Ok, I probably didn’t mention this before, but despite the heat, the idea of a cold shower just doesn’t appeal to me. Neither in theory nor in practice. I just got out of said shower, and it was painful. But it’s a shower… being clean is good.
So. It was a somewhat sad weekend, since we lost a good portion of our already-small team. Several people had to return home or go along their way, and were unable to stay the entire two weeks. A few replacements are coming in, but not as many as we lost—and they have to be shown around the clinic. It’ll work out fine. At least we’re still able to offer all three services to people—our optometrist left, but we’re getting another one!
In other news, I took a picture that finally replaced the background image of my computer this weekend. Yesterday we went to Paracas, which is a little north of Ica for a tour of the Islas Ballestas (Photo album below). There we saw all sorts of birds, penguins included, as well as sea lions and dolphins.
Catherine, Wilfredo, and I went. It was about five hours in total, and a lot of fun. We didn’t really get burnt at all, which was great considering Friday consisted of an open field and a LOT of sun for the clinic day (Photo album below). We came back from the tour, rested for a few hours, then went and played in the swimming pool for about 2 hours. We played a no-rules no-holds-barred version of water polo/rugby. No one got hurt, but a lot of people swallowed a little water and got a little banged up. Catherine was brave enough to play too! We also recruited someone else who was using the pool, so we had a game of three versus three. Lots of fun. Anyway, today we’re going to rest and then go to service tonight.
Las Islas Ballestas
Clinic Day 5 - Ica
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