The mosquitoes get really bad each night when it gets dark. So much so that I climb into bed shortly after dinner to seek the shelter of the bug net that surrounds my bed. In a matter of a few minutes, I will be able to find at least 15 to 20 bugs clinging to [...]
This weekend was fun. On Friday night, most of us went to a bar well outside of Georgetown. There, we had a chance to meet a few of the current volunteers and hang out with some of the Peace Corps staff. I visited with Sean quite a bit. Sean is the IT staff person for [...]
Last night we had a big rain storm. It was wonderful. Nice to know that my house stands are 12 foot tall stilts. The rain cooled things off. Mostly, it drowned out all of the other noises that occur throughout the night. You hear dogs fighting, your neighbors’ television, your neighbors’ neighbors’ television, farm animals across [...]
I found a small Internet cafe (without the cafe) just two blocks away from my host family. Since I will be staying with this host family for five weeks, I hope to be able to check in more often. Access, however, cost me $300 per hour Guyanese dollars. And since the Peace Corps pays me [...]
We have all safely arrived to Guyana, luggage and all. In fact, we have very little trouble passing through security. More so, we were all pleased that our luggage passed the airlines weight restrictions. While the Peace Corps said we could only take a maximum of 80 pounds of luggage, the airline ended up accepting [...]
