1st letter from Guyana posted 8/9/12

So I am now in Wauna and settling into life in the rainforest.
Although the house was very dirty when we first arrived it is looking much better now as we have cleaned, debugged and put up all our photos and posters.
Shopping
We have to go to a local town near to Mabaruma each Saturday to buy our groceries. To get there we catch a bus which takes about 30 mins. The roads around Wauna are terrible, there aren't just pot holes but massive craters so all journeys are slow. We also get some food from Mick's shop in Wauna where we have our own  tab, he's great.
Insects
We have found and tried to remove numerous insects and wildlife from our house including a massive spider which we found in Hayley's bed, it had a dead cockroach in it's mouth! Other wildlife so far has included.
 Ants  - there are loads and get everywhere and into everything.
Spiders -loads various sizes
Cockroaches -everywhere and very fast, open a cupboard and they scuttle out and away.
A frog -it appeared one day and then jumped back behind the sink so we couldn't get it!
A bat -we were sitting at the table when something started flying around the house, by the time we got the door open it had disappeared.
School
We have started to teach but still have no timetable so just teach any class that doesn't have a teacher. The classrooms are open plan divided up by blackboards but you soon get used to that. I am teaching Science and English and Hayley is teaching Maths and English.
 Cooking
We eat a meal at school each day which consists of rice with fish or beans. At home we have so far made pancakes, bread, porridge, potato curry, pumpkin curry, fried egg. There is very little variety so food is getting a bit monotonous.

Hayley and I are getting on well and enjoying our time here, we are looking forward to Christmas as we are hopefully going to Trinidad and Tobago.

That's all for now Tara x