one month in guyana

Paruima log Day 8: Arrival From the back seat of the small - but very full - mission plane, I could see both the altimeter and the time remaining on the GPS. We were getting closer. We started to descend about 30 minutes out. I watched the altimeter, 7,000 feet, 6,000 feet, 5,000 feet. Soon I was no longer watching the instruments on the panel, but looking out the window upon my new home for...

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Last Leg of the Journey

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First Day Out

From the back seat of the small - but very full - mission plane, I could see both the altimeter and the time remaining on the GPS. We were getting closer. We started to descend about 30 minutes out. I watched the altimeter, 7,000 feet, 6,000 feet, 5,000 feet. Soon I was no longer watching the instruments on the panel, but looking out the window upon my new home for the first time. From the air I...

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our first task

The task for our first day in Georgetown (after a lovely night's sleep) was to see what is available here. We were told to bring as much food as we can, as there is such a limited selection here, and even less selection in the teeny jungle "shop" in Paruima. So Clifton took us around the shopping district to give us a tour of what is available. The store with the largest selection is "Bounty." At...

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the trip to guyana

Our travels began around 4 am Wednesday morning. About 20 minutes later than we wanted to leave for our hour-long drive to the airport and 6:55 departure. 30 Minutes after we left, we found ourselves stranded in an empty Wells Fargo parking lot off an I-5 exit. A pulley in the engine had seized up and a belt broke. Todd navigated from the interstate to the bank without power steering. Frantic calls...

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