Friends Hotel Georgetown

... 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&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.

... with those assigned to Grove. They went to Friendship instead. And I would be staying in my childhood home for the year. I had mixed feelings about going back to the village where I and my brother grew up, where my mother and her brother and sisters grew up, to teach at the school where both my brother and I attended, where both my parents, my uncle, and two of my aunts taught, and where there were still teachers there who had taught me and where other family ...

... 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 ...

... yea?). When it got dark we played hide-n-go-seek in the school...which was hilarious and lots of fun. Of course we also dyed everything green and listened to some Gaelic music. Quite a switch from the Soca and Reggae that we usually listen to. All in all it was a really nice St. Patty's day away from home, ** So this year the ...

... might try it. If you need to stop suddenly because of something in the road-a herd of cattle or goats for example-please put on your hazard lights. Let's be courteous to other drivers, please. While passing, honk your horn as much and as loudly as possible, preferably with intermittent beeps. Yield only to vehicles larger than yours. If somebody is a bad driver, going too slow, driving too close ...

... had recently, which I thought were pretty funny: 1) One of my 9th grade girls talking with me during break: Student: "Miss, I love your headband!" Me: "Thanks!" Student: "Miss, you're like a real white woman now" Me: "ha, what? What does that mean? What was I before?" Student: "Me no! (creolese for 'i don't know')....you're just realer now" 2) As I'm walking to class, 8th grade boy shouts out: "MISS! (head-nod) Lookin' whiter dan eva today!" 3) This ...

... some of the cool people I have met that are down here volunteering as well. I left there and was off to a friend's house, overall it was a really quiet night, I was not complaining, it had been a long week of work, so I was tired. Saturday I was up and raren to go from all the sleep I had had the night before. Jackie and I headed out and spent the day shopping. This was the first time that I have just ...