My week in brief

Hello!!!

Long time no see, did you have a good week? I would say my week was successful. Our last couple days of work were full of writing reports and wrapping things up and thanking people for their help while we were there. Then we were off to RockView to have a couple days of relaxation. Nothing quite beats doing nothing all day except hanging out by the pool relaxing and reading.

Today, on the other hand has been a LONG day! You would think a short flight within the country would be no big deal, but unfortunately, not so much. The first snag was that the flight was delayed, but no big deal. Just had to spend the morning doing more relaxing and reading (although no pool because bathingsuits were packed). Our noon flight was delayed to about 1:30pm at which point we went to the airstrip to wait for the plane. But no plane was to be found. We waited, and we waited and we waited. Finally at 2:30 we got word that the plane had left Lethem and would be arriving in about 20 minutes. Yay!!!

I have to say, the 2 hours I spent on the plane may be close to my least favorite 2 hours in the recent past. First of all, I was the last one on the plane so got the seat next to a larger woman so was already half off the seat and not very comfortable. Then, we were going through some ugly weather, and in such a small plane that flies to close to the ground, this lead to the worst turbulence I've ever experienced. Not so much fun. THEN nearing the end of the flight, we were still in bad weather and the woman next to me started feeling the bumpyness and needed the use of her barf bag. Add that with the multiple 360 degree turns we started doing to get out of the clouds and I was NOT feeling well. I just had to sit there trying to convince myself that I did not in fact want to puke despite my stomach telling me otherwise. Finally, after what seemed like the longest day of my life, we arrived in Georgetown to torrential downpours. The final adventure of running through the torrential downpour and finding our taxi driver seemed like nothing after what we had been through. But I have to say, at that point the last thing I wanted to do was get into any kind of moving vehicle.

Luckily, the day has gotten exponentially better since that whole ordeal. My first hot shower in what seems like forever may have been the best thing ever. And going to a restaurant and having actual choice over what I wanted to eat just made it better. The delicious chocolate brownie I got for dessert just made a perfect end to the evening. We are both tired and heading to Kaiteur Falls tomorrow morning (the highest single drop waterfall in the world) so we're off to bed. I'm still not sure how I feel about getting back into a small little plane so quickly, but hopefully the weather will be much improved, and I'm sure it will be well worth it.

I'll try to add pictures of Kaiteur falls tomorrow night... if I have time.
Talk to you later!
Kaila