http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Guyana en-us Thu, 03 Dec 09 18:30:14 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 09 18:30:14 +0000 DAY 1I forgot to setback my watch when I crossed from Suriname and hence woke up an hour earlier than I should I sat in the front desk area of the hotel reading all the local papers trying to kill time. I get to encounter English words we don't normally use in the USA. Frank arrived to pick me up at 6am Guyana time Ashleyfrom Delaware and Emily and TadWest Virginia were already in the 4WD t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/Kaiteur-Falls/blog-429559.html Woke up at 345am to get ready for the long border crossing into Guyana. Wen to shower and around 4am I heard a knocking on the oor the shuttle van is here said the reception dude I panicked and rushed putting all my stuff in the backpack I was told pick up time is at 430am half hour early unusual for South America anyway made them wait for 5 minutes and when I got to the van 2 girls were a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/Georgetown/blog-427828.html I love Guyana I have had an amazing month and was tempted to just stay but hopfully one day Ill go back. Guyana means land of many watersso a great place for a water study. Most of our days were spent collecting water samples for Candicersquos project which was a door to door exercise so I really got to see a lot of the village and meet lots of people. In the afternoons we swam in the ldqu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-385624.html Six dark figures approached me on the jungle path. Five of them were carrying machetes. Hotel Rwanda Long sleeves or short sleeves Would this be my end Music emanated from the approaching men. The sixth figure was carrying a boom box. I breathed a sigh of relief. The men were pork knockers on their way back from a long days work.Since the world diamond price had dropped they were in need of a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/Kaiteur-Falls/blog-385583.html February 27th was my last day in Ajman which I spent with my friend Rebekah on the beach. She then set me on my way from Dubai airport. 4 days later after a logistics stop in Redhill a bus a plane and the back of a truck I finally arrived in St Cuthbertrsquos Mission Guyana with Candice.Guyana is the only English speaking country in South America and itrsquos spoken with a Caribbean lilt. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/St-Cuthbert--s-Mission/blog-380549.html Nothing makes you appreciate the United States as much as traveling in the third world. Guyana is a great example. Not many Americans have even heard of Guyana upon hearing of my upcoming travels to Guyana many people assumed I was referring to Ghana in Africa. Those that have heard of it wittily advised me ldquodonrsquot drink the KoolAidrdquo It is unfortunate that the only fact m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-338458.html Kaieteur Falls in Guyana small country in South America is one of the most majestic spots on Earth. It also sports one other significant advantage not many people have heard of Kaieteur Falls. Make Kaieteur Falls your next vacation spot and you will not only travel to see one of the most scenic waterfalls in the world you will also vacation at a place not known of by many people. Sure there a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/Kaiteur-Falls/blog-338073.html Good Morning I have reached the end of term 2. Seems like only yesterday when Dan and I got back from Christmas holidays. I have just finished exams with all my classes so now Irsquom depressed because the marks were awful. Therersquos one or two in each class who do well but all the others are rubbish I canrsquot feel too much of a failure though because all the other teachers get the sam http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-265990.html Projections is the newsletter sent out to all PT volunteers around the world.Tom told me about him and Dan being on the front cover this month so I got hold of a copy from PT.The photo is Tom and Dan jumping into the creek while being the P and T from Project Trust. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-255203.html I got this email from Project Trust. Tom had previously spoken to us about this. I have been in touch with PT to make sure that they don't decide to move Tom to a different project as this would not please him at all.I donrsquot know whether Tom explained to you about Danrsquos ldquodisappearancerdquo shortly after my visit to Wauna and his http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-255200.html I got the following email from Project Trust recentlyProject Trust has to announce with much regret the death of Pamela McCarroll one of our volunteers in Guyana. Pamelarsquos family have been informed and our thoughts are with them her friends and fellow volunteers at this difficult time.Pamela 18 was the daughter of Mr and Dr McCarroll f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-255197.html Another update from the jungle. Guyana just celebrated its republic day in the form of many street carnivals around the country. The festival is the biggest in Guyana and is called Mashramani. I have been lucky enough to help in organising the event in making the costumes and dance in the carnival. I helped with the Presidents Youth Award costume that consisted of a 3m long dove and 30 volunteers http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-255195.html Irsquove made it to the half way point of my yearThe first half really does seem like no time at all and the next half feels like it will fly by. Since I last wrote the big news is my secondary project The Basketball Court. I am so close to completing it and I am confident it will be finished in a week. I have set the foundations now all is left is the cementing. The whole village is interes http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-254060.html Hi everyone. This is my fourth update on life in Wauna. Since I last wrote I havenrsquot actually spent that much time in Wauna. Irsquove been on my Christmas holidays Myself along with 16 other volunteers spent two weeks in Tobago one the beach diving and relaxing away from school and Guyana. It took some persuasion that I was actually a white tourist on a sun sea and sand holiday. It to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-249334.html HAPPY CHRISTMAS Thank you for the pictures my wall is getting pretty full already We have got our tinsel up in the house but we cannot find anywhere to buy a treehellipThe shops have now stopped playing Brazilian music constantly. They now throw in some edited Christmas tunes with a big bass line strange. Dan and I are still patiently waiting for snow Our ldquosearchrdquo will take us http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-249260.html Last month we just got back from Georgetown Guyana. The vacation that we had there was very interesting. The Guyanese people were very friendly before we left we had heard that Georgetown was dangerous we did not experience any problems. The hotel that we stayed at for one week was the Le Meridien Pegasus which is a division of Starwood Hotels Sheraton. It is a beautiful hotel tha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/Georgetown/blog-243453.html Working hard. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/Georgetown/blog-243395.html Our hosts and 'digs' in Guyana. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/New-Amsterdam/blog-236227.html Amazingly we are in Guyana. We arrived at Georgetown on Friday Jan 4 at about 9 am after being in the process of flying via New York Kennedy and Port of Spain Trinidad. It is marvellous we can travel so far so effortlessly but for me with such trepidationGuyana is a large country with little of its land occupied. The coastal areas we visited are filled with wonderful people. The main highway http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/New-Amsterdam/blog-236213.html Good afternoon Irsquom still alive and well said thanks for asking. And Irsquom still having the best year of my life Two months on time is getting so fast weeks go by in secondsDan and I are getting along really well. We donrsquot think to ourselves we just say outloud our thoughts to each other We are starting to find our place in the community. People shout ldquoSirrdquo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-232033.html