Cheap Eyes!

After an unfortunate and hilarious accident Wednesday night, I was out of my only pair of glasses. Because eyeglasses and contacts are worn by nearly everyone here, it is relatively cheap. And even if it's not cheap, it's super easy. Back home, I had to pay for an eye exam, frames, and lenses, and then pick up my glasses a week later.

At the 20,000 Shop today, I got two pairs of glasses within 20 minutes after picking them out.

I chose two frames and communicated with the doctor, who knew only a tiny bit of English, that I wanted the frames with new lenses. So I gave him my broken pair, and they got my prescription from that. The lenses were 15,000 a pair (about $14) and one of my frames was 20,000, the other only 5,000!

While Andrew and I waited, they gave us super sweet, super delicious iced tea.

20 minutes later, I had two pairs of glasses for about $50. That beats my one $150 pair from back home.