And then I met this dragon. He is the greatest thing, ever.

It's called *karòn ja*, and it's a mix of rice, coconut, and sugar, pulverized, then cooked inside a coconut leaf. I was given it, along with another frequent

by Steven Skoczen

This is the Phuket hospital. The lush tropical cliffs are what I hoped to be writing about. But after two days of fever and nearly 40 hours of sleep, I canceled the trip and went to the hospital. Here's what it was like.