Since our last post, we've been on a few adventures. If you didn't see your child/friend/relative in the last picture, here is a picture including all students, professors, and Roop, our extremely gracious host for these last two days. Leaving Roop's house, we started off by shopping a bit in Georgetown. Some people bought a few things while others looked around since we will do most of our buying after we return from the interior. We went to a few stores and saw many different things such as homemade baskets and clay pots, silverware, and other cooking ware. After shopping, we went to the seawall to see for ourselves what the characters in the book we read for class were talking about. The breeze off the ocean was very refreshing, and we got some great pictures! The sand was very rough to walk on, not a white sandy beach as most of us were originally thinking, but no sand got in our shoes this way. The water was surprisingly very warm but appeared to be brown due to its relationship with the amazon river. After watching the water for about a half hour, we went to the zoo in Georgetown. It was interesting to see all the different animals, and a few of us got to shake hands with a monkey (and then sanitized our hands). We did see tapirs and harpy eagles, scarlet macaws (red, colorful birds), and many other interesting creatures native to Guyana. It was disappointing to not see a sloth because it was hiding in the dense trees provided in its habitat, but the rest of the zoo was a great experience. For now, we are resting up for a big day tomorrow, as we will start our journey at 3:30 AM on a long truck ride through the rainforest. We are all very excited and ready to start off our real adventure.
- Mindy Claeys
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