In the morning our new team members, Karin and Lilly find a trio of Quechua elders sitting outside our Visual Acuity station waiting patiently for the day to start.
Our 1 hour commute in the morning passes through interesting sites, all around us are many many barrios that make up the city of Villa El Salvador
Metro Lima is a city of 10 million, so it is not surprising our second day draws more crowds and a long morning line
More people keep coming hoping to get tickets
VA girls outside on the clinic wall working the tumbling E chart for everyone who shows up
Rodger is checking the exit reading acuities for an elders new readers
Brenda and Marina with a Mom and her 8 year old girl, both get new glasses.
Mom gets -3.00 ou and the daughter gets -6.00 ou.
Lilley performing retinoscopy on a patient
The line up continues into the afternoon, most people in this barrio will never have another opportunity for eye care
Another Quechua elder dressed nicely in her native clothes waits for the line to move.
A final good-bye to our hosts before boarding our bus and heading back to our Hotel one hour away.
Our transportation.
Because of the severe traffic snarls all over Lima it took over 2 hours for us to get back to our hotel. Hopefully this is not a sign of what's ahead for us tomorrow on the way to Conto Grande.
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