The Guyanese Mosquito
A for Angela • T for Travel | By angela | December 20 2011, 7:00 am
WHY ARE YOU SO EVIL???
The Guyanese Mosquito is an evil motherfucker. Saturated with malaria it threatens to bite me. Its speed is swift, its moves are sly, its song irritating is as fuck.
BZZZ BZZZ BZZZ it sounds as it passes…dancing along my skin, it glares at me, hints at piercing my skin – just as I go to hit it – it jumps! Flys! Moves away from my hand! BLAST! You win this time.
The Guyanese Mosquito is a menace. The song it sings while I try to sleep at night annoys me. The speed at which it moves accelerates, the cadence of it’s song matching them tandem of his flight pattern. BZZZ BZZZ BZZZ! It circles round and round, BZZZ BZZZ BZZZ – success for the Guyanese Mosquito. I am irritated to the point that I cannot sleep. BAH! I sit in attack mode. Flashlight in hand, fly swatter in the other, I’m on a mission. Seek and destroy. SEEK and DESTROY!
But deep down I know, this is a battle I will never win. After 5 weeks in Guyana, I counted, over 100+ mosquito bites…damn you Guyanese Mosquito, damn you.
Life in St. Cuthbert’s Mission, Guyana
T for Travel | By angela | December 12 2011, 7:00 am
Just one week ago I was volunteering with Youth Challenge International in Guyana. As a Youth Ambassador and a blogger I was delighted to share my experience on their blog.
(Originally posted November 10, 2011)
Life in St. Cuthbert’s Mission, Guyana
Good Morning Guyana! It's 6AM!!
Life in St. Cuthbert’s Mission, Guyana is HOT!
I wake up sweating. I fall asleep sweating. I eat sweating. I teach sweating. The only time I am not sweating is when I’m showering. And just so we’re clear, when I say sweat, I mean PERSPIRE!
Angela takes on Peru & Bolivia Part 8!
T for Travel | By angela | November 11 2011, 7:00 am
Day 10
For some reason, Peru is big on pizza. And it is THE BEST pizza EVER! PLUS! The guy made my pizza into a heart shape!
Post lunch we are to take a train ride to Cusco but not before my mother and brother go for a life changing walk.
Angela takes on Peru & Bolivia! Part 7!
T for Travel | By angela | November 9 2011, 7:00 am
Day 9 – Aguas Calientes/Machu Picchu
Time to climb Wayna Picchu. This climb is not for the weak, ill, or those scared of heights. It’s INTENSE. It downpoured on us twice.
Yeah, we climbed this!
Angela takes on Peru & Bolivia! Part 6
T for Travel | By angela | November 1 2011, 7:00 am
Day 9: Aguas Calientes/Machu Picchu
Originally people told me that 2.5 days in Aguas Calientes was too much! Oh boy – not really – today is the day we go to Macchu Picchu. I will tell you, we closed that place DOWN! A guided tour for 3.5 hours!! I learned A LOT.
Short history:
Machu Picchu is considered a place for the royals to live. A very religious and holy site it was occupied for about 100 years before it was abandoned when the Spanish came.
The Inca people had it all set up right – everything was in line with the Sun and Moon. Sundials were built and reflected the time of day by means of a swirl shadow on the ground and by a guinea pig shaped rock.
Every June 22, the sun aligns and shines right through the Sun Temple. The Inka people even built bathrooms, beds, and skylights! Magical I say, magical!
It’s so majestic that rainbows are abundant there!
Best Friends Forever
Angela takes on Peru & Bolivia! Part 5
T for Travel | By angela | October 27 2011, 7:00 am
Day 8: Aguas Calientes/Machu Picchu
Time to leave the Sacred Valley and take the most magestic train ride EVER to Aguas Calientes – the at the base of Machu Picchu. The ride is an hour and 20 minutes on a train with a glass roof. I stood for an hour and 18 minutes of the time and took 339 pictures.
This is what happens when you take 339 pictures in an hour and twenty minutes...
Please see slideshow below. Prepare to be mystified!
Missed Part 4? Click here!
Angela takes on Peru & Bolivia! Part 4
T for Travel | By angela | October 25 2011, 7:00 am
Day 6: The Sacred Valley, Peru
Mom mentions something about all the girls giving my brother the once – over – oh I don’t think so.
Let’s take you back to a time a little earlier on the trip. My brother is desperate to find earplugs. Someone told him they were called “tampones”…(do we see how this could be funny? I DO!)