Le Meridien Guyana Pegasus Georgetown

... go to the Suriname Embassy to see about out Visas. We got there at 2.10 in the afternoon to be told that they were closed as per the times on the door. These times said they were open from 8-12 and 2-4 so we pointed out the time and they said it is Friday and we close at 3 and for us to come back Monday!! No choice for us and so back to the hotel and we have organised a trip to a local native Indian village ...

... it has little or nothing to do with me. You'd have to look pretty hard to even tell the difference between an African and a dark-skinned Dravidian, but they can, you can be sure. "You better get out of here," a Trinidad Indian I'd previously met told me as I hung out in Congo Square. "They'll kill you here." 'They' is the key word. Racism is like conspiracy. There's always a loosely defined 'they' and a 'we'. They didn't kill me at JSU ...

... is?!?!" THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is when I decided that I had had enough of a country that did not wish to be helped. And even though the Deputy Headmistress was an old teacher of mine and had invited me to sit with the "old students", I absolutely refused to attend a school that by that time I wanted no association with. This meant that I had to take the next day off of my own time, but whatever. And And And, in addition to the Headmistress insulting us ...

... descending down into the Demerara river valley where we crossed over this famous river (remarkably on a bridge) before speeding our way through the industrial town of Linden and up towards the capital Georgetown on the Atlantic coast. Georgetown has quite some reputation. The lonely planet guide made it out to be some sort of lawless, anarchic, gun-toting crime capital of the Americas. We were advised to take taxis at all times, even to go two ...

... was the foundation of my and my brother's education. It's definitely not going to be easy being responsible not only for feeding and maintaining myself, but for the education of so many children as well. But I hope to make a difference. I think that about sums up everything that I aspire towards, my motivation, my drive. I hope to make a difference. Even if I have to slip in some cow dung along the way.

... along with a lot of Europeans...it's a little weird to see so many tourists around. We went to the England vs. Ireland game last Wednesday, which was a lot of fun, but very long...the game lasted from 9am to 5pm. It also happened to be one of the hottest and sunniest days ever, so I got really toasted (big surprise, eh?) ** So ...

As I was travelling around Brazil I decided to head up to the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean for a couple of weeks to watch the NZ Blackcaps. I missed my connection in Guyana so I spent the evening with a local guy who showed me around the crazy streets of Georgetown.

... science teacher" Me: tear 4) Last Saturday at the Oasis (the internet cafe and coffee shop I always go to) I saw the President of Guyana. He was just sittin at a table filling out paperwork. That was pretty cool. 5) The other day I was writing out notes for a future lesson, and one of my 9th graders was watching me for a while, went away for a little bit, and then came back with a piece of paper he had written on and said, "Hey miss, maybe if you ...

... that I know of that serves draft beer. After it got dark we head down to the bus park and ran into a bunch of people we knew so hung out with all of them for a while. We went home, changed clothes then headed right back out to the rooftop bar where we met up with some friends and spent the rest of the night there. Sunday I went to a pool party where there was more than enough food drinks and a nice pool ...