Today, the invitation was sent out to a neighboring village to come to the dental clinic. Hierarchy is big in Thailand. Firstly, you have the “native” Thais. These are people who basically live south of the Northern Highlands. They have citizenship and they are more involved in education, culture and society.
The Hill Tribes or ethnically Chinese from migrations hundreds of years ago and have always been considered “different”. Indeed, not all have citizenship. It is earned through education and wealth. Then, in the village itself, there are castes, as well as a caste system between villages. Way too complicated for us to understand.
Anyway, today was a quieter day. Maybe 30 people were seen, 20 treated. More cleanings today. In the afternoon, we cleaned all the cook’s teeth. The cooks are not from this village, caterers, I guess. They have done a nice job with meals. Nice variety. Always rice, but many types of fruits and vegetables, prepared many different ways. And a surprise now and again. There was a big bowl of Oreo cookies for breakfast today!
This is how my morning starts everyday. Under the house, watching all the animals running around as I am on my laptop, (behind the pot of tea).
This is the gal that had 4 teeth removed the day before, she dressed up and came back to have one more removed!
This is my favorite picture so far. Gloria was cleaning this gal’s teeth and her cell phone goes off. That isn’t too unusual now days, but they normally just let it ring. Not her, she answered the phone and wouldn’t stop talking!
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