Guyana -- Day 5

Today was Monday, so our cousin/tour guide went to work. To replace him for the day, their neighbour from across the street took the liberty to tour us around their area. Kevin, 12yrs old, is a bright and funny little guy who walked around with us and showed us the ropes of the neighbourhood. He provided us with some good facts and also many laughs. At 12yrs old, he already has dreams of becoming a doctor, and we could see this coming true as he's a very smart kid. But before that happens, there's still some growing up to do and with that, we purchased a Snakes and Ladders board game at a store down the street, which was played for many hours during the trip!

We took a walk around my Wife's old house as well which was a 10 minute drive from where we were staying. She was very young when she left, but still had a couple of pictures of her childhood. We brought one particular picture with us to do a Dear Photograph style picture -- I think we were successful! It was surreal to be back to the exact same area, and as you'll see, the picture does not show many clues as to where it is, but her Mom knew exactly where it was taken.

Today was New Year's Eve -- or Old Year's Night as the locals called it. Local time was one hour ahead of Toronto and we were physically missing from the annual get together with our friends, but that didn't stop us from joining! We love our friends, they're the best -- we coordinated a web chat a couple hours before midnight so we can say hi and wish them a new year. It was great to see them although we were in different countries.

We rang in the New Year at midnight outside their house along with fireworks. Everyone went crazy with music and fireworks; it was such a different experience than what we do in Toronto, so it was a nice way to start off the New Year!!