Seldom have I found myself so accurately described as I did in this last book. It's a memoir by a man with a debilitating illness whose life is changed by adopting a crippled pigeon. He was travelling in SE Asia as he begins experiencing the illness. He writes, "If you've have read other travel-accounts-gone-wrong, it is likely you have seen the photos that the afflicted take in their hospital beds. In fact, admission to a hospital because of some crazy illness or accident seems to be a rite of passage for the adventure traveler." P. 211 Hospitalized, he took the picture.
In 2012 travelling to Thailand for the first stint of teaching I had some days before reporting to school. On a previous trip to Laos my planned itinerary shorted out when I crossed the Mekong to use an internet cafe in Thailand and I was refused re-admittance to Laos. With days to spare I returned to Laos to complete the trip. Getting as far as I had on the previous trip I fell entering a cave. Stitched up in the local hospital I became infected and went to Bangkok for medical treatment. So, hospitalized there, I took the requisite photo in the hospital bed. (See below)
How comfortable are you with another person's pain? The answer to that question may determine if you wish to read We Should All Be Birds, Brian Buckbee's memoir. He has a fascinating attachment to birds, especially, pigeons, about which I learned much. Interspersed with the tales about pigeons are his descriptions of his excruciating pain. It's certainly an interesting book and recommended with the caveat about your tolerance for another's pain.
Takk for alt,
Al
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