The chickens aint be laying the eggs at the moment! !After a horrendous night with Mosquitos (even though i sleapt under a mosquito net) and little sleep I was up early and ready for my first day in Georgetown Guyana. Peter had left early so I took the morning to catch up on my blog and surf the Internet. I then took a walk around Peters neighborhood to gather my bearings and see what the little shops had in stock. On my walk I met some very nice Guyanese people - one an old man who wanted to know my take on the football and who was going to be victorious this World Cup and then we moved on to talking about cricket and how he believed the Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting was the best cricketer ever. Continuing with my walk I ran into another interesting guy who was running a small shop and when I asked if he had any eggs; he replied "the chickens ain't be laying the eggs at the moment" in a very rusta voice - I couldn't help but laugh and he did likewise. The area I walked around I imagine is not so dangerous in the day but at night I am sure its a different story. After returning to the house for a quick lunch and a quick workout I was off to meet Hiroko and her friend to explore the city a bit more. I took the bus in and made my way to the guest house where we would meet and perfectly on time there was Hiroko and her friend (I love Japanese punctuality). We headed to the old wooden church in the centre of town and took some nice photos and then continued towards my favorite place Stabroek market. We came across this really nice building which turned out to be city hall and also got some nice photos of it. We continued on to the market and now we were attracting attention: a whiteboy with 2 Umbrella carrying Japanese girls - I felt very nervous as we all had our cameras out and it wouldn't take much for someone to rob us. We wondered around the market for a few hours trying different foods, meeting the locals and enjoying the hectic nature of the place. I had trouble finding my favorite fruit jack fruit (which is now out of season) but in the end got lucky and found a lovely Indian family that sold me a whole fruit (about 10kg) for a measly $2. I chatted with them for ages about Guyana, the people and typical foods and couldn't help but have a nice connected feeling - I think this is due to speaking English - as I can converse much easier with people. I also brought some famous Casava cake to try for breakfast tommorow. It was soon time to say goodby to my new Japanese friends, I wished them well and then promised to visit them one day in Japan - they were off on the bus/minivan tonight to Letham (boarder of Brazil). I grabbed a van back to Peters just as night was falling and prepared myself for the onslaught of Mosquitos with long pants, socks, insect repellant and sprays. Peter returned after watching his football match and we chatted a but before we both called it a night.

OBSERVATIONS:
- Meeting very nice people in Peters neighborhood
- Police roadblocks with AK47 wielding police officers
- Walk tour of city with Hiroko and friend
- Jackfruit and Casava cake