Joe checking in here from Georgetown, Guyana. We left Pearson Int'l Airport last night at about 11:00 and arrived at Cheddi Jagan Airport this morning at 7:40. There is no time change between Georgetown and Toronto, so we were in the air for about 7 hours total with a bit less than a 2 hour lay over in Port of Spain. We all met really friendly fellow passengers during the flight, one of which gave Beth and I some rare breed of banana called apple bananas or silk figs. We walked out of the airplane onto the tarmac into a balmy 29 degrees celsius morning, and immediately you could feel the humidity in the air. My fingers were sticking together and it was almost like you could drink the water out of the air. We stood for a minute on the tarmac and tried to soak in our surroundings as it struck us all that our 8 months of preparation had finally come to an end and we had arrived in Guyana! Pretty phenomenal feeling.
Taxi ride to Georgetown |
After a couple of meetings to go over some of the logistical details of keeping track of everything while we are on project, we went over some teaching details and are now preparing to go for dinner at another restaurant in town. After dinner we may head down to the "sea wall", which is a popular hangout on Sunday evenings. Today has been a great first day and while we are all definitely still adjusting, I can say that I am so excited to get started on teaching and getting out to see more of the country. The Georgetown team is hitting the ground running and are teaching tomorrow afternoon. Alyssa and I are heading to New Amsterdam on Wednesday morning and are looking forward to getting settled in at our new home there. From the sounds of Jamie's meeting with our partner social worker Omeshwar there is a ton of stuff for us to do and we are gonna be super busy, which is incredibly exciting! Well it is time to get ready for dinner so until next time, cheers from the Guyana team.
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