Goodbye Guyana
on Fiona Craven (Guyana), 01/May/2012 02:49, 34 days ago
Truth is, this last week was always going to be hard. But truth is I didn’t expect it to be quite this hard. But then again that’s what this year has been like, dealing with the unexpected. The last few months have been a wonderful flurry of exciting work projects, travel, and fun social times with friends. I was worried I was never going to want to leaveGuyana. But the last week has been tough trying to get things done and it has been a reminder that this amazing country is also a difficult place to live and work in and it has been hugely frustrating and challenging at times.I think I’ll need to spend some time at home looking back to be able to truly reflect on this incredible adventure. Somebody asked me today what has stood out from my time here, and right now all I can say is EVERYTHING. It’s been an intense, wonderful, challenging, inspiring year. I am so grateful for what I have been able to experience and am so grateful toGuyanafor providing me with a truly life-changing year.So as I leave this land of many waters, it is with mixed emotions. Sadness at all the wonderful people I am leaving behind, joy at all that I have seen and done and achieved, and excitement at what comes next.GoodbyeGuyana. The mosquitoes have chomped on me for 15 months too long, there will always be a piece of me here.Ireland, ah comin' jus now..........Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}My goodbye, published in the national newspaper today