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.
