believe Neosporin or other bacitracin medicines don’t work. I asked the doctor and several pharmacies in town, and none of them carried it, except one place that wanted to charge me 200 baht for a small tube (about $5). So now I have to use rubbing alcohol and iodine for the next week before I can get home to China and start using the Neosporin (and I hope it won’t be too late for my wounds to heal properly.)
Today we are going back to Bangkok. Because of protests in Thailand, the main road from Krabi to Bangkok is closed, so we have to get off at a city 3 hours away called Surat Thani and take a different bus down a different road so we can make it.
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