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Week One at Friendship Secondary Complete!, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

Week One at Friendship Secondary Complete!

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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... in eventually. I hope everyone who reads this is doing well! Oh! And if you would like to send a letter or package, my address is below: Jaime Hurlbut WorldTeach Programme Friendship Secondary School Friendship, East Bank Demerara Guyana, South ...

Back At It -- Term 2, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

Back At It -- Term 2

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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... to home over Christmas. It's definitely great to be back in Guyana, although the first day or so was pretty rough, and I was wondering if Guyana had always been like this, or if I had just forgotten a lot in the 3 short weeks I was home. I think I've ...

Arrival in Frienship!, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

Arrival in Frienship!

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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Today we (Tiffany and I) finally arrived in Friendship, the village in which we'll be teaching. The end of orientation was both exciting and sad -- it's exciting to get to our schools, but sad to leave all of the people we've met and made bonds with these ...

Almost October, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

Almost October

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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... the locals. I've gotten to know some really great people who've taught me a lot already. Tomorrow some of the other Friendship teachers, WT volunteers, and I are going to an Amerindian Festival, where I hear there will be fun cultural stuff, dancing, ...

Time Flies!, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

Time Flies!

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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... *On November 5th I went to this a big Reggae/Soca party at the National Park, which was a blast. Pretty much everyone in Guyana is an amazing dancer. I'm pretty sure they start dancing in the womb. You'll see little 5 year old boys dancing better ...

keepin' on keepin' on, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

keepin' on keepin' on

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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... that things are going very well and seem to get even better each week. I'm really beginning to love teaching here in Friendship, and although the students are a handful sometimes, overall it is a really awesome and rewarding experience. As I spend more ...

End of Term 2!, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

End of Term 2!

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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... everyone here, and actually the new stadium and new huge hotel are located only about 15 minutes from where we live in Friendship. A lot of our friends have come in to watch the games, along with a lot of Europeans...it's a little weird to see ...

Iguana Story, Friendship, Guyana travel blog

Iguana Story

A travel blog entry by jaime.hurlbut

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I'm actually going to take this time and space to tell a story that happened about a month ago, but that I haven't had time to write about until now. It was around the end of August, and it was a pretty normal Saturday--I went running, showered, made ...

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