Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Cambodia

This summer, WWAMI sponsored four of us to spend six weeks in Cambodia working at the Children's Surgical Centre. We scrubbed in for an average of 4-5 surgeries per day acting as first-assist for much of the time. While there we worked with specialists and medical students from around the world. We spent a lot of time together and took trips to Siem Reap (land of Angkor Wat), Mondulkiri (jungle trek), and Sihanoukville (beach town).

Although most of our time was spent in the O.R., we were able to get away on the weekends and explore Cambodia.



Our guides getting our rides ready for a 2-day trek through the jungle



Exploring the villages north of Phnom Penh by scooter


Bayon of Angkor Thom



Sunset over the rubble and trash as seen from my guesthouse


Young monks strolling through Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious monument.



Monkey


If you are interested in volunteering at the CSC as a medical student, click here.)


The Surgical Center had one O.R. with 3 cases usually happening simultaneously



See one, do one, teach one


Click here to see more pictures from Cambodia ---> CAMBODIA '11



1 comment:

Kay Walther said...

Thank you for posting pictures. I am glad you had a wonderful learning experiences there and glad having you home safely.