Greetings from Phuket

OK, so it's not exactly as i was expecting! I arrived at the school late morning on Monday to find the school closing for a holiday the next day. I was warmly welcomed by Khun Lak (the ESL co-ordinator) and lots of smiling children. Soon after I arrive, Maile Busby (one of the US volunteers from ISB) came to say hello too. Maile showed me around and introduced me to the four ESL volunteers (Kelsey, Lisa, Monic and Jamie)currently at the school. We chatted a while and before long we had arranged to go visit Khun Pear, the local government funded hygienist at the local medical centre. Khun Pear's clinic was a couple of km down the road. She explained (through translation by Khun Lak) that the school was in need of a Thai dentist to work full time and she was barely able to scratch the surface of the work needed. It became clear that working permits for foreign dental workers were going to be the stalling point in getting any dental provision in from outside of Thailand.