Archive for February, 2010

Week 3 Update

Sunday, February 21st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Another busy week at McCord Hospital; we usually run about 15-18 patients on our service with one intern.  Not to mention that managing patients is just more difficult here with limited resources.  There is only one computer and one printer ...

Last Day in Cape Town

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Posted in Daily Blog | No Comments »

Been a busy week so I haven't been able to have much internet time.  Just now getting a chance to update on last Sunday's adventures in Cape Town.  I woke up early and headed south without much of a plan ...

Cape Town

Saturday, February 13th, 2010 Posted in Daily Blog | No Comments »

'Cape Town is beautiful.  You should go there.'  Those are the unassuming, unenthusiastic words of advice of the South African who has grown up in paradise.  He speaks of Cape Town in the way that an American might speak of ...

Pics from this past weekend

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Daily Blog | No Comments »

uShaka Beach with Mahbida Stadium in the background Valley of 1000 Hills Young Zulu Student Fortune Teller Giraffe and baby giraffe - pheZulu Game Park

Gasa Tribe and Jelly Fish

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Daily Blog | No Comments »

Feeling settled in at Durban now.  I've gotten to know all the other medical students well, and we've managed to get into a fair amount of trouble by now.  First weekend update: Friday: Billy the Bum - Pictures pending.  Fun local bar ...

Semi-settled in Durban

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Daily Blog | No Comments »

I've arrived in Durban after countless obstacles including but not limited to snowstoms, missed connections, improperly rescheduled flights by United Airlines which forgot to inform South African Airlines of the changes, and a completely overlooked rescheduling of a connection from Johannesburg ...