We had to go to the same part of the world about four years ago for an operation on our dear old moggie Doodlebug. He needed an operation which was beyond the facilities available at our vets in Dover and they said he would have to go to the Small Animals Hospital in Cambridge.
Problem was it had been snowing heavily and I was away working. Luckily my brother in law Stephen was home from deepsea and he drove Chris and Doodlebug up there in dreadful conditions, and went back and collected him a week later. The operation and aftercare cost a fortune but was worth every penny.
Here is the American vet who performed the operation holding a happy Doodlebug as he left to go home again: