My impressions so far

I'm three months in, and feels kind of like I'm halfway. I think I'll travel some in January and March which will make the latter part of my stay go more quickly.

I've enjoyed it so far. I'm starting to get used to life here. At first the challenges were with basic things like finding food, communicating with people, getting used to the clinic. Now I'm more comfortable with those things and my challenges are more work-related -- finding and organizing information, figuring out what to do with patients. It's more like work, but that's good. It's what I'm here for.

I may change my mind, but I'm starting to think that Mae Sot may be a bit posh for my tastes. Maybe if I came back I'd want to be further out. This is a good place to transition into this kind of work (lots of guidance, people around who speak English and the locals are used to foreigners), but I think I'd eventually like to work in places that are further from the aid-hubs. We'll see. Not this trip, but down the road...