Chiang Mai University
Moemi Miyazaki
2015/4/12~2015/5/9
Hospital
Chiang Mai Hospital was much bigger than Kobe University.
We were told not to speak in the elevator because it would be rude to do that.

Dorm and Facilities
The room is clean and large enough for two people.
It has a fridge, TV, closets, and air conditioner (only on 7th floor)
Hot shower is available. You can use coin laundry (20 bahts) or laundry service if you
want (We didn’t use it so we don’t know the price.) There are some convenience stores, asuper market and restaurants in five-minute walk. Many canteens around the dorm areopen from morning till 4 or 5. Fitness is just beside the dorm. (10 bahts)
Family medicine
All staffs were nice in this department. Our schedule is seen below. We had quite a long
free time every day and residents were nice enough to have lunch together with us. Some
residents took us to a hot spring and some famous places out of the city. There were also
fifteen 5th year students learning family medicine, and we could attend a lecture withthem. 5th year students took us to walking street (night market), ice cream shops andnight safari. Everything and everyone were nice here so we enjoyed every single day inthis department. We had a chance to learn Thai massage and acupuncture. It was a great
experience for us because we don’t have any chance to learn that kind of therapy in Japan.
It was impressive for me that some patient hadn’t improved his pain in the back for 15
years even though he had been treated with some medicines, but one practice ofacupuncture made his pain better.

Activities on holiday
1. Dam
3rd year students took us to the dam. I’ve never thought of such an enjoyable dam!
Although the water didn’t look clean, we swam there and it was a lot of fun to havelunch on the floating restaurant and do some water sports.

2. Elephant camp
We already ridden an elephant in Ayutaya, we just watched the show. It cost us 300
bahts to watch it, but it was worth it. You can enjoy riding elephants if you want (800bahts).
3. Doi step
We had a chance to go to Doi step with our professor from Kobe University. Chiang
Mai University staffs took us there. We were so lucky to know a monk whose sisteris Chiang Mai university staff. He showed us around the Wat and told us about thehistory about the Wat.
4. Walking street
We enjoyed night market every Sunday. You can get many handmade Thai stuffs andfoods here. Everything is cheap and you can get anything here.
5. Short trip to Thaton
I love traveling, so I went to one day trip to Thaton, which is 4-hour drive from Chiang
Mai. It was a beautiful city and you can see some tribe people. I enjoyed visiting a temple
on a small mountain and have lunch on a floating restaurant. I had a chance to meet an
American lady traveling around southeast Asian countries.
Foods and Drinks
There are so many nice foods in Thailand. You can’t miss kaosoi which is famous innorthern part of Thailand. There are also somtam (papaya salad) and herb sausages.
There are also some non-spicy foods so you don’t need to worry about it. Many kinds offruits are delicious and cheap here so you can eat mango, papaya, lychee, and duriansevery day. There are many fruit shake shops in the city, so you can try many kinds.
Conclusion
In Chiang Mai you can easily find that people are very nice and if you drive out of thecity for ten minutes, you can see beautiful scenery of green fields, trees and some animals.
I enjoyed and learnt a lot here thanks to many staffs in the hospital and people in Chiang
Mai. I really appreciate their help and would like to do the same thing to the people whovisit us in Kobe University.

With

3rdyearstudents @ a dam

With Family Medicine staffs
and 5th year students

In Thaton

Schedule at the Family Medicine

Somtum, my favorite Thaifood at Sunday market

With 4th year students