G is for genuine hospitality and glowing light

I spent Diwali with friends on the West Bank Demerara. Alicia is Christian and her husband is Hindu. Back in Portugal I know some people who have inter-faith marriages, but it's all very difficult for the two families to come together, leaving the couple on a sort of emotional island, which can be very lonely and hard to bear.

In Guyana, though, people are used to dealing with friends and family members of different religions and   it was wonderful to see no tension. Alicia's mum was helping out with everything. I loved the fact that they involved us in the whole preparation of the day and night:

We helped making the wicks for the diyas - My right leg still has red bumps from rolling the 300 strips of cotton!

I filled the diyas with coconut oil and had a hand moisturizing party!

 And voila, as soon as the sun began to duck, everybody started spreading the diyas and lighting them, creating patterns of light in a very dark night.

Oh, the food! We ate 7 curries and learned how to cook some delicious desserts. YUM!
Thank you Alicia and family for such a special day!

g is for gap!

Yeah, great big gigantic gap between posts. Sorry about that, but I haven't found a solution to my internet access from Mahdia. I can access email form my phone but no luck with the computer-phone interaction. I want to make the most of the internet access while I have it, so I shall leave you with some piccies!

A secondary school girl is one of the sports judges for the Nursery School Sports Day - Mahdia. 

Nothing like an ice-cream when you come to town! - Georgetown

Former gold mining site, the water & minerals are left to settle down to avoid pollution. 

Who says old & new don't go together? (Annai)

My region!

It's always up and down. Up... and down (from Mahdia do Tumatumarie, in Region 8)

Hydro electric station in Tumatumarie. Good news: It is going to be renovated!

The beautiful black Potaro River, on the way from Pamela Landing to the Amatuk Island

Amatuk Falls, Region 8

A bit of a shock the first time I got medicine from the hospital in Mahdia...

Easter eggs, left at my doorstep. About 8 chicks were born (out of other eggs though, as me & some friends ate these!)

Random flower in my mahd little Mahdia

Moon & sun in perfectly opposite positions, Parishara village, Region 9 

Rabbit leaves & Rachel Rabbit... interacting

Gorgeous!

A friend's mum speedily grating cassava. My arms were dead tired and I hardly did anything...

In a minibus

Baby, before the builders found her and decided to "save" me from her...

Post-mining resort

Mahdia, where every cruiser (pick up) has a name.