Above: One of many sets of braces at Kamuk School
I’m in the Land of Braces now.
Before, while riding through the other Central American countries, I rarely saw young people sporting braces. Their parents just couldn’t afford them. Here, just outside San Jose, however, seeing kids with braces isn’t all that shocking.
Also, I have noticed that adults of poorer countries in both Central America and Southeast Asia have more gold fillings and dental caps in their mouths than people of wealthier countries do.
Irony wedges its way into the strangest of places.
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Keeping up with your trip every day. The gang is going to a Devil’s game next weekend. We’d save a seat for you, but it will cost us 40 bucks, so your spirit will have to sit on someone’s lap. Keep learning, and keep sharing it because it’s the only way other people will finally understand too.
By: The RZA on February 15, 2008
at 1:49 pm