Sleepin International Hotel Georgetown

... about 50 metres of the main road and have not seen or heard another vehicle for over 3 hours and so it should be a quiet night. Mar 4th - As promised it was a nice quiet night and time to carry on. First thing this morning was fine the road was not too bad. About lunchtime we reached the river that we had to get a ferry across, it is about 300 metes wide at this point. We had to wait a while for the ferry to come over and then had to get them to put down various planks for us to back ...

... probably be homicidal if not suicidal. I rarely got that far. So why the doom and gloom? It's Christmas time, that's why. Christmas is like candy; it's sweet but not necessarily good for you. Christmas is for kids, all the toys and free money and unrealistic expectations. I like the Christmastime shows on Nat Geo and the Hitler Channel searching for Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Darwinci code- I even like the Christmas carols- but ...

... for me. I was reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera and came across a few passages that aptly describe how I feel right now about being back in Guyana. I've selected a few pieces for your reading pleasure: In Paris...he had told himself with his hand on his heart that he was not prepared to exchange all that for a single instant of his Caribbean in April. He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and ...

"Welcome home," was the only and eloquent remark that the immigration official said to me after looking at two of the lines I had filled out on the plane-Country of Birth: Guyana Nationality: American. While waiting at JFK airport in NY, I admit that I was bothered that I was a Guyanese going back home among a bunch of foreigners, all of whom were more excited than me. I suppose in the general rush and tediousness of trying to move with two suitcases and two ...

... than in any other type of forest, or that the Jaguar (native to Guyana) is an endangered species. But in the end, their projects turned out so amazingly well, and I was seriously so proud of them I almost cried. So here is a quick rundown of interesting happenings within the last month: ** Sunday, March 4th was a national ...

... such a huge sky put things into perspective and brought about many questions. It is just that kind of awe that makes me think of G-d and what a masterpiece this universe really is. Of course, traveling in the dark, on a wooden speedboat going who knows how fast on a river in the middle of the jungle brings up thoughts of G-d as well. And it was He I was asking to get me to my destination safely. Thankfully, I did arrive safely.

... the noise. Upon looking up, you can see these very same species flying free! That's something new. The most confusing part of the zoo was the monkey cage. They were cute and upon looking into their cage I noticed something wrong. Most of the monkeys were congregating by the top of the cage....passing food to other monkeys. See the pictures and you will see what the problem was.

... reaction. They think it's hilarious:

I am on the phone - Meh deh pon de phone; I don't know - Meh nah know; What do you want - Wuh yuh want; girl - gyal; boy - bai; car - cyar, ride; what is happening?-Wappenin?; I am not talking about that.- Meh na talk bout dat; Good Morning - Good marning; We are going to cook - Aweeh a gua cook ...
Georgetown, Guyana jaime.hurlbut

... is below sea level, and is frequented by floods. Now....back to why I am here. I am conducting a nationwide study on blood donation behavior. It is called a KAP study, which stands for Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices. I am leading a team of Guyanese (or are they leading me?) to the four most populated cities/towns around the country. We are interviewing people to find out their knowledge, opinions and practices regard blood donation. So far we are off to a great start and I ...

As per usual Jackie and I headed to the bus park for the day last Sunday, it was fun, we now have our regular bus park friends, so we lime there, hop on a bus hang out at a local bar then head on back to the bus park. The eventful part of last week was one of our buddies let me be the conductor of his but. That meant that I would open and close the door for everyone and collect the money. Let me tell you I wasn't that good at it ...