 | First Nations woman meeting Amerindians from Guyana
2008-01-19, Georgetown, Guyana. By: deb4393 | | I arrived in Georgetwon, Guyana on December 28, 2007 at 8:15 AM direct from JFK, NY...The highlights of my visit to this beautiful country is in meeting my partners family and friends and in meeting t... |
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 | Additional Pictures
2006-12-30, Georgetown, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | Just a reminder if you want to see more pictures from the trip:
1) Go to: [url]guyanatravelblog.snapfish.com[/url]
2) Click on "I don't have a snapfish account" and fill in your information, cre... |
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 | The coast
2006-12-30, Parika, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | Last journal entry
That is it for my travel blog. It’s been a lot of fun sharing my trip with you. If you have any questions about Guyana or any of the trips we went on, you can email me at: jessic... |
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 | Georgetown, the city
2006-12-28, Georgetown, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | December 28
So, what do you do when there is a tarantula on the ceiling of your dining hall where you are staying in the savannah bush of Guyana? Good question. Well, #1, take a picture for your bl... |
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 | Water falls and golden frogs
2006-12-27, Kaieteur, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | December 27
Today we went to Kaieteur falls, the highest single drop waterfall in the world. It is located on the Guyana Shield, one of the world's oldest geological formations. Legend has it the "... |
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 | Canopy walk and manatees
2006-12-23, Georgetown, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | December 23
This morning started quite early, as we left the resort to arrive for an early canopy walk at Iwokrama, the forest where we stopped on our first day to tour the field station. We hiked ... |
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 | Where the Cowboys are Indians
2006-12-21, Dadanawa, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | Happy Boxing Day!
A question was asked as to what Peace Corps Volunteers do for Christmas. Some of them go home for holidays, and some stay in their communities and celebrate with their Guyanese fr... |
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| More pictures in online album
2006-12-20, Lethem, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | Hello all,
Quick note. I took many pictures, but it takes a really long time to upload each one. So, I have created a group page on Snapfish, which is an online photo sharing site. You need to crea... |
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 | On the border with Brazil
2006-12-20, Lethem, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | Merry Christmas! A question was asked as to how people in Guyana celebrate Christmas, which is interesting here, as 57 % of the population is Christian, 33% is Hindu and 9% is Muslim. In such a religi... |
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 | Through the rainforest to the savanna
2006-12-19, Surama, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | December 19th, Tuesday
4:30 am early departure. The caravan of three cars arrived at our house, loaded up. We have our own jerry cans of fuel, rubber boots, a chainsaw (in case of any trees blockin... |
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 | Welcome to Georgetown!
2006-12-18, Georgetown, Guyana. By: jgeenen | | I arrived in Georgetown, Guyana only an hour late, but with no luggage. I had the sense I would not see it again when I placed it back on the belt when I checked in at the Barbados airport.
My fli... |
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 | Last Term Recap
2006-11-01, Friendship, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | First off my apologies to all for the lapse in keeping this travel journal current. I’d like to believe it’s because I’m just so gosh-darn busy, but sadly that’s not really the case. Still, I have ac... |
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| TO LET
2005-11-01, Friendship, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | Quaint studio apartment located in the heart of Friendship available. Master bedroom with twin 2 beds; open-air living/dining room equipped with 3 piece living room suite and custom made Plexiglas/ch... |
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| Diwali
2005-11-01, Friendship, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | On Novemeber 1st while Christians honored their blessed saints for All Saints Day, Magda and I celebrated our first Hindu holiday, Diwali a festival of light. On this day, Hindus celebrate the triump... |
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| the speedboat special
2005-10-14, Essequibo River, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | As you may have figured out from the pictures I have posted, Magda and I took a trip to Bartica a few weekends ago. Overall, the trip was wonderful and Bartica is an absolutely beautiful place. It’s... |
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| PS
2005-09-27, Friendship, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | My apologies for lack of English consistency. I blame it on two things.
1. I was writing from my journal so I was changing it from present tense to past as I wrote.
2. They speak Creolese here which... |
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| The Death Bus story for real this time
2005-09-27, Friendship, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | After a full day of classes, Magda and I made plans to go to the neighboring village of Grove to use the Internet and refill our 5 gallon jug of water. Our usual "browsing" (as they say here) place w... |
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| The Death Bus
2005-09-20, Friendship, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | Ok, so the long freakin' story I just spent the last 30 minutes writing just erased. GRRRRRR. So ticked off. Check back for the story over the weekend. sorry folks. |
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| Moving Day
2005-08-15, Georgetown, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | As of Wednesday, my new home will be in Friendship. School doesn't start until next Monday though. And even still, we've been told that at best maybe half the kids will show up the first week and fi... |
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| Guyana Chronicle article about us
2005-08-15, Georgetown, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | 25 volunteers here to boost teaching staff around the country
By Michel Outridge
The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with World Teach U.S., yesterday welcomed 25 teachers from Canada and... |
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| The Seawall and local transport
2005-08-15, Georgetown, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | Getting around Georgetown is about the craziest experience ever. You basically have 2 options- minibus or taxi. Neither of which drive in their lanes or obey the speed limit. And to top it off, the... |
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| cell phones and misc.
2005-08-15, Georgetown, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | Not that I expect anyone to call but immediate family members, but incase you really are dying to tell me something...you can!
Magda, my site mate, and I went in on a cellphone today.
00 11 592 ... |
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| goings on
2005-08-09, Georgetown, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | As you can imagine, I have lots of catching up to do.
Let me back up for a sec to the flight out. First on the flight from CLT to DC I ran into Andy Hayden (a classmate from high school) so we cha... |
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| Penpal anyone?!
2005-08-09, Georgetown, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | Here's my address for the next year
Aisling O'Suilleabhain
World Teach Programme
Friendship Junior Secondary
Friendship, Region 4
Guyana
South America
I'll write you if you write me!! |
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| hot and humid
2005-08-09, Georgetown, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | Finally found an internet cafe near where we are staying. We're busy most of the day here- up early (for me) and in sessions all day. The weather has been hot and humid- to be expected. I've become... |
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 | Test run
2005-07-28, well, still in charlotte at the moment, Guyana. By: aisling_o | | Dearest friends and family,
I'm hoping to use this website as a way to keep you all informed about my goings-on while I corrupt, I mean, teach high schoolers for the next 11 months in Guyana. In a... |
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