Friends Hotel Georgetown

... he spent a few years in the army. Together with Kurt we piled into the boat, wedged between boxes of provisions enough for 5 days. We love travelling by boat, especially in the early evening. It is very peaceful, the light is fantastic and we get to see lots of birds. <br><br>The night was spent near the Amatuk Falls and the tiny village where soldier lives with wife Joy and various children. This was a gorgeous place on the side of the river. Various sand banks had created a ...

... ferry! Eventually the ferry terminal gates were opened and we joined a queue to buy tickets. Our Surinamese travel companion was also there, together with an enormous beetle (10cm) that had attached itself to the handle of her bag and wasn't inclined to let go! Having got our tickets we had to queue again to get our exit stamps, and then we sat in a waiting area (which even had a little café and a duty-free shop) until it was time for the ferry to go. The yellow ...

... hut called a benab built by the Wai-Wai Indians. This building stands at 55ft tall. In general the town is a complete mix, some of the old buildings are very attractive, whist others are right dives, and it does not even matter in which part of the town you are they are mixed throughout. All the books say it is a very dangerous town, we did not feel threatened at all, although we did keep out of the worst area.

... them so uptight? Ahhh, it's only the ones that dream of industry and capital... I get it now. At least they let it all out for Carnaval. They're already building little makeshift huts out at the fairgrounds. It's starting to look like the Neshoba County fair. So why am I so... almost... border-line... depressed? Maybe it's because everybody's drinking and I'm not. There are no Tiki bars or Thai-style R&amp;R joints here like Jamaica, but ...

... we're packing the library. Oh, she says, but the teachers already packed the library. Well, everyone knows me. I looked around at the books pushed haphazardly on the shelf and still stacked like the Leaning Tower of Pisa on an overflowing table, and garbage in all the corners and say to her, "They did?????" But, ladies and gentlemen, the worse is still to come. She then looks at Pat cutting up all the broken boxes and says, "Miss Pat, what are you ...

... All in all, despite today's fiasco, I have hopes that things will settle down in the months to come. The plan is for me and Pat to be at Grove Primary School for this semester only, so we're both trying to accomplish as much as we can while we're there. That's all that we can do. Stay turned to the same Miss Meena channel for updates on trials, mistrials, mistakes, outtakes, flip outs and just knock outs. And please do leave me comments. I'd love to hear from everyone.

... of the forest (there are an extraordinary amount of Brazilians in Guyana) for some coffee and cake, keeping an eye out for the mischevious monkeys that were wandering around trying to steal our food. After playing with the monkeys for a while, we were sounded back onto the bus by a blast of the horn. Unfortunately my camera batteries had run out and I was therefore unable to take photos, but the scenery for the rest of the trip was quite ...

... for you!" So we go walk down to the shop, and as we are approaching it (~ 30m away) we see a mass of very mischievous-looking Guyanese boys coming towards us. The feeling you experience when a ridiculously large number of Guyanese kids are running at you at full speed with handfuls of unknown substances and buckets is quite an ...

... sun went down, the stars came out. There is something special about being able to see so many bright twinkles in the sky. I love when you can look up and see the night sky curve around the earth. It looks like a huge dome; I suppose that is because you can see to the limits of the universe. It is quite humbling to be underneath such a large universe, with all the stars-you begin to know how small you really are. Seeing myself ...

... would help too. To bring something or carry something with you, use the term "walk with." We might say "did he bring the documents I requested?" while the Guyanese way lingo would be "did he walk with documents I tell he to bring?" For now, class dismissed. I hope you have all learned a little and will put this valuable, potentially life saving information to good use during your next trip to Guyana.