She made it to Manila!

Yes, I made it here in one piece! Yey!

So, I'll quickly fill you in on the last week:

My final week in Kudjip was great, despite feeling a bit under the weather. I was cooked for by a different family every night of the week which was lovely, I was certainly well fed throughout my time there! Unfortunately I didn't manage to get any babies named after me, but I did enjoy my time with Scott and I was able to help on a number of C-sections and procedures so it was a great way to end my time in the hospital. At the prayer meeting on Thursday I was given a lovely send off by everyone with lots of requests for me to return as a doctor and to bring Will along with me!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the hospital and can't describe just how much I've learnt in the past 5 weeks! It was a truly amazing experience that I will never forget. I'm so grateful to all of the doctors for making my time there so special. Despite feeling slightly uneasy about the morals of going to a developing country to 'practice' being a doctor before starting work in the UK, I have to admit that it definitely has benfited me a huge amount! When looking at the guidance for my 'reflective essay' that I have to write for uni I came across the question 'How did your time on elective compare with real life?' which I found quite amusing as if somehow suggesting that PNG is not real life! I'm pretty sure for all of the people there it is quite real! Anyway, I had a fantastic time and am thoroughly grateful to have had the opportunity to live and work there.

Yesterday morning I flew down to Port Moresby with some of the other volunteers and had a very nice afternoon lounging around the pool in a super posh hotel. It was quite bizarre leaving my little Kudjip bubble and suddenly being back in 'civilisation'. I then flew over to Manila last night and am now in the hostel. I'm booked onto a walking tour of the city in a couple of hours but unfortunately I've spent the morning throwing up so I'm going to see how I feel! I want to make sure that I'm 100% well for Will's arrival tomorrow!

I'm not sure how often I'm going to be able to keep this updated over the next 3 weeks but I will try to write something every now and again just to let you know that we are alive!

Thanks so much to everyone for the lovely comments, I do read them all! I'm glad people are enjoying the blog. The last couple of things to mention are: a very happy birthday wish to the 2 Ruths! Auntie and mother in law (almost). I hope you both have a lovely day today. AND for tomorrow a very happy mothers day my wonderful mummy. I hope you have a lovely day and that your other little girl spoils you tomorrow. Love you millions.

So that's all for now, until next time!

Tigz XXX

P.S. Butchy, if you read this thank you very much for offering to sort our Glasto ticket payments for us. I've forwarded the email to you but I'm not sure if I have your right email address or not so thought I'd mention it on here too just incase! My number is 83364799 and postcode is YO42 1PB. I've transferred the money to Will so hopefully he sorted that with you before he left. Thanks again love!! X