It’s been a while since I’ve last updated this blog! Life has been busy but I’m going to try to get out there with the camera more often now. Anyways, had a nice little trip to Little Tokyo in LA. Some really cool street art and good vibes in the area.
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This past week I had the opportunity to go to Honduras as part of the Global Medical Brigades. Me actually going was a long line of things falling into place. At first, I wasn’t going to go because of a summer school class but I ended up taking an online one instead. I really didn’t think it would be possible for me to go seeing as how it was only a week before my group would fly out, but our group lead got it to work somehow and next thing I know I’m heading to Honduras…. or so I thought. The group didn’t book my ticket at the time and the flight was sold out! So the day before I was suppose to leave, I scrambled and ended up finding a flight. That was just the beginning of my adventure! My flight itinerary was LAX to Ohio to Atlanta then finally Honduras. My first leg from LAX to Ohio got delayed by an hour and I ended up missing my connector to Atlanta by 10 minutes! Fearing that I would also miss my connecting flight to Honduras, Delta put me on the last flight out to Honduras but I would only have 35 mins of layover to get there. Well long story short, we arrived with about 25 minutes left to spare but ended up sitting on the tarmac after we landed for bout 5 mins and by the time I was able to get off I had 15 minutes to get to the gate before it took off… for those of you who have been to the Atlanta, damn their terminal is huge! I ended up sprinting and taking the tram from terminal A to terminal E and made it to the gate just before they closed it!
In the end, I made the flight and had an amazing time in Honduras. I met and worked with some amazing people as we set up 3 days worth of mobile clinics. I believe in the end, we ended up seeing over 700 patients in those 3 days. Along with my scribe co-workers and our Doc, we teamed up with a group of medical students from the UK and their doctor. Those UK folks were fun to work with and they sure know how to party!
Going on this trip has definitely reaffirmed my goals in going towards medicine, and although it was chaotic in getting there, I would definitely make the same decision to go to Honduras again!
Here are some quick pics from the trip, the rest can be seen at the gallery by clicking here
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Our drug cartel ring
View from our place & the best hammock ever!
Our living quarters
Our visit to the orphanage
This is my lil pal, Luis
These kids were a lot of fun and very cute
Tooth extraction!
Nothing better than putting your feet up and resting on a hammock after a long day
Last view of Honduras before I flew out
This past weekend I went down to San Diego with Aimee. We went to the San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park and stayed in the Little Italy area of San Diego. The Wild Animal Park is so much fun! It was the first time there for both of us so it was a really neat experience. We stayed in San Diego for the night and chose the Little Italy district because Aimee loves Italian food. The food there lived up to it’s name as we dined at Bencotto’s Italian Kitchen for dinner. We had brunch the following morning at Cafe Zucchero and topped off our weekend at an amazing dessert place called Extraordinary Desserts. If you ever have a chance to go down to San Diego then you must stop by Extraordinary Desserts and try their “toasted caramel macadamia cheesecake”! The best cheesecake I’ve ever had, hands down. Oh, and they have some really good coffee to go with the desserts to.
Here are a few shots
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With my last weekend of being in the East Coast and having 3 days off, I decided to hit up Washington DC. I spent the night at Julian’s place in Queens and took a morning bus to Washington DC. 4hrs later, I arrived to in DC after spending half my bus ride using Bolt Bus’s free wi-fi! First thing I did was visit my grandfather who stays in the Armed Force Retirement Home (more on that later). I spent the rest of the night hanging with some friends and dinner with another.
The next day I went exploring DC, enjoy the pics!
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Last week I went to another place that was on my New York to-do list, Central Park. It was the perfect day to hang out in the park, it was nice bright and sunny. I ended up spending about 2 hours just walking and exploring the park and definitely wish I could see it during spring time when there is more color around!
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