A 3.5 hr train ride from Krakow to Przemysl in Poland is stage one. As the scenery became rural and covered in snow I prepared to disembark. Double checking with a passenger I discovered he was a Lviv local returning home.
He helped me buy my ongoing ticket for the next 3-4hr train ride across the border into the Ukraine. He is an engineer and speaks great English.
Not missing the opportunity I asked him about phages and showed him photos of Ukrainian Phage products. He recognised them as common medicine!
Listen to my introduction... Sitting in the cafe subversively talking into my microphone.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1blIyDgQTugHkR41azLlLAuJYFMj3UV47/view?usp=drivesdk
Friday, 28 February 2020
Visit to the institute
Here is the past detailing our visit to the Institute...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTlIB4N6ov6JSo1hccD7LYTMA3eIdpuE/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTlIB4N6ov6JSo1hccD7LYTMA3eIdpuE/view?usp=drivesdk
Sunday, 23 February 2020
Wonderful Wroclaw
We arrived in Wroclaw on Friday after a three-hour drive. We discovered I left my passport at the previous hotel, and worse still, there are no phage preparations freely available over the counter. Marta introduced us to Polish food and culture, getting around, customs etc.
We didn't even mention driving on the 140kmph highways here where you are either doing 140 or 80 in the slow lane with the trucks. This means every time you need to let someone pass who insists that 120-130kmph is not enough you hit the anchor to squeeze in behind a slow-moving heavy vehicle and then get in the fast lane, merging with low flying traffic..., to continue at a normal speed. Interesting way of driving.
And here is the podcast: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19uEnlBGetT1UPnNXsJs2jk-nUuZHbTaz
We didn't even mention driving on the 140kmph highways here where you are either doing 140 or 80 in the slow lane with the trucks. This means every time you need to let someone pass who insists that 120-130kmph is not enough you hit the anchor to squeeze in behind a slow-moving heavy vehicle and then get in the fast lane, merging with low flying traffic..., to continue at a normal speed. Interesting way of driving.
And here is the podcast: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19uEnlBGetT1UPnNXsJs2jk-nUuZHbTaz
Friday, 21 February 2020
The first podcast!
Cindy and I strapped on the new lapel microphones and properly recorded a day diary to explain what we've been doing over the last few days, culminating in arrival in Poland Enjoy this very first raw episode.
Listen NOW
Listen NOW
Day 1 in Poland - tired version
This is our first podcast in Poland. We landed in Warsaw yesterday afternoon. The podcast is recorded right from scratch and totally rule and unedited, we were pretty tired from the last 2 days, but here you go.
WELCOME TO WARSAW
WELCOME TO WARSAW
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Test talk for podcast
Just me rambling on .... trying to stay focussed :)
Episode 1.... sort of...
The real meat in the sandwich will be when we get to Poland and start visiting pharmacies to search for Phage medicine, but here is some background...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Iuhd4pws6aElOsL0om_GTO9xq8KUvY78
Episode 1.... sort of...
The real meat in the sandwich will be when we get to Poland and start visiting pharmacies to search for Phage medicine, but here is some background...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Iuhd4pws6aElOsL0om_GTO9xq8KUvY78
Monday, 10 February 2020
Phage or Fail - In Search of a Cure
This is the podcast where Walter and Cindy will report on their trip to Search of a Cure.
Walter has Cystic Fibrosis and is tired of having to go in for expensive IV antibiotic treatments for his persistent lung infections. The antibiotics side effects gave Walter significant hearing loss and tinnitus, and are doing little to kerb his lung infection. Bacteriophages may offer solutions as they will kill the resistant bacteria without significant if any, side effects. Phages, short for bacteriophages, have been used in the former USSR and EastBloc countries over a period of many decades. Poland and Georgia are still considered pioneers and forerunners in the therapy, with phages available over the counter. Walter and Cindy are on their way to Poland and Belgium, two EEC countries, where phages are available to see what it is all about. Listen to their regular updates on their travels!
First episode here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UmiL1CYFf0yZCF03lxbOgTu6J9N46Cpj
Walter has Cystic Fibrosis and is tired of having to go in for expensive IV antibiotic treatments for his persistent lung infections. The antibiotics side effects gave Walter significant hearing loss and tinnitus, and are doing little to kerb his lung infection. Bacteriophages may offer solutions as they will kill the resistant bacteria without significant if any, side effects. Phages, short for bacteriophages, have been used in the former USSR and EastBloc countries over a period of many decades. Poland and Georgia are still considered pioneers and forerunners in the therapy, with phages available over the counter. Walter and Cindy are on their way to Poland and Belgium, two EEC countries, where phages are available to see what it is all about. Listen to their regular updates on their travels!
First episode here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UmiL1CYFf0yZCF03lxbOgTu6J9N46Cpj
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