Health matters

Health is important, to have it and to keep it. A lot of money is spent on various health preparations for a trip to 'underdeveloped' countries. I will not dwell further on what is necessary or overkill. The Center of Disease Control in Atlanta is probably as good as any to find more information on this matter.

To a great extent the amount of money you spend on this matter, and the various preventive measures you take, depends on how much you tend to 'medicalize' your life. One can definitively go to far, for instance, not eating any local food for fear of an infection. The Thai kitchen is one of the best in the world, and you miss out on the experience, if you are too afraid.

There are some excellent hospitals in Bangkok and reasonably good ones in most provinces. Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok, among others, is a good choice. As a rule, in some remote areas, the best hospital choice may be the closest military hospital.