Guyana - Routine, Roti, & Research

Cows on the way to Berbice

I think I've finally gotten into a routine here in Guyana! Wake up, eat breakfast, and head to work - either the lab or fieldwork collecting samples. Week 1 of the research project is almost over, and things have actually gone well! There have been a few hiccups, but that's to be expected with any international research project. You just go with the flow and adapt to work in the variety of situations you come across. I've also gotten to travel to different parts of Guyana (Berbice), and the scenery has been beautiful!

Once we're done working in the lab, we head home to relax and cook. I'm so excited to actually have time to cook now! Amanda and I have been making a variety of dinners that require a wide range of effort - everything from mac-n-cheese to pineapple teriyaki chicken over rice. See pictures below. Tonight, we're attempting chow mein with veggies and chicken. 

We've also gotten to try some Guyanese dishes! Beef pepper pot is DELICIOUS - it's like a stew with a sort of gravy, and you dip homemade bread in it. We've also tried roti and pumpkin. It was a sort of thick pumpkin stew with different seasonings. It also had these orange things in it that I thought were carrots - they were not carrots, they were peppers. Really, really, really spicy peppers! I ate a whole one by accident, and thought my mouth was one fire! Not a pleasant experience, but I survived and that has to have increased my spice tolerance, right? As for the roti, well that is this amazing kind of flat bread. Apparently it's best with curry, but that wasn't ready yet when we picked up lunch on our way to the lab this morning. We'll just have to try that another time.

French toast with guava jam and fried potatoes

Mac-n-cheese and Netflix

Pineapple teriyaki chicken over rice

Roti (note - this is a google picture)

Beef pepper pot (note - this is a google picture)

We have about a 30 minute drive from our flat to the lab, as it is sort of outside the city on Agriculture Road (fitting name). Here are some videos of the drive down Agriculture Road (turn down your computer volume - the wind is very loud):

This weekend we have a few things to work on in the lab, and then hopefully we'll explore Georgetown with some of the friends we've made at the lab. They have a whole list of things we have to see and foods we have to try before we leave Guyana, so here's hoping we get to everything! Tomorrow morning, they are taking us to a fish market at 6:00am. Apparently they usually go at 4:00am, but I think the shocked look on our faces convinced them to make it 6:00am. :)

Much Love,

Joslyn

P.S. Luke 4:10 He will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully.