What's new in Guyana?

Saturday morning and I am listening to a podcast of “This American Life”. I have my own version of it as “This American Life in Guyana”.   It can be pretty humorous.   I am kitty sitting for three days for a sweet ginger boy 10 week old named Curry.   He seems to like being with me and is constantly running his motor.   Aren’t we all amused by the spastic outbursts little kittens demonstrate?   This one is fascinated with my hair and sits on or close to my shoulder.   I sleep under a mosquito net and poor Curry has not been invited into the dome, much to his dismay.   However, he has managed to find my shoulder by pushing in the net.   What a character!  I awoke early, as usual even though I had intention of taking a rest from my normal early morning walk/jog. Knowing that my water tank was running low, I got up to hook up the reserve and get this essential back in order.   This is a routine I go through about every three weeks....

Before I update the blog, I will catch up on some photos you all have been waiting for!  Cane cutter outside my village.  Emancipation Day festivities.....  I made the sign!   School has started!   Yes, this is the day I have been preparing for.   Of course, plenty of training was provided for the adaptation into the Guyanese culture. Like many other Guyanese women, I awoke early to cook on the first day of school.   I can see the logic now after trying to prepare food in a kitchen heated by afternoon sun pouring in the west facing windows.   Not only hot, one tends to lose an appetite! August of 2014 will never be repeated.   It is a Peace Corps requirement to sleep in our site the first three months.   Being that I am in a remote village, that meant that my trips away from the village could only be during the day.   Enthusiasm gets lost in the limited area and costly transportation.   I do ...