Finns returning home

Yesterday the last Finn left Guyana, except for me, but I like to count myself as a Guyanese, or at least Finnish-Guyanese:) To fit in among the rest of the Guyanese I had to get my hair done! The women here take good care of their beauty – almost every week they go to relax their hair or to do some other makeover.

There is a lot I could tell – but I think I save something until when I come home to Finland. (When Bewonne, my hairdresser asked me when I’m going home I answered when sister Carmen is going, but then I realized that she talked about home Finland and I changed my answer to the beginning of July) Well, last Friday we were to Tapacuma (another Indian village) and then came to Georgetown. I got my stitches taken off the same day, which was an experience! That evening I was so tired so I couldn’t do anything but cry. But the wound is healing (by the way it’s closer to 7 cm than 3 cm). It’s now quite dry. But it’s difficult to rest it when you want to do things like walking or dancing.

Last Saturday we got a small feeling for the interior of Guyana. I can tell you that many roads are better than “the road to Quakwani”. Let me just mention words like: sand, rain, empty spare tyre, no breaks, about 20 persons and a minibus (Toyota – they have a lot of Japanese cars here). Let’s leave the rest for your imagination :) But we were pretty relaxed, but we understood why Elsworth didn’t join us :) There was a concert we joined. The main artists were AA (don’t remember his full name), one of the most popular christen artists (singing in hindi style), and Rondell – a rap artist. Great!

This last week we’ve been in Georgetown – good to be able to take it easier. On Monday I’ll go and visit a school where I’ll be teaching (for a few weeks). It’s really good and relaxing to be here. It’s fun to hear what you are doing so don’t be shy to comment my blog or send some e-mail. Soon I’ll go back home (over the church yard) and see if Carmen is done cooking (I think she was making some cook up rice, which includes chicken and coconut). Take care all of you!