Around Bartica

Auntie Sherry and I went to visit sister-in-law, Auntie Chavita and her husband, Uncle Leslie in Bartica.  They have three kids, a girl whose name I don't remember, Chris and Anthony.  Chris and Anthony still live with them.  Three of their grandchildren (Shafeena, Rafeena, and Haniff) from their daughter is also staying with them so that they can go to school.

A sour soup with chicken feet.  I think it's called "sous", but I'm not sure of the spelling

Evening on the seawall

The outside of the Bartica Hospital.  Unfortunately, one of their sons, Anthony, was hurt at work during our visit.  Luckily, he's fine now!

Rafeena and Shafeena peeling garlic

Cows everywhere

Dogs everywhere

Sunday, my three little tour guides walked me around their neighborhood.  This is the secondary school that Rafeena and Haniff attend

Inside the gate of their secondary school.  The small green building in the back is where Auntie Chavita and Uncle Leslie sell snacks to the students

The green building is the primary school Rafeena attends

We stopped for snacks at the shop

Haniff picking a cashew fruit

The cashew fruit

We kept the seed of the cashew fruit, so we could later eat the nut

If you buy a pair of TOMS, they donate another pair to a child in need.  Haniff's school gave out these shoes to the children who were not able to purchase black shoes as required by the school dress code.  It seems TOMS follows through.

The workers saw us taking pictures and offered to let us take a picture on the excavator.  Haniff was the only one brave enough to get in the bucket.

The beach along the river

Rafeena, me, Haniff, Chris, and Shafeena

Every morning, Auntie Chavita and Uncle Leslie get up early to make food to sell at their stand at the secondary school

They make channa,

and pulowry (sp?), and more

The girls getting ready for school

Foods to sell at the school

Drinks to sell at the school

Auntie Chavita selling food and candy in the stand

Uncle Leslie selling drinks from the trunk

The stand was packed with kids!  By the end of the day, all of the food they made was sold out!

Ferry Ride to Bartica

Auntie Sherry and I went to Bartica this weekend to visit her sister-in-law.  It was overcast and a little rainy, so the sun wasn't blazing and the ride was nice and cool.  The captain saw us taking photos, so he let us go up on top with him!  Here are some photos from the ferry ride down!

Some kids were fishing at the dock.  The kid in the red was simply using a long piece of yellow rope.

And he caught something!

Apparently, this is the ferry on the Guyana 20 dollar bill.

The Malali Ferry

Instead of stopping at ports along the river, the ferry slows down and small speed boats pull up along side to unload passengers and goods.

The speed boat docking in the back had just unloaded people from the ferry

The unloading process

We passed a lot of homes along the way, most of which don't have electricity.

They were loading either bananas or plantains presumably to take to the market

A raft transporting logs down the river

Heading into the rain

So, this guy owns his own island... Literally.  He's some famous Guyanese singer.

We passed an army base

Welcome to Bartica!

Yummy

Everything has been yummy.  More yummy than tasty, delicious, mouth watering, or scrumptious.  Just yummy, yummy, yummy!

; )

Uncle Bully's

While I've been staying at my aunts, my uncle (one of Dad's cousins) has been chauffeuring me around town on his motorcycle.  I've been taking the bus to him, and then he takes me to and from my meetings.  Here are some photos from his place in Georgetown.  I need to get a photo of him and his son!

A little scary at first, but now I really like it!