I traveled the jungle rivers of Suriname providing dental care to the various villages as a member of the Dutch Medical Mission out of Paramaribo. This was a place of poisonous snakes, vampire bats, and piranha. The villagers we met and treated along the way were very kind.

I organized dental mission to Suriname and Sri Lanka. I explained to our dental team members that each of us has a "beggar's bowel" that needs to have something placed in it. In this way both the dentists and the patients were in a position to give thanks. A few dentist mentioned golf and it was provided so as to keep each of us humble.

Good food and a love of travel