Swanage

Hi guys,

A little call out to all of my Swans that have stayed with me in the past. I hope you all all flourishing and progressing well in your careers.

I am building a platform on Instagram to promote Swanage to future swans. It would be lovely if you could check out the page and give it a follow. I’ll be posting memories from our past adventures together, so feel free to pop up and send over our family photos ❤️

Instagram page: swanage_family

https://instagram.com/swanage_family?igshid=MjEwN2IyYWYwYw==

Hugs
Alan
AKA Swan commander 💕

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Lovely surprise getting an invitation to share about Swanage on a radio station

2023.05.15 - Dr. Alan Peter, Pulmonogist and Swanage Host - Swanage and hosting international student doctors - Chai FM

Swanage has now welcomed and hosted 541 students from 32 countries.
Our largest visiting country has been the United Kingdom with 187 students followed by Norway 88 Australia 64 and then Germany 63 as majority countries. 9 have come from the USA as they have 4 of the cities in the top 50 most violent in the world.
Johannesburg is not even on that list of 50.
Cape Town is listed 9 Durban 45 Qheberga 49

Covid is gradually exiting the stage and medical students are coming back for electives.
I thought I would update those interested in coming to Swanage for their elective, on the the countries and numbers of students who have come from them to have the Swanage Experience.
So in alphabetical order:
Argentina 1 (South America has enough violence of its own)
Austria 29 and most from Graz
Australia 63
Belgium 2 (when you have such chocolate no one fights)
Bulgaria 1
Canada 14
Canary Islands 1 (under the Spanish flag)
Denmark 4
Egypt 1 (language barriers)
Great Britain 173 ( leaders by a country mile and a few furlongs)
France 2 (with that lifestyle and language who needs us ::))
Ghana 1
Germany 53
Greece 6 (mostly all surgeons)
Ireland 8
Israel 2 (one of whom came from Nazareth - now thats special)
Kenya 1
Malasia 1
New Zealand 6
Nigeria 1
Norway 76 (the Norwegians have discovered Swanage)
South Africa 8 (oh hum, more of home)
Spain 7
Switzerland 9
Sweden 5
Tanzania 1
USA 9 (they have four of the most violent cities ahead of JHB on the list)
Zambia 2
Zimbabwe 1 (and he was studying in Australia)

We had a successful trip to Chobe and Moremi taking in Elephant Sands and Victoria Falls along the way.
Our two next planned safaris are to the Kgalakadi (fully booked) and Kruger where we will be a lot more day walks instead of only viewing from the car. Walking exposes you to a lot more of the small detail but game viewing is a lot less rewarding as the animals get wind and hear us a lot earlier. They are not socialized to seeing us on foot so dissappear quickly.

We welcome Leonie Riederer and Nicholas Schneider from Austria as they start their electives at Chris Hani Bara...both got off to a flying start.

Good news Guys Swanage is officially open for medical students as of 1 June 2020.
Game reserves are also open....see you soon.

While we wait in anticipation for this epidemic to play itself out, I invested in a 3M mask 6500 with filters. The mask is so comfortable. I don't rebreathe my end tidal volume and my spectacles no longer mist up. The seal is solid and does not need to be constantly adjusted by hand.
It also affords great protection for intubation. I am using the clamp head visor.
Looking forward to exercising outside of the home alone again.
I have started trying new recipes every few days to lighten the Covid stress, if you are keen to join the whatsapp me :::)))

National Lockdown Day 5
"Be a hand alcoholic " - Stay Home & Stay Safe

21 Day National Lockdown - Stay Healthy & Stay Safe
All the best to the Medical workers especially our very own Dr Alan Peter.

Stay at home! Ramaphosa announces lockdown for South Africa. The 21-day lockdown is the latest government intervention to try and control the spread of the coronavirus.

Stay at home! Ramaphosa announces lockdown for South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa said the lockdown was binding on all South Africans, with only healthcare workers, emergency personnel, security services, military medical personnel and soldiers being exempt.