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16/01/2014 16:15
I’m back in Paramakatoi. We flew over the jungle and mountains in the plane, and eventually familiar things came into our sight. Kowatipu Mountain rose up from the rolling surrounding mountains. Every day I am in Paramakatoi, Kowatipu presides over us. It is the mountain, the tepui, in the...
Patamuna and stuff ...
20/11/2013 16:38
Hello everyone!
Wakú pey nãh mesang? How are you?
As you can see, my Patamuna is improving, though quite slowly, which is a relief, seeing as though we’ve now been in Guyana for 3 months. How time flies when you.re having fun! I now know how to say I am tired – ‘oosay tak ah sack man’. I don’t know...
Farms and Farms and Farms!
20/11/2013 16:26
Hi folks!
As ever, we’ve been very busy. We went farming with the Gomes family in Kato a few weeks ago. They’re some of the loveliest people we’ve met here, and the mother of the family, June is an amazing lady. It was great getting to do some physical work that relaxed my brain on the farm, even...
Sports and Roti!
20/11/2013 16:23
Every day I spend in Paramakatoi, I love it even more. Guyana really is awesome.
School sports was fantastic fun. I ended up jumping the long jump, and probably losing. The rest of the time was spent burning under the sun, eating ice cream which came on the plane (my first taste of ice cream in...
General Update
15/10/2013 16:13
I haven’t done a blog in a long time, and for that, I apologise. PK is fantastic, and I really feel at home here and don’t want to leave. People bring us food sometimes … bananas (our favourites), tomatoes, cassiri, an entire load of bread once, oranges, and also some plantain (delcioooous fried...
Into Paramakatoi!
02/09/2013 16:24
I have landed in the beautiful mountain village of Paramakatoi, a place I shall from now on call home. The flight was wonderful, although we were afraid that it would be either cancelled or delayed because there was another rainstorm. Apparently there are only 2 pilots that are skilled enough to...
It's raining, it's pouring ...
23/08/2013 12:10
... and no-one is snoring, because the tropical rainstorm woke us all up.
Yes, this fine morning, we experienced our first tropical rainstorm. Imagine the heaviest rain you might get in the UK. That rare patch o precipitation that we lovingly dub a 'monsoon' and find extremely exciting. That's what...
Georgetown
21/08/2013 16:02
I have reached Georgetown, capital city of Guyana. Its a pretty amazing place. The sun is hot, the flat is small, the shower is a tap, the streets are filled with water and reeds and mud, animals wander freely ... horses and cows and dogs. The houses are smart and scruffy at the same time, and...
Ready for the Wilderness
14/08/2013 15:46
So many people live their lives doing the same things over and over again. They are stuck in endless loops of repeating futility. They wallow in boredom and monotony. Lines of clones marching down the street to their cells and tills and offices and broken dreams.
No child lies in bed at night and...
6 days to go (Update)
12/08/2013 13:27
I haven't written a blog post in a pretty long time, so with 6 days to go, I thought I'd give an update with what's been happening. So brace yourselves ...
Vaccinations
I've had all my vaccinations now. Rabies, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid, Yellow Fever and BCG (Tuberculosis). I haven't...
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