Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Today I Sliced My Big Toe and Then Went on an Adventure!

Well, as the title suggests, today I sliced my big toe. Here is the story:
As previously posted, I had rented a motorbike yesterday. This morning I was planning on returning it but when I got up I decided to rent it for one more day. I was to meet some friends at Angie's Kitchen here in Pai for breakfast. When I got there I parked on the wrong side of the road and was kindly asked to move my bike to the other side of the street. When I went to move it the kickstand was still down, I moved the bike backwards and the kickstand sliced deep into my big toe. Blood started pouring everywhere, my sandal was covered. I continued moving my bike to the other side of the street though. Might as well finished what I sent out to do right?
I came back into the restaurant after, the lady that runs it ran over with spray to stop the bleeding and we put some antiseptic cream on it to draw of any bacteria in the wound. The cut was right below my toe nail, I'm so glad that it didn't break the nail.
After we finished eating breakfast there I took off to the hospital to get it properly checked out. Luckily I didn't need stitches! They charged me 428B for the service and then I was out the door.
The funny thing is behind this whole toe cutting situation is that if I had of returned the bike I wouldn't have the cut on my toe. But now that I have cut my toe I am relying on the bike to get me around Pai and surrounding area! The very device that caused me so much pain is now my toe's savior!
After finishing at the hospital I took off on my bike to the countryside of Pai to take some photos. I'll post those as well.
If you don't like blood or seeing cuts then don't look at these photos:
Bloody Toe

Me ordering on the floor!


Field Workers

Hill Village


Me and my bike... man it's a love hate relationship...

2 comments:

Mark said...

If only those Chacos could speak, I'd want to hear their story.

Unknown said...

wow, what a story!!