egypt

For one reason or another, we never quite got around to writing about our experiances in Egypt as they were happening. Back in New Zealand now, i look back and cant beleive all that has happened. Egypt was amazing. The people, the culture, the history and the rubbish. I loved it, the work and the experiance, i would be back there in a heartbeat. Not all experiances were positive, the animal conditions overe there are more horrendous than you can imagine. The horses fall into two categories, those that are amazing beautiful and healthy, and those that are 'dead horse walking' and look like a skelton with a skin thrown over top. I feel i have seen every problem under the sun, all those things you get taught here in New Zealand but never actually see. Every leg and hoof abnormailty, blown tendons, firing scars, broken legs, some of which had healed, bandages done so tight you unwrap them and the animals foot falls off with it., wither fistulas that ooze mnoutains of puss, string tied through horses flesh, severed toungues from bits, smashed teeth, burns, punctures, blindness, the list goes on and on and on... Yet every day i was there i woke inspired, and wanted to gwt to the clinic to start the days work. Because it actually felt like you were making a differance, even if it was just temporarily easing the animals suffering. Its funny how things become common place too. when we first arrived we were almost wetting our pants with excitement at seeing a camel, by the end we had seen and treated so many we didint even blink an eye. despite all the bad, i know Steph and myself would be back there in a heartbeat, the adventure and the people, the kids that followed us around every day and helped us treat the animals made ut the most fantastic experiance. It left me inspired to make change, to travel to even more remote places, and to keep writing this blog so i never forget all that happened