Georgetown

29th August

HI
I leave tomorrow at 7 am. Very excited. Went to zoo today and shook hands with a monkey. Bought a bright pink guitar for $15000 (about 37 pounds!) woop. Spend the days being dry wet dry wet dry... and wet means soaked to underwear (due to tropical downpour not sweat...much)mmm but is fairly refreshing. I have no idea how much money I've spent as conversion is just too bizarre...Love to all...not missing you yet...sorry... Mosi count is up to 37. LOVE xxxxxx

28th August

hey hey, as you know I'm ok... managed to survive both business class and being struck by lightning! This place is amazing... though first impressions was 'WOW what a lot of trees!' I can't really put into words what it is like, and pictures don't really capture the whole impression and so I'm going to have to have long hard think about descriptions and then write them in a letter! A few words summing it up though: colourful, trees, 'WHITE GIRL', rum, hot, itchy, FANTASTIC!... and I also have been called Jennifer Lopez... I mean one can see why...!

We leave for our project on fri - sun and still have no clue what/who/how to teach...soooo its exciting?...Takes HOURS for anything to get done here, they all say that it'll happen 'just now' which means within the next 6 hours if you're lucky! So we've spent so much time waiting for things to happen but its sociable so its ok. Anyway I'm off. lots of love,

Nearly gone...

I've been to training, met my awesome partner and finished fundraising! I leave in 11 days... on the 23rd August. Just starting to say goodbye to everyone and consider attempting to pack a 20 kg bag full of all my belongings to last me a year!
Also been watching Lost Land of the Jaguar, a 3 part series about wildlife in Guyana (good timing BBC) check the last one out this wednesday at 8pm BBC 1, it's awesome, also check out BBC iplayer for the previous ones. Its all based in the same national park that i'll be living in!

More thanks to everyone for helping me complete my fundraising, especially Brian Earle (and Liz Earle for her generous donations of her Aftersun product!... i'm going to need it!) and also to Lucy Willer...

arg...


xxx

oo also ... my address (as i'm not going to have internet)

Emily Powell
Santa Rosa Secondary School
C/O Acquero Post Office
Kumaka
Moruca
Region 1
Guyana

write in biro or pencil as ink fades and runs in the humidity!