I appreciate all who visit the Monologue section of my website to hear about my experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer. But if you really want to hear about my adventures, I have created a 10 minute MP3 recording (4.3 MB) summarizing my first month in training. It is my intent to post a monthly …
Monthly Archives: July 2002
Riots, looting, fires, and gunshots
On Wednesday, July 3, Georgetown experienced riots, looting, fires, and gunshots. The Peace Corps personally took all of us home from training and asked us to stay with our host families the rest of the evening. I saw some of the protestors, but no violence. Basically, the minority party stormed the president of Guyana’s office …