Hey

I have just woken up to my first full day in Guyana, to the sound of dogs barking away at 6am. It is now just after 8am and is already almost unbearably hot. I have also woken up to find myself having been bitten last night by mosquitoes despite sleeping under a net thats meant to stop them!

It is still rather surreal that we are actually here, although it is quite nice that we are all staying together for the first week in a rather sheltered environment. We are having our food cooked for us and things like that which is just giving us the opportunity to get used to the environment and to the heat before we disappear to our different projects on thursday or friday.

Me and a few of the other volunteers went out for a walk yesterday afternoon and bumbed into a really nice bloke who was just out painting his house. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw 4 white people walking down the road, as he had never seen any in Guyana before! He started chatting to us and ended up buying us all a beer which was really nice of him, although we all felt that it should be us buying him one. The reception from the locals has been quite nice, just walking along the road, people are beeping their horns at us just to say hello and a large majority of people are really happy to come and talk to us about Guyana.

Today were off to a creek nearby to go swimming for the day, which will be nice as an opportunity to cool down more than anything! It is so hot during the day you just don't stop sweating! Anyway, must disappear now, need to get ready for the creek.

Take care everyone, much love

xxxx