Hey all

Has been a busy lat few days, havn't had a lot of time to myself. Yesterday we spent the whole day shopping for clothes and other things we needed i.e. suncream, sunglasses etc. etc. and then we all went down to the local beer garden place, well i say beer garden, its like a small patio on the side of the main road, although the woman who ran it did put on some reggae for us which was quite cool. We also all recieved our hammocks and mozzie nets yesterday, which was like recieving early xmas presents, everyone was excited to get them, and I can't wait to sleep in my hammock for the first time, anything ha to be better than falling asleep drenched in your own sweat as it is still very hot and humid even at night!

Had an early start this morning, was up at 6am to get the bus into Georgetown for 7.30am to got to the Ministry of Education where they all seemed to think that we were already teachers. It was ridiculously boring and very nearly fell asleep a number of times during the lectures. We were told however that to discipline the kids that we may be expected to give them a couple of lashes, although I am not going to take part in that. We then went to Rishon's flat which is in Georgetown to find out where the flat is that we can stay in when we are there, which for me will be quite frequently, seeing as I am only a 2 - 2 1/2 hour bus journey away. Some people also got their hair cut whilst we were there and the look on someones face as half his hair came off was a priceless moment!!! We also had to go shopping today for a months supply of food, which cost us G$10,000 each or about 25 quid each which isn't bad!!

After we went shopping we went out for a nice meal at a brazillian all you can eat restaurant, and by all you can eat, I mean all you can eat. The amount of meat that was brought out to us was ridiculous!!! I ate so much I felt as though I was going to be sick!!!! It is also a couple of people's birthday's today, so we also had a birthday cake for them which was quite nice although I was unable to eat any just simply because I couldn't stomach any more food!! An interesting sight I did see though whilst at the restaurant was the sight of a bloke pushing a handheld cart fitted with speakers blasting out music trying to sell CD's!

Anyway must go to bed, it's nearly 1am here now, have got another early start in the morning, am travelling back to Britain tomorrow, although not for very long. Have to go to the embassy to sort out something.

Speak to you soon

Much Love xxxx