The eye
clinic was definitely smaller today.
Most everyone in town has already seen the doctor over the first two
days. We have some patients but my job
was really simple today as we never had more than a dozen people in the room at
a time. After only ninety minutes, we
closed up shop.
The nomads
were holding a celebration out in the plains today and we were all invited as
honored guests. I was angry enough with
Khandro-la and humble enough not to be part of being “honored” that I decided
not to go. Melanie felt uncomfortable
with the whole thing too and decided to hang out with me instead of attending
the yak and pony show. Almost everyone
in the village went though so it was close to a ghost town in Korzak. We figured we were on a service trip so
instead of “being honored”, we went to work.
We picked up every scrap of litter in the main square – and it had a LOT
of litter. Actually, a few kids and
older people who had stayed in town helped us once they saw what we were
doing. We gave them a few rupees, hoping
to instill positive feedback but I doubt that it will help much. I saw one young boy who was picking up
littler also dropping a candy wrapper when he stopped for a snack break. Ugh.
Also, when the mayor got back to town, he actually noticed that it was
cleaner. We told him what we did and,
while appreciative, also told us that every September, they whole town has a
clean-up day to pick up the litter before any snow comes. Oh well, at least we gave them a head start.
Our friends in town:
Our friends in town:
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