May 21 My first Sunrise
My first Sunrise in Suriname came at 10:30am on May 18th. At least I think it was May 18th. Time was just a big blur. We headed for Miami Int'l at 11: 00 am for a 2:30pm departure…but there was a two hour delay. No matter we had a 3 hour lay over in Port of Spain. Got to our first stop expecting to get on the plane almost immediately...wrong...BWIA decided that our plane need to have some maintains...you would have thought they knew that before hand...Oh well...more then Oh Well…Everything in Port of Spain was closed and the air conditioning went down around noonthat day...IT WAS HOT and STICKY. Great way to get use to the tropical climate of Suriname. Like real troopers the 25 PCV settled in with card games music and a couple of video played on lap tops. Our flt into Paramaribo Int'l arrived around 2:30am on May 18. Met by a few of the PC staff we were escorted on to our bus. (Our luggage went on its own bus) And what a bus it was ...the only bus I was ever on that didn't have a middle aisle...thats right...no middle aisle.
So, lets make this into a Click & Clack puzzler. How do you put 25 PCV on a bus that has no aisle as it SPEEDS down the left hand side of the road???
We pulled into the PC training center around 4:30Am to the rousing cheers of the PCV that are currently serving. That got the juices flowing.
Finally to bed…under a mosquito net. I felt like I was crawling back into the womb. And I slept like a baby. Therefore, my 10:30 am Sun Rise In Suriname.
It's May 19th my head is clear and I'm ready...Im where I should be.
For now my Peace Corps experience is like being in camp but, we've been assured that it will change pretty soon. Our training puts a heavy emphasis on Health and Safety. As they say... "Peace Corps dangerous work"...but, for now you can't go by me.
The things I love
4 cold showers a day
3 good meals a day
2 good learning experiences
1 cold bottle of a night (that’s 1 Litter bottle)
The things I Hate
I’ll get back to you later.
My first Sunrise in Suriname came at 10:30am on May 18th. At least I think it was May 18th. Time was just a big blur. We headed for Miami Int'l at 11: 00 am for a 2:30pm departure…but there was a two hour delay. No matter we had a 3 hour lay over in Port of Spain. Got to our first stop expecting to get on the plane almost immediately...wrong...BWIA decided that our plane need to have some maintains...you would have thought they knew that before hand...Oh well...more then Oh Well…Everything in Port of Spain was closed and the air conditioning went down around noonthat day...IT WAS HOT and STICKY. Great way to get use to the tropical climate of Suriname. Like real troopers the 25 PCV settled in with card games music and a couple of video played on lap tops. Our flt into Paramaribo Int'l arrived around 2:30am on May 18. Met by a few of the PC staff we were escorted on to our bus. (Our luggage went on its own bus) And what a bus it was ...the only bus I was ever on that didn't have a middle aisle...thats right...no middle aisle.
So, lets make this into a Click & Clack puzzler. How do you put 25 PCV on a bus that has no aisle as it SPEEDS down the left hand side of the road???
We pulled into the PC training center around 4:30Am to the rousing cheers of the PCV that are currently serving. That got the juices flowing.
Finally to bed…under a mosquito net. I felt like I was crawling back into the womb. And I slept like a baby. Therefore, my 10:30 am Sun Rise In Suriname.
It's May 19th my head is clear and I'm ready...Im where I should be.
For now my Peace Corps experience is like being in camp but, we've been assured that it will change pretty soon. Our training puts a heavy emphasis on Health and Safety. As they say... "Peace Corps dangerous work"...but, for now you can't go by me.
The things I love
4 cold showers a day
3 good meals a day
2 good learning experiences
1 cold bottle of a night (that’s 1 Litter bottle)
The things I Hate
I’ll get back to you later.
posted by Robert B. at 12:08 PM
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