The title helps to explain the two highlights of my day :)
We got up, had a very unsatisfying breakfast. Afterward we walked up to old Manali again to sightsee. Found a little doggie tour guide and looked down off the cliffs onto the water. It was gorgeous! Minus the mass amounts of cow poo.
On the way back we stopped at a pizza cafe where everything was made of carved wood! The tables were rooted in the ground, it was amazing. Obviously didn't have any pizza, but I got a mint green tea, plum juice, and litchi juice. All were so delicious! Afterward we came back for lunch at the hotel and got dressed in our salvars. We headed into town, lots of very curious looks being white girls dressed like Indians. But Mili said they would enjoy it and respect our attempt to adapt haha
We walked over to the Willington Hospital where we met Dr. Philip Alexander for the very first time. He was so very charming! He took us on a short tour of the hospital. Only 50 beds and around 350 patients a day! He is the ONLY surgeon in the entire hospital and only about 7 doctors. Amazing.
He talked to us about what we would be doing in the hospital. Told us we can work inside of the operating room alongside the doctor. We will see and assist deliveries!! And we will work one on one with a doctor learning about procedures and documenting data. We're all so excited, I can't wait to start!
AND there is a nutrition ward! I told Dr. Philip I will be back for a full time job :)
Afterward we changed back into our clothes and sat around at the tables outside reflecting. We talked about how to collect the demographic data on the tuberculosis patients. We have to design a google map and locate all of the homes of the patients and try to find factors contributing to their illness.
The opportunities that Willington is offering us is something we could never even imagine having in the US. While I have strange feelings about inflicting on people's privacy, I also feel like having this opportunity is going to change our lives and prepare us for anything we wish to do in the future which will hopefully involve changing other people's lives.
So we hiked back to old Manali AGAIN! haha we might as well just live there. But I went with 3 others and we bought some things, talked to A LOT of really amazing, (some crazy), friendly people along the way. Everyone tried to convince me that I need to dread my hair. We shall see, we shall see..
Noah and I bought some Mango wine!! He is pouring it right now! I also found some vegan cookies and couldn't stop smiling the whole way back. We had a delicious dinner. There was a yogurt dish and a lamb dish but I easily filled up on curried veggies, rice, bread, peppers, and black tea.
Now we're all sitting outside blogging and playing Indian music which I am totally in love with. Heather and Sunny brought us all sweets and found wheat free for Abby and dairy free for me. They are so sweet! And everything is absolutely delicious!
Finding those cookies made me the happiest girl in India.
We got up, had a very unsatisfying breakfast. Afterward we walked up to old Manali again to sightsee. Found a little doggie tour guide and looked down off the cliffs onto the water. It was gorgeous! Minus the mass amounts of cow poo.
On the way back we stopped at a pizza cafe where everything was made of carved wood! The tables were rooted in the ground, it was amazing. Obviously didn't have any pizza, but I got a mint green tea, plum juice, and litchi juice. All were so delicious! Afterward we came back for lunch at the hotel and got dressed in our salvars. We headed into town, lots of very curious looks being white girls dressed like Indians. But Mili said they would enjoy it and respect our attempt to adapt haha
We walked over to the Willington Hospital where we met Dr. Philip Alexander for the very first time. He was so very charming! He took us on a short tour of the hospital. Only 50 beds and around 350 patients a day! He is the ONLY surgeon in the entire hospital and only about 7 doctors. Amazing.
He talked to us about what we would be doing in the hospital. Told us we can work inside of the operating room alongside the doctor. We will see and assist deliveries!! And we will work one on one with a doctor learning about procedures and documenting data. We're all so excited, I can't wait to start!
AND there is a nutrition ward! I told Dr. Philip I will be back for a full time job :)
Afterward we changed back into our clothes and sat around at the tables outside reflecting. We talked about how to collect the demographic data on the tuberculosis patients. We have to design a google map and locate all of the homes of the patients and try to find factors contributing to their illness.
The opportunities that Willington is offering us is something we could never even imagine having in the US. While I have strange feelings about inflicting on people's privacy, I also feel like having this opportunity is going to change our lives and prepare us for anything we wish to do in the future which will hopefully involve changing other people's lives.
So we hiked back to old Manali AGAIN! haha we might as well just live there. But I went with 3 others and we bought some things, talked to A LOT of really amazing, (some crazy), friendly people along the way. Everyone tried to convince me that I need to dread my hair. We shall see, we shall see..
Noah and I bought some Mango wine!! He is pouring it right now! I also found some vegan cookies and couldn't stop smiling the whole way back. We had a delicious dinner. There was a yogurt dish and a lamb dish but I easily filled up on curried veggies, rice, bread, peppers, and black tea.
Now we're all sitting outside blogging and playing Indian music which I am totally in love with. Heather and Sunny brought us all sweets and found wheat free for Abby and dairy free for me. They are so sweet! And everything is absolutely delicious!
Finding those cookies made me the happiest girl in India.
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