Hello again from Lethem! We made it back here today after two days at Carnival in Boa Vista in Brazil. I'm absolutely exhausted but the generator is sometimes dodgy in surama so I'm updating now. We stayed up till 4 on valentine's night dancing away and drinking rum with our friends from the school and our friends from rockview. It had been a long day seeing as Joanna and I had walked up to help them teach during the day. I taught haikus and comprehe...

Today we went to Brazil, we paid 1000 to get to the crossing, 600 to cross the river. walked 500 metres to the gates, admitted we had no passports or yellow fever certificates on us (they are in georgetown) and then came back. But not before we'd both had a quick Samba, just so we can say we've done it. Yesterday I somehow managed to samples some local beers. The Anchorage Terrace boys will find it hilarious that here the good beer is Skol, whether it&#...

Hello from Lethem, a small town on the Brazillian border. I have just arrived after a three hour bus ride. In the process of getting here we managed to break a bridge and almost fall into a river, which was pretty exciting, but a powerful reminder that here roads are everything and so the main artery from Brazil to the capital will be closed for a few days until they can rebuild it. We have spent the last week at the Iwokrama canopy walkway, deep in the forest in...