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INDIA | Tue, 5 Apr 2011 | By bonnie | Views [724]
19th February Later in the day Scott has had a couple of children in today with ear infections & and a dressing change on a wound. A quiet day. Sometimes the government doctor (who was last here in December) doesn't come back for a few months, ... Read more >
Tags: government doctor, khati, medical, mountain life, remarriage
INDIA | Tue, 5 Apr 2011 | By bonnie | Views [765]
After six days of brooding dark grey louds, rain, hail & light snow, this morning dawned clear and with the rising sun an azure blue sky was starkly juxtaposed against snow white mounts and hills around Khati. At first light the cacophany of birds ... Read more >
Tags: khati, medical, mountains, organic crops, seed saving, village life
WORLDWIDE | Fri, 19 Feb 2010 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1993] | Comments [1] | Video
Aracely of Two Backpackers started feeling ill with a fever while we
were visiting Rio Dulce, Guatemala. Rio Dulce is not the most developed
city, so she tried to wait out her illness, hoping it was a short-term
bug. After four days of sweating ... Read more >
Tags: antibiotics, claims, fever, guatemala, medical, safety, travel
COSTA RICA | Fri, 9 Oct 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [7208] | Comments [1]
Now this is something to write about! I travelled to San José, Costa Rica to have dental work done! Scary? Not quite! First off, I'll tell you about the first couple of days in San José. When I landed, customs was a breeze, unlike two years ago when ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, medical
CANADA | Fri, 9 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1441]
It’s cliché but true: accidents happen all the time but you never count on one happening to you. I was skiing in Canada when I took a fall and injured my left knee. I was taken from the slopes to a local Emergency Centre, in great pain, where they ... Read more >
Tags: canada, claim, injury, medical, skiing, snow, true claim stories, world nomads, x-ray
INDONESIA | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2641]
I was really looking forward to scuba diving in Bali. Not long after I arrived, I signed up for a dive with a local company, who promised to take me out to a dive location in a new speed boat. They had just renovated the boat but had not yet installed ... Read more >
Tags: bali, claim, diving, hospitals & health, indonesia, medical, scuba, true claim stories, world nomads
NETHERLANDS | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1827]
"Women's problems" are rarely talked about, but they are wide in scope and often happen at inconvenient times — like when you are travelling. In my case, I was diagnosed with a "Bartholin cyst", which is, apparently, a lump filled ... Read more >
Tags: claim, cyst, hospitals & health, medical, netherlands, true claim stories, world nomads
INDIA | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [3673]
Standing on the street in Mysore, India, I was surprised to find a dog licking an open wound on my leg. Soon after, I heard that the same dog was roaming the streets, crazed and rabid, and had bitten several people. The dog was found dead later in the ... Read more >
Tags: claim, dog, hospitals & health, india, medical, rabies, true claim stories, world nomads
TANZANIA | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2112]
I began experiencing stomach cramps and a constant headache for a number of days whilst in Zanzibar, which is not far from the Tanzanian coast. As soon as I returned to the mainland, I headed straight for the hospital in Dar es Salaam. The doctor who ... Read more >
Tags: claim, hospitals & health, medical, parasite, tanzania, true claim stories, world nomads
USA | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2989]
I was out mountain biking in the element... when a tree got in my way. On impact, the handle bars of my bike twisted, bluntly jutting into my ribs before I went flying. I was in a lot of pain but there was no external bruising. I figured that even if ... Read more >
Tags: accident, bike, claim, cycling, hospitals & health, medical, true claim stories, usa, world nomads
FIJI | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [3229]
I have had hundreds of mosquito bites before, but this one was different. I had recently arrived in Fiji when I noticed quite a few mosquito bites on my legs — but one was very red and painful. Throughout the day it turned a deeper red and became swollen, ... Read more >
Tags: claim, fiji, hospitals & health, medical, mozzie, spider, true claim stories, world nomads
THAILAND | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [14504] | Comments [1]
Here's a tip: never pat a monkey, even if it's on a leash: they can be vicious. I was out wandering with a friend on Haad Rin Beach, Koh Phangan Island, when we ran into a local walking his pet monkey. My friend bent over and patted the monkey and the ... Read more >
Tags: claim, hospitals & health, medical, monkey, rabies, thailand, true claim stories, world nomads
INDIA | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1487]
While travelling in India I had to make an unexpected detour to hospital. It all started with an upset stomach, for which I was prescribed antibiotics. Three weeks later, I was in Mumbai, still feeling really unwell, so I walked into a hospital for help.... Read more >
Tags: claim, hospitals & health, india, medical, true claim stories, world nomads
VIETNAM | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2363]
A friend and I were walking along the main road in Sapa, Vietnam, when two dogs attacked us. One bit deeply into my calf so I threw my bag at the dog and fled. How World Nomads helped Treatment in a Hanoi hospital for two days where they administered ... Read more >
Tags: claim, dog, hospitals & health, medical, rabies, true claim stories, vietnam, world nomads
USA | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [4365] | Comments [1]
I should have called it quits for the day and headed into a bar for a warming Schnapps. Instead, I decided to take the last ski run down the mountain. As I was flying down the slopes, my left ski collided with my right, blowing out my left knee and ... Read more >
Tags: claim, injury, medical, rescue, skiing, snow, true claim stories, usa, world nomads
INDIA | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2224]
I didnt realise you could wind-up in hospital from diarrhoea until I travelled in India. I had been suffering 'the runs' on and off over three months and had lost about 15 kilograms. I was feeling extremely weak and dehydrated, and called in to a local ... Read more >
Tags: claim, hospitals & health, india, medical, true claim stories, world nomads
VIETNAM | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2757]
I was in Vietnam, on my way to Indonesia, when I fell ill with a high fever. My first thought was malaria, so during a stopover in Singapore I saw a doctor, but he said I was fine. I continued on my journey to Indonesia but I still felt bloody awful, ... Read more >
Tags: claim, hospitals & health, indonesia, medical, true claim stories, vietnam, world nomads
BOLIVIA | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2945]
I have never been so frightened in my life. I was travelling in Sucre, in southern central Bolivia, when I suddenly lost my vision. I was rushed to the emergency department of a local hospital where I underwent a battery of tests and was placed under ... Read more >
Tags: bolivia, claim, hospitals & health, medical, true claim stories, world nomads
EGYPT | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2076]
I was lucky to survive a fire blast in Egypt, where I was admitted to hospital in a town close to Dahab, with neck, face and leg injuries. I was diagnosed with a fracture dislocation in the right shoulder and arm, lacerations all over my body and a broken ... Read more >
Tags: claim, egypt, hospitals & health, injury, medical, true claim stories, world nomads
CANADA | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2208] | Comments [2]
I was having an awesome time skiing at Whistler until one morning I woke up feeling unwell, with terrible pain on the right side of my abdomen. After a quick trip to the local medical centre, I was sent for blood work to confirm a diagnosis of appendicitis, ... Read more >
Tags: canada, claim, hospitals & health, injury, medical, true claim stories, world nomads
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