Namakkal Day 6 : Free Clinic + Waterfall

Today we participated in a free clinic! We went to a small village in the mountains nearby called Kolli Hills. First we had to climb the most obnoxious mountain side ever. There were signs on the way up counting, ' 27/70 Hairpin Bends... 28/70 Hairpin Bends... '. It was awful. I think everyone felt sick by the end. There were monkeys on the side of the road as we climbed the mountain, so that made the climb slightly more enjoyable. We finally arrived in a small village. As we arrived villagers started appearing with their cows and goats and before long it was crowded. We palpated cows for pregnancy diagnosis, gave phosphorus for pregnancy prevention (IM), and gave dewormer to the cattle. It was a neat experience and the villagers were happy to have their animals treated. Afterwards we had tea and passed jackfruit and bananas around. 
We left and sightsaw the rest of the day. We stopped at a tea stand on the side of road and had delicious, if hot, ginger tea. Then we made our way to a huge waterfall, Agaya Gangai, where locals came and submerged themselves in the water. Some were even lathering up with soap and rinsing off. Michael went right in and submerged himself while the rest of us watched. The locals were so excited and posed for all sorts of pictures with him. Finally Heidi and I decided to jump in as well. It was a lot of fun and the water was refreshing (a little uncomfortable on the ride home though). We ate a late lunch and headed back to the hostel (2 hr drive). Speaking of lunch, I have started not really enjoying the meat as it has a lot of bones in it. We asked the students how they eat around the bones and they told us that they just eat them. Like crunch them in their mouth and swallow them. I can't even really fathom that. Anyways we returned and had the rest of the evening off. But the internet had cut off again so we were unable to get anything done online.
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