The situation became more clear the morning after the accident - we survived a pretty harsh car crash with just minor wounds, bruises and a sore hand. We had a dash of bad luck, but heaps of the other kind as well.
No surprise that we missed the early morning bus to Bangkok (J's butt couldn't take the 10 hour ride), and so we headed to the airport in the morning to try our luck and find a flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. All the flights for the next few days were fully booked and there was no way we could have reached the pre-booked Bangkok-Bali flight. We decided not to worry and to stay in Chiang Mai for a couple of days more.
We booked tree nights from a bit out of the town hotel, Chiang Mai Eco Resort, which turned out to be rather nice place to stay. Clean and tidy, calm, and the nearest hospital just 500 meter away.
Daily wound dressings were such a pain, but necessary as the infection risk was quite high in the humid climate and risk of getting known to alien bugs is also pretty high in the tropics. The first dressing time was probably the worst (even though, you'll never get used to the pain). Saline, betadine (ouch), grease net and gauze - what a lovely combo to memorize. This time M got also antibiotics, and last bits of the remaining asphalt and dirt were removed out of his wounds with a peroxide bath.
By the way, if you ever need to deal with local authorities, remember to take a English speaking local with you to do the talking / bargaining thing. Thai law enforcement (including the worst of them all - the tourist police) is one of the most corrupt in the world - with their low salaries, they are not really nothing but con artists trying to blackmail tourists for money. Just a friendly warning.
At least the officer gave as a lift back to our resort in a late rainy evening - but our room key was left to the policeman at the police office... What a day.
At least the officer gave as a lift back to our resort in a late rainy evening - but our room key was left to the policeman at the police office... What a day.
Otherwise, our time was mostly spent recuperating - with a bit of exploring around (but less so than earlier). Eco resort had a brekkie to die for + a neat food stall street pretty close by :)
Breakfast with love
Do it yourself - dinners, collected fresh from local street vendors
And off to the next country - interesting to see, what's on the tab next :)
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