Hey all

Had a rather interesting day yesterday to say the least, got up expecting to be going back to Britain (the embassy) in the morning and so had prepared for that, until we had a phonecall approx. 5/10 mins before we were due to leave saying that we were going to be going to St Cuthbert's today at 3pm. We therefore stayed behind at Kala's house to pack all our clothes and then get to Georgetown to be ready to be picked up. After packing all our clothes we then made our way to Georgetown by getting one of the notorious minibuses and then walking through the Starbroek Market to Main Street where the British High Commission is.

We came back to Kala's for Lunch and then left to go to meet the Captain of the village back in Georgetown, although the bus journey has to be one of the most interesting and Guyanese experiances so far! The bus had very little fuel left in the tank and it was fine until we got to Georgetown, but as we approached the outskirts, the engine began to cut out at regular intervals as we tried to make our way to the petrol station in 100 yard hops! We eventually arrived and managed to fill up with fuel only to be told that the guy who had come to pick us up had been involved in an accident, more than likely to be the one that we had passed on our way into Georgetown, and that he was unsure when he would be able to leave the Police Station but that he would try and arrange something as soon as possible.

We ended up coming back to Kala's and played cricket and a game called tor with the locals on the beach, which although sounds nice but the beach is made up of a clay that gets absolutely everywhere!!! It was a good laugh and we then all went back to the Beer Garden to have a few beers and play dominoes!! They are very big on their dominoes here with the people taking it really quite seriously, using all sorts of tactics and trying to teach us how to play.

8 volunteers have left this morning and we will not see them again now until xmas, which we are likely to be spending in Tobago, so if anyone has any spare cash and fancies coming to the carribean for xmas you are more than welcome! Anyway gotta head down to the poost office now, will speak to you all later

Much Love xxxx