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Monday, March 17, 2008

The Old People in Hoi An are Crazy!!!

Hey everybody!!!! I'm in Hoi An now, since we got kicked out of Hue. Today we had clinic in a remote village 2 hours away from our hotel (which by the way are Nazi's. We had to fight to get a shower curtain!). Okay back to the clinic................. so this village was torn up by us in the Vietnam war and ever since then they have never seen American people. Soooooooooo they kinda don't like us and I completely understand. I know there are two sides to every story and that both sides try to make it sound more positive for their cause. But from what I have seen so far, we messed this country up. It's harder for us to recognize it in our own country, since we do not see the consequences of it. We have never had to worry about the next bomb or soldiers burning our houses down and beating us.

Anyways, back to the crazy people at clinic. We only saw old people, CRAZY old people. There was even a need for bouncers at todays clinic. They kept trying to sneak in or they would try to reach into the building and try to steal stuff. They definitely kept us on our toes. Their complaints were the usual for OPS ( Old Person Syndrome). Everything aches and they can't see LOL. To make things just a little more interesting, the heat was to much today. It wouldn't of been so bad if we had some kind of air conditioning, but we didn't!! The team did an awesome job though. We saw 250 patients and left as friends. I'm so glad that we could help change their opinion of us.

P.S. I slept in a mosquitoe net for my first time : ) (just for you Suzy)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Liz
I am so jealous!!! It sounds like you guys are having a great time. I can't imagine being able to help so many people that truly need it. We miss you tons in class. Be careful and I hope the rest of the trip goes well. Take lots of pictures.
See ya soon, Sammie Jolley

Suzy said...

Thanks for not making a liar out of me Liz!