First days in Suri

What a "wonderful" first day... The alarm went off WAY too soon! Felt like I didn't get any sleep at all... But it was a 9h flight, so I did get some rest.
School arranged for us to be picked up at the airport. The people from Suri have a very unique driving style! I don't think I'll like the sight seeing tour Ina (our chauffeur) promised... The house is... nice, I guess. Not as big as I thought it would be, but big enough for the six of us. The cleaning lady hadn't finished yet when we arrived (she even kept on going till about 11pm) so there went the idea of an early night.
And have I talked about the fact that our house is bugged? You can take that auite literally... Mosquitos, ants, moths, ... they're everywhere! And of course my mosquitonet has wholes the size of elephants, very effective... I hate bugs, btw... I don't think I'll be getting much sleep tonight.
I already miss being home, in my own house, my own room, my own bed, ... But I guess I just need some time to get used to it.
I still can't believe I'm actually here!
We already have a meeting scheduled tomorrow (VERY early, so I'm not really that excited about it), but we'll see how it goes :)

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The alarm went off WAY too soon (again)! But I was awake much faster today: I found out the hard way we don't have hot water... at all! So I must say the shower was very refreshing!
After a 10min taxi ride (which was very cheap), we arrived at the school where we'll be teaching and executing our project.
We were a bit early (and the principal was a bit late), so we spent half an hour looking around the classrooms and the school grounds.
After the (apparently usual) morning prayers and chants came the raising of the flag and the national anthem. I hope they're not expecting us to be able to know all chants by heart anytime soon...
Next on the principal's agenda: sending kids to class and meet with us in his 'office (which wasn't much bigger than our toilet cubicles)
'Any questions? What are your expectations?Fill in these forms please. What is your project? What are your plans?" He just didn't stop! After the 'official' part, we got a guided tour around the grounds and classrooms and got the chance to meet all teachers. Don't compare this school to any you know. It has 5 rooms, 1 office, 2 restrooms, a paved court for when they have a break and all this for about 200 children of 6 different grades (it was quite a 'culture shock')
We went to observe the sixth grade (which looked more like a bunch of monkeys on the loose). No one did as they were asked, they all looked bored and all but motivated for their reading assignment.
At 10am they had their break and we were off. Quickly let the taxi take us past an ATM machine and back home again.
Ate a small lunch and went for a walk to the centre of town.
BIG MISTAKE!
It was a walk of about an hour and halfway there we got a typical Surinam rain shower> By the time we reached the shops, we were all soaking wet and didn't feel like shopping anymore. So we just bought the most necessary things and headed back home again.
When we arrived, our entire street had turned into a large swimming pool!
We had noodles for dinner, spicy but good! After that, some time for relaxing and a bit of 'group bonding' with a game of UNO..By 11pm we were all exhausted, so we quickly did the dishes and went to bed. by the time I finished writing this down,our entire street has lost all electricity! So a nice time to finally go to bed and get some sleep...
No more reading, I guess...