365 days of…
Door: Marieke
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Marieke
15 Augustus 2011 | Guyana, Georgetown
1. Orange dust – dusty roads in combination with motorbikes or no aircon vehicles
2. Wining – in cities or villages, everywhere, with everyone
3. Rum – with sprite/coke or Wowetta style with Tang (powder + water), no ice
4. Motorbikes – every day to work, mud or dust, only minor accidents
5. Hammocks – to lime or to sleep, never wanna live without anymore
6. Cockroaches – in food, wardrobes, bathroom, small – big – enormous
7. Cassava – bread, farine, cassareep, kari name it they can make it
8. Banks – the one and only Guyanese lager
9. Sweat – every minute of every day
10. Havaianas – my only ‘shoes’
11. Taint – even I have a taint after 365 days of sun
12. Insufficient deodorant – never 24 hours resistance
13. Mud – serious mud after serious rainfall
14. Rastamen – mutual interest :)
15. Shoo – spray everyday, to keep the mosquitos far far away!
16. Salt soap – best to get stains out of clothes when hand washing with cold water
17. Foha – Brazilian very monotone music, especially popular in the regions
18. Fruta – one of Guyana’s famous sweet drinks in a can
19. Mosquito nets – not one night without
20. Bug spray – is there a brand that really works?
21. Water pumps – tanks empty, pumping water
22. Generators – bzzzzzzzzzzz, all day, every day, silence please
23. Chow Mien – Guyanese equivalent of noodles, just way more disgusting
24. ATVs – also known as quads, not suitable for 4 persons
25. Canoes – tranquil, a bit tippy though
26. Solar panels – my saviours in the night
27. Celine Dion – unbelievably popular in Guyana, even in music blasting cars
28. Enrique Iglesias – even the ‘cool’ guys like him
29. White gyal hollering – in case I forget I’m white, people remind me everyday
30. Minibuses – blasting music, hustling conductors, pimped up rides, crazy driving
31. Boats – 40 horsepower preferred, still amazed by beauty of the rivers/creeks
32. Guzzler – sweet drink but with 100% vitamin C
33. Tuna in a can – at least 4 times a week
34. Itch – not a day/night without
35. Cold showers – still not used to
36. Hand wash – dreaming about washing machines every time
37. Roast – bbq meat on a stick with hot sauce
38. Bad internet connection – sheer frustration
39. Toshaos – chief, don’t enter a village without permission
40. Milk powder – no fridge, no milk, no choice
41. Smelling yourself – iehh
42. Mint green – the only colour of paint in the Rupununi
43. Frogs – in sinks, toilets, tea pots, preferably like to jump when least expected
44. Ants – everywhere, within seconds, teeny tiny ones and massive ones
45. Bats – my steady but messy and noisy roommates
46. Needs Assessments – filled most of my year but are done now
47. Backpack – basically my 2nd house, or actually maybe my 1st
48. Flashlights – number 1 on my packing lists
49. Intraserve – the big orange bus that took me to GT in 15 – 30 hrs
50. Latrines – stinky, dirty but got over it
51. Fly – combined with football, my favourite local drink, made from sweet potato
52. Kari – my least favourite local drink, made from cassava
53. Male attention – every second, everywhere, Amerindian, Afro-Guyanese, East-Indian
54. VSO – not enough words to express
55. Gossip – daily activity number 1 in the villages, especially about strange white people
56. Chutney – not digging it so much
57. NRDDB – my work place in the Roop
58. Skinny dogs with flies – throughout Guyana on every corner of the street, sad little creatures
59. Donkeys – loud, useless creatures
60. Fear of snakes – cannot be cured
61. Travel travel travel – bus, truck, boat, ATV, plane, canoe, walk, motorbike, minibus
62. Bumpy roads – completely used to, totally forgot about highways
63. Gravel – hurts when falling with motorbike
64. Wowetta – ‘my’ village
65. Georgetown – a break and closest to some sort of civilization
66. Trini Carnival – good memories, again next year?
67. Short visit home – too short, great to see everyone again, made me miss home more
68. Rugby – drinking with and supporting the national team, friends
69. Cricket – very popular sport, still don’t understand the rules
70. Energy drinks – plenty, all disgusting and sweet
71. Loud music – even in remote places
72. Zita’s meals – my neighbour taking care of me
73. Bakes – preferable dry bakes for breakfast. Mixed with garlic and herbs great idea
74. Pepper sauce – not a meal without
75. Pepper pot – my favourite Guyanese meal, Amerindian style pepper pot that is, with fish
76. Kaboras – stinging little flies, killers
77. Books – never so many in my life
78. Movies – my saviour on dark and lonely nights
79. Sergio – fellow vol, friend and buddy
80. Nick – fellow vol, friend and crazy man
81. Heather – my Wowetta roomie who left me
82. Drunks – limits, nehh, every time if the day
83. Fetching well water – whenever the water pump decides to stop working
84. Carib – my favourite Caribbean beer
85. Makushi – still don’t know a word
86. Just now – still slow, got into the rhythm though
87. Vybz Kartel – very popular in Guyana, promoting Clarks
88. Movado – I’m so special, so special, so special
89. Machel Montano – best concert ever, love it love it
90. Kes – beautiful man, beautiful voice
91. Yupukari – favourite village in the Roop
92. Lethem – loading bags of groceries
93. Facebook – one of the best tools to stay in contact with my friends all over the world
94. Trainings – finally started
95. Jah Cure – 2010 Christmas concert
96. Luke warm drinks – always in Wowetta
97. No fridge – nothing can be kept, adjusted fairly well
98. Cooking experiments – with limited ingredients I can still be creative
99. Phone numbers – is what the men are giving me and they want to collect mine
100. Small planes – amazing but scary especially the smaller than 12 seats ones
101. Sun lotion – need it less and less
102. Diary – still manage to write about 10 lines a day
103. Soca – just can’t stop dancing
104. Dancehall – mixed with soca, long long nights
105. Upper Mazaruni – region 7, one of the working areas
106. Moruca – region 1, beautiful, water everywhere. Going to spend more time coming year
107. Tourism – I’m called the expert
108. Blogging – Not as much as I should
109. Bars – in front of every window
110. Fish shop – fish and (plantain) chips go very well with Banks
111. Snackette – small shop with snacks, drinks, beer, sweets
112. Dakota bar – One of the two hangout spots in the Roop
113. Jerry’s – preferably late in the night, early in the morning
114. Oasis – hang out in the Roop and milkshakes and panini’s in GT
115. Waiting – part of every day life
116. Savannah – all over the Roop
117. Savannah View – favourite place in Moruca, nice breeze and nice view
118. Mojo’s – let’s go clubbing
119. Lane Avenue – hanging out with my ‘Ghetto’ friends
120. Robbstreet – favourite place to stay in GT, very central
121. Plantain chips – really good substitute for potatoes
122. Pool – never played it so much, getting better after a few drinks, always with Moto Moto
123. Pegasus – for a plunge in the pool
124. Coconut water – drinking from the coconut, divine
125. Benab – simple structure, ideal for slinging up a hammock
126. Breeze – luckily Guyana always has a breeze otherwise it would be unbearable
127. High wine – never drink it pure, that will be your last drink
128. Ivanov vodka – cheapest vodka ever
129. Banko wine – has nothing to do with wine, sweet sweet sweet
130. Black water – like tea, especially in region 1 and GT creeks
131. Pirai – kill and attack
132. Lukonani – yummie fish, especially fresh and fried
133. Jaguar – only heard one and saw a glimpse of it
134. Kanaima – mysterious creature that is being blamed for everything that is bad
135. Concerts – especially Caribbean artists, always a nice night out
136. Hair up – all the time, down is so hot
137. Nigel’s – best supermarket in GT, has cheese, pita bread and liver sausage
138. Digicel – Guyana’s bigger, better network
139. Three times – to put emphasis on something a word is repeated 3 times
140. Accustomed – Guyanese for used to: I is accustomed to…
141. Sheer – Guyanese for only: it is sheer farine we eatin
142. Fetch – Guyanese for getting something: fetchin water from the well
143. Plenty – Guyanese for many: rain fallin plenty plenty plenty
144. Vex – Guyanese for angry: I is vex with she
145. Bathing – the word showering is not known
146. Lemongrass – beautiful tea
147. Farine – hard grains from cassava, only like it soaked
148. Power cuts – in GT, Lethem or Moruca, not so convenient
149. Good day – don’t you dare greeting someone with hello, it should be good…
150. Bathing wear – shorts on top, bikinis are not invented as yet
151. Chine – (pronounce chini) chine food, chine clothes, chine shops, chine invasion
152. Polyester clothing – chine again and totally not practical in this weather
153. Plastic shoes – guess… chine, bad quality but still quite expensive
154. Mining – in many areas of the country, mainly gold and diamonds
155. Porknockers - miners
156. Guinness – Every Guyanese man drinks Guinness
157. Buddy – Every Guyanese guy ends his sentence with buddy
158. Liming – Gotten very good at this activity
159. Annie bus – Ride to Lethem, or not…
160. Dog bite – while on the motorbike. After months still scar
161. Fuel – sometimes hard to find, without it no transport, water or generator
162. Cooking gas – in big bottles
163. Fresh lime juice – lovely in this heat
164. Fires – to burn garbage or burn the savannah
165. Football – every afternoon at the ball field in front of my house, watching that is
166. Shutters – no windows but glass shutters, really easy to break in
167. Walls not up to the ceiling – privacy is a word that Guyana has never heard of
168. Tailor – lovely dress maker in GT
169. Whini tree – in front of my house, allergic to the fruit
170. Food boxes – Guyanese love food, not such a good idea with no waste management
171. Allright – everything is not okay, it’s allright
172. Ah hah – saying that you understand/agree
173. Knots – I’m an expert in tying my hammock
174. Coloured toe nails – no matter where I am, even in the middle of the bush
175. Skype – best invention since the telephone
176. EARS – our project, Empowering Amerindians in Achieving their Rights
177. Peace Corps – fellow volunteers
178. Bucket shower – when we run out of water, especially hard to wash my hair
I was planning to do 365, after 178 I’m out of inspiration and I noticed that it’s getting pretty long. Well, I guess you got the idea anyway. 365 days in Guyana, 365 days to go.
2. Wining – in cities or villages, everywhere, with everyone
3. Rum – with sprite/coke or Wowetta style with Tang (powder + water), no ice
4. Motorbikes – every day to work, mud or dust, only minor accidents
5. Hammocks – to lime or to sleep, never wanna live without anymore
6. Cockroaches – in food, wardrobes, bathroom, small – big – enormous
7. Cassava – bread, farine, cassareep, kari name it they can make it
8. Banks – the one and only Guyanese lager
9. Sweat – every minute of every day
10. Havaianas – my only ‘shoes’
11. Taint – even I have a taint after 365 days of sun
12. Insufficient deodorant – never 24 hours resistance
13. Mud – serious mud after serious rainfall
14. Rastamen – mutual interest :)
15. Shoo – spray everyday, to keep the mosquitos far far away!
16. Salt soap – best to get stains out of clothes when hand washing with cold water
17. Foha – Brazilian very monotone music, especially popular in the regions
18. Fruta – one of Guyana’s famous sweet drinks in a can
19. Mosquito nets – not one night without
20. Bug spray – is there a brand that really works?
21. Water pumps – tanks empty, pumping water
22. Generators – bzzzzzzzzzzz, all day, every day, silence please
23. Chow Mien – Guyanese equivalent of noodles, just way more disgusting
24. ATVs – also known as quads, not suitable for 4 persons
25. Canoes – tranquil, a bit tippy though
26. Solar panels – my saviours in the night
27. Celine Dion – unbelievably popular in Guyana, even in music blasting cars
28. Enrique Iglesias – even the ‘cool’ guys like him
29. White gyal hollering – in case I forget I’m white, people remind me everyday
30. Minibuses – blasting music, hustling conductors, pimped up rides, crazy driving
31. Boats – 40 horsepower preferred, still amazed by beauty of the rivers/creeks
32. Guzzler – sweet drink but with 100% vitamin C
33. Tuna in a can – at least 4 times a week
34. Itch – not a day/night without
35. Cold showers – still not used to
36. Hand wash – dreaming about washing machines every time
37. Roast – bbq meat on a stick with hot sauce
38. Bad internet connection – sheer frustration
39. Toshaos – chief, don’t enter a village without permission
40. Milk powder – no fridge, no milk, no choice
41. Smelling yourself – iehh
42. Mint green – the only colour of paint in the Rupununi
43. Frogs – in sinks, toilets, tea pots, preferably like to jump when least expected
44. Ants – everywhere, within seconds, teeny tiny ones and massive ones
45. Bats – my steady but messy and noisy roommates
46. Needs Assessments – filled most of my year but are done now
47. Backpack – basically my 2nd house, or actually maybe my 1st
48. Flashlights – number 1 on my packing lists
49. Intraserve – the big orange bus that took me to GT in 15 – 30 hrs
50. Latrines – stinky, dirty but got over it
51. Fly – combined with football, my favourite local drink, made from sweet potato
52. Kari – my least favourite local drink, made from cassava
53. Male attention – every second, everywhere, Amerindian, Afro-Guyanese, East-Indian
54. VSO – not enough words to express
55. Gossip – daily activity number 1 in the villages, especially about strange white people
56. Chutney – not digging it so much
57. NRDDB – my work place in the Roop
58. Skinny dogs with flies – throughout Guyana on every corner of the street, sad little creatures
59. Donkeys – loud, useless creatures
60. Fear of snakes – cannot be cured
61. Travel travel travel – bus, truck, boat, ATV, plane, canoe, walk, motorbike, minibus
62. Bumpy roads – completely used to, totally forgot about highways
63. Gravel – hurts when falling with motorbike
64. Wowetta – ‘my’ village
65. Georgetown – a break and closest to some sort of civilization
66. Trini Carnival – good memories, again next year?
67. Short visit home – too short, great to see everyone again, made me miss home more
68. Rugby – drinking with and supporting the national team, friends
69. Cricket – very popular sport, still don’t understand the rules
70. Energy drinks – plenty, all disgusting and sweet
71. Loud music – even in remote places
72. Zita’s meals – my neighbour taking care of me
73. Bakes – preferable dry bakes for breakfast. Mixed with garlic and herbs great idea
74. Pepper sauce – not a meal without
75. Pepper pot – my favourite Guyanese meal, Amerindian style pepper pot that is, with fish
76. Kaboras – stinging little flies, killers
77. Books – never so many in my life
78. Movies – my saviour on dark and lonely nights
79. Sergio – fellow vol, friend and buddy
80. Nick – fellow vol, friend and crazy man
81. Heather – my Wowetta roomie who left me
82. Drunks – limits, nehh, every time if the day
83. Fetching well water – whenever the water pump decides to stop working
84. Carib – my favourite Caribbean beer
85. Makushi – still don’t know a word
86. Just now – still slow, got into the rhythm though
87. Vybz Kartel – very popular in Guyana, promoting Clarks
88. Movado – I’m so special, so special, so special
89. Machel Montano – best concert ever, love it love it
90. Kes – beautiful man, beautiful voice
91. Yupukari – favourite village in the Roop
92. Lethem – loading bags of groceries
93. Facebook – one of the best tools to stay in contact with my friends all over the world
94. Trainings – finally started
95. Jah Cure – 2010 Christmas concert
96. Luke warm drinks – always in Wowetta
97. No fridge – nothing can be kept, adjusted fairly well
98. Cooking experiments – with limited ingredients I can still be creative
99. Phone numbers – is what the men are giving me and they want to collect mine
100. Small planes – amazing but scary especially the smaller than 12 seats ones
101. Sun lotion – need it less and less
102. Diary – still manage to write about 10 lines a day
103. Soca – just can’t stop dancing
104. Dancehall – mixed with soca, long long nights
105. Upper Mazaruni – region 7, one of the working areas
106. Moruca – region 1, beautiful, water everywhere. Going to spend more time coming year
107. Tourism – I’m called the expert
108. Blogging – Not as much as I should
109. Bars – in front of every window
110. Fish shop – fish and (plantain) chips go very well with Banks
111. Snackette – small shop with snacks, drinks, beer, sweets
112. Dakota bar – One of the two hangout spots in the Roop
113. Jerry’s – preferably late in the night, early in the morning
114. Oasis – hang out in the Roop and milkshakes and panini’s in GT
115. Waiting – part of every day life
116. Savannah – all over the Roop
117. Savannah View – favourite place in Moruca, nice breeze and nice view
118. Mojo’s – let’s go clubbing
119. Lane Avenue – hanging out with my ‘Ghetto’ friends
120. Robbstreet – favourite place to stay in GT, very central
121. Plantain chips – really good substitute for potatoes
122. Pool – never played it so much, getting better after a few drinks, always with Moto Moto
123. Pegasus – for a plunge in the pool
124. Coconut water – drinking from the coconut, divine
125. Benab – simple structure, ideal for slinging up a hammock
126. Breeze – luckily Guyana always has a breeze otherwise it would be unbearable
127. High wine – never drink it pure, that will be your last drink
128. Ivanov vodka – cheapest vodka ever
129. Banko wine – has nothing to do with wine, sweet sweet sweet
130. Black water – like tea, especially in region 1 and GT creeks
131. Pirai – kill and attack
132. Lukonani – yummie fish, especially fresh and fried
133. Jaguar – only heard one and saw a glimpse of it
134. Kanaima – mysterious creature that is being blamed for everything that is bad
135. Concerts – especially Caribbean artists, always a nice night out
136. Hair up – all the time, down is so hot
137. Nigel’s – best supermarket in GT, has cheese, pita bread and liver sausage
138. Digicel – Guyana’s bigger, better network
139. Three times – to put emphasis on something a word is repeated 3 times
140. Accustomed – Guyanese for used to: I is accustomed to…
141. Sheer – Guyanese for only: it is sheer farine we eatin
142. Fetch – Guyanese for getting something: fetchin water from the well
143. Plenty – Guyanese for many: rain fallin plenty plenty plenty
144. Vex – Guyanese for angry: I is vex with she
145. Bathing – the word showering is not known
146. Lemongrass – beautiful tea
147. Farine – hard grains from cassava, only like it soaked
148. Power cuts – in GT, Lethem or Moruca, not so convenient
149. Good day – don’t you dare greeting someone with hello, it should be good…
150. Bathing wear – shorts on top, bikinis are not invented as yet
151. Chine – (pronounce chini) chine food, chine clothes, chine shops, chine invasion
152. Polyester clothing – chine again and totally not practical in this weather
153. Plastic shoes – guess… chine, bad quality but still quite expensive
154. Mining – in many areas of the country, mainly gold and diamonds
155. Porknockers - miners
156. Guinness – Every Guyanese man drinks Guinness
157. Buddy – Every Guyanese guy ends his sentence with buddy
158. Liming – Gotten very good at this activity
159. Annie bus – Ride to Lethem, or not…
160. Dog bite – while on the motorbike. After months still scar
161. Fuel – sometimes hard to find, without it no transport, water or generator
162. Cooking gas – in big bottles
163. Fresh lime juice – lovely in this heat
164. Fires – to burn garbage or burn the savannah
165. Football – every afternoon at the ball field in front of my house, watching that is
166. Shutters – no windows but glass shutters, really easy to break in
167. Walls not up to the ceiling – privacy is a word that Guyana has never heard of
168. Tailor – lovely dress maker in GT
169. Whini tree – in front of my house, allergic to the fruit
170. Food boxes – Guyanese love food, not such a good idea with no waste management
171. Allright – everything is not okay, it’s allright
172. Ah hah – saying that you understand/agree
173. Knots – I’m an expert in tying my hammock
174. Coloured toe nails – no matter where I am, even in the middle of the bush
175. Skype – best invention since the telephone
176. EARS – our project, Empowering Amerindians in Achieving their Rights
177. Peace Corps – fellow volunteers
178. Bucket shower – when we run out of water, especially hard to wash my hair
I was planning to do 365, after 178 I’m out of inspiration and I noticed that it’s getting pretty long. Well, I guess you got the idea anyway. 365 days in Guyana, 365 days to go.
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15 Augustus 2011 - 19:26
Ida Delvers:
Timmy,
Jeetje wat een lijst!!! Trek je het nog?
Hou je taai en we denken aan je
Kusz!
Ida en haar mannen -
15 Augustus 2011 - 19:31
Marileen:
Haha wat een verhaal joh!!!
Nu kan je gaan aftellen!!
Kus
Marileen en jennily -
16 Augustus 2011 - 06:25
Barbie:
Wow, I think 178 things is already a lot!!! Good for you. Missing you though so another 365 days is quite a bit. But I sure do hope that you are having a blast and that you feel well all the time. Here we do have a horrible summer (or should I say autumn)?! so I am still quite jealous. But who knows if I manage to save a bit of money (like that is going to happen :P) I can visit you and be 521: The day Barbie arrives to have a blast with Red Barbarian :)
That would make my year! -
16 Augustus 2011 - 06:34
Laura:
Alleen nummertje 101, sun lotion, kan ik me niet indentificeren omdat we dat in Nederland niet nodig hebben. Voor de rest van de 364 dagen weet ik precies waar je het over hebt ;)
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