Things I will miss about Guyana

•  The little scooters going by with the family of FOUR

• Plantain Chips and Pholourie        

• Puri roti for breakfast

• Speedboats

• Friends

• The rain boots that I'm leaving behind... 

St. Cuthbert's, Region 4, Guyana

And we arrive...

Passing by the Secondary School,
Health Centre
Building where volunteers stay, etc

See the post for the volleyball net?

Yep, it's the electric post!!!

Jamoon. The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice...

Tasted okay-ish

Down by the creek...

More black water...

Good-bye St. Cuthbert's...

On the way to St. Cuthbert's Amerindian Settlement, Region 4

Digicel Top Up - Everywhere

Pickled mango and pickled everything!

One of the bigger - more famous hotels - just outside the main part of town

The good old rum... factory coming up.

Distillery

 

Hmmmm....

Hilly, sandy area...

Turning off the main road towards the settlement...

They JUST got a new road

Here it is.... It went on FOREVER!

And finally... we get to signs of a community. :)

Stay tuned for the second set of pictures from this series...

15 Things I will NOT miss about Guyana

As much as we volunteers plan for most things, sometimes things come up outside of our control. I came to Guyana to volunteer for a year. That was my intent. But, life calls... and I have to go back home. Good or bad, here are some things I won't miss...

1. Eating with a SPOON (especially a plastic spoon for take-out!)
2. Honking car horns - especially outside my bedroom throughout the nights
3. The hazards of walking down the street
4. The garbage around town and at the Sea Wall
5. The canals with the dirty, mucky water and overgrown flora (and rats)
6. ROADKILL - Toads and rats
7. Mini-buses with BLARING music
8. All night parties - outside my bedroom window
9. The roosters, horses, donkeys, dogs, and whatever else lurks beyond my bedroom window in the early mornings
10. Frequent power cuts
11. S-l-o-w internet
12. The Sizzling HEAT
13. The rainy season and the floods 
14. The mosquitoes, cockroaches, flies, frogs and mice Critters that make me miss Toronto
15. The cold water showers!!!  The rainy season brings colder water

Next I will talk about what I WILL miss...