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Vacances de Nadal (I) --- Guyana Accumulation of things

Happy New Year to everyone! Story as you have been my Christmas vacation, I hope yours has been as good as mine. The original plan was to go to Venezuela through Suriname, Guyana and Brazil and from Caracas to return to Paramaribo and then to Saint Laurent. But plans changed on the fly and as you will see the end we were only Liane and I, although in principle were to target more assistants.

For that, we went out on 23 Albino Liana and I took a taxibus to Paramaribo, a taxibus becomes a Nissan truck roll Vannetta full of people and suitcases, travel Albina - Paramaribo cost between 8 and 10 euros (30-40 SRD) and it takes 2 to 3 hours. Albina road - Paramaribo is a goat track, a paved goat path though, and bumpy, I put a video I recorded on the taxibus to see yourself as a notéis taxibus and potholes with the movements of the camera.


Well once in Paramaribo (I'll write a post about Paramaribo) took a bus to New Nickerie, which is the city that is on the border with Guyana, although curiously the way lasts 4 hours it took us about 5 euros to change. Once in New Nickerie took a taxi that took us to a squalid hotel but varies night 18 euros double room. The taxi driver looked like Pol Pot but nice and had the worst car in the world, I think it was a Talbot Solara or something, also had the steering wheel on the good side, although in Surinam lead backwards, and was pretty knackered at general. We agreed that we would take the ferry the next day.
New Nickerie is plagued by mosquitoes, there suffered the greatest attack of mosquitoes in my entire life until that day had not thought capable of stinging mosquitoes over a pair of jeans, but there certainly are peppered me very much.

The fact is that to cross into Guyana must cross the river Courantyne and catch a ferry but the ferry is caught from a town called Southdrain which is 30 km from New Nickerie and if the road Albina - Paramaribo is a goat track, compared with the road New Nickerie - Southdrain is a German Autobahn, I put picture, and the shock absorbers Talbot Solara sympathetic brother squeaking as Pol Pot had a good chance of getting stuck in mud, but we were lucky and arrived in time to catch the ferry, which we will never know is if the driver got back.

We took the ferry across the river Courantyne and after 20 minutes we were finally in Guyana, a country that is infamous for the collective suicide of 918 people in Jonestown in 1978, and that no one had spoken well. In fact the government is serious since the issue of crime, and for some years has begun to kill all the bad bad guys (although innocent as they say). Well, once there we needed a bus to the capital, Georgetown, we went with a big Indian named Bobby, the trip cost 10 euros I think, but when we took the bus travels 30 km broke into a place called Corriverton , so I had to wait for a bus and did not have spare money Guyanese, so I told Liane to wait at the gas station I went to find a bank, I just go ahead and plant some guy yells WHITE BOY! ! I pass on his face obviously did not want trouble and less there, all I kept walking and walked about 200 meters I was released several type niceties WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE WHITE GUY?! HEY LOOK AT THE WHITE BOY! THERE THERE IS A WHITE GUY! WE DO NOT LIKE WHITE MEN HERE!, I thought, you know why no one comes here and will be true that are not used to the white ... But good in the end we paid in Euros to Bobby and after waiting another dwarf and uncomfortable bus and 4 hours of travel across another river (Demerara) in Georgetown ferry finally arrived. The trip was really curious, Guyana seems a little India, the roads are full of cows (which are sacred to Hindus) and the driver was dodging cows left and right, plus all the country was pretty flooded, but enough, so the landscape was quite a picture. Not to mention the homes of Hindus who do not stick or glue on the landscape, as we Guyanese traditional construction, made of wood and two-storey home remains the top and bottom porch and Hindu megamansiones painted in pastel colors with tinted windows, which is not to be ugly (if we do not color) but is not hit anything.

ago Guyana's English raised more than one thought he knew English, if you know some English, because it is crappy, but crappy understand a Guyanese ...

Well, there we were at last Christmas Eve in Georgetown, leaving the stuff in the hostel and went for a walk and find an ATM, there were enough people on the street, doing the last Christmas shopping, all world looked at us, but we had no problems, that night we had dinner at a bar that is opposite the hostel and it was from a Scottish wedding ... On Christmas day it was raining all day, but we needed to eat, so as I was the only one who had something against the rain, I ventured out in search of food. There was no God in the streets, just wandering, it was all dead and white with a yellow raincoat sings well, but after a few laps I found a Chinese restaurant open and I could buy food, in addition to talking with some guys who were in door drinking beer, which I understood 50% of what they said, but I understood something like the sewers of the city were stuck and were going to blow the hatch with dynamite or something.
I took the food back and as we ate came a couple of Swedes who was also in the hostel and talked with them, then stayed for the night for a drink in our room and told us they also had some small problem in color, but nothing serious.

the evening of 25 it rained all night and when we left everything was pretty flooded (on my photo), had even fish! The 26 was our day to walk right by Georgetown, as seems quite western city, has some beautiful buildings like the town hall and a beautiful wooden cathedral, but is the dirtiest city I've ever seen, and the floods it floats away, there were also lots of mosquitoes. The guide put "not get into the zon to Tiger Bay", which is the ghetto of Georgetown, they were there without knowing it, and whether, if it is Chung Chung, I think they were a little freaking out like, "what the hell do these here" nobody told us absolutely nothing, that if we looked at, but we said Merry Christmas Merry Christmas and we responded.
But removing incidents with the 4 racist people we encountered was very polite. Though you got to feel comfortable all the time to take a camera, so we did not do too many pictures, one felt watched all the time.

needed to find an internet site to find a flight that go to Georgetown, ask agent for the street, but everything was closed, a guy offered to take her home for us to see internet, but trust, for very good guy who seems. Finally in the women's hostel let us use the internet, the internet of 56 kbps with which it took 2 hours to buy the cheap, but fortunately we were able to book them.
26 per night had a big party down the street in the center and there were many people and good atmosphere, although whites were counted on the fingers.
As said earlier, the initial plan was to go to Guyana to Brazil and from Brazil to Venezuela, Brazil has to be reduced, because although Venezuela and Guyana are next, they are fought and there is no border between them, but as the road was very bad for the rain decided to change our destiny and we a. ...
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Marie Antoinette at Versailles - Marie Antoinette - Part Six

When girls get to Versailles Marie Antoinette for political marriage with the heir to the French throne, generated great expectations among the people, is as if she brought hope to this unfortunate people, who live in misery for centuries paying high taxes and being exploited by the nobility, all celebrate the arrival of the Austrian princess, she is a symbol of change that old court of Louis XV; expect it as a great monarch like his mother Empress of the Holy Roman Empire Maria Theresa Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, this young girl is about to enter the most splendid palace of the eighteenth century, Versailles cradle of world language, customs finest, all mimic the French style is in vogue all over Europe and new world, fashion, food, architecture, the French court is imposed on all, leaving their mark on each of them, but behind all this beauty is superficial lies a dark world full of intrigue and danger and even more for such a young woman of such high rank.

Palace of Versailles (Actual Picture)

makes its entrance to the lavish Palace of Versailles Hall of Mirrors, a thousand windows, the first lady is the Countess de Noailles severe who is responsible to instruct on the customs label and Versailles, here is the first conflict, she does not live for the label as do the French courtiers.
XVIII century Palace of Versailles (image)

She roamed freely in Austria, but Austrian court was harsh in their protocol after doors rooms of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis Stephen, they could play with their parents had not solemnly talk quietly among themselves and their closest relatives, while in France every move is calculated, this confuses a lot of Marie Antoinette as she is their actions is very natural, and often this is confused by the courtiers who whispered the fresh attitude of Marie Antoinette.

education of the future rests not only heir to the Countess de Noailles but disagreeable and odious in the daughters of Louis XV, Maria Adelaida spinsters, Mary Sophia and Maria Victoria, apparently dealing with very fond of his new niece by marriage, but these three women are spinsters intrigues experts and train your new disciple.

Countess of Noailles (Picture)
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The three daughters of Louis XV did not show any inclination for marriage, they were far superior to any man so that Louis XV could not get rid of these three daughters that he would are a nuisance, in the absence of Queen Versailles, Louis XV's daughters occupy the highest rank a woman in court.
the three daughters of Louis XV Adelaila Maria, Maria Victoria and Maria Sofia.


But anyone who illegally usurps the place of the Queen and is none other than Madame Du Barry, the mistress of King, she is most praised in the palace, is always the first is to be invited to the dances of the most powerful families, we have many gifts, in simple words is the woman France's most powerful despite their humble beginnings and infamous.

Countess Du Barry (Picture)

Marie Antoinette arrives at a court where the mistress of King is king, princes and other nobles by nature calculators prostrate at his feet as they know that if it please the Du Barry King will be closer to listening to his beloved mistress and indulges every whim they have.

In this environment the young girl moves cautiously at first but as you have confidence begin the first problems it can absorb, the courtesans who are displaced by Marie Antoinette began to murmur against him with his attitude so free to be, you can see the girl run rampage their petticoat skirts almost showing and playing with the younger brothers of the Dolphin or the children of the maids of the palace is not expected that glacial behavior and drying the old courtiers of women of the future King of France, she is naive but not stupid, hate being bored and not afraid to do things she wants but you are banned, but always trying to keep the restraint that must have to possess a charge so high it primarily has to charges that his young age, he is young and his attitude is proof of that, when the occasion warranted, she conducts with elegance, but this is not always as they wanted the nobles who surround on all the Countess de Noailles, and for her life only protocol and etiquette, which is why Marie Antoinette mockingly called her severe Bridesmaid "Madame Etiquette."



The teenage Marie Antoinette as Dauphine of France describes one of his days to his mother in one of his letters:

I get up at about 9 or 10 am I get dressed and do my morning prayers, then breakfast and I'll see to aunts, where the King usually find out, this is more or less until half past ten.
At eleven am going to call me then comb my entourage and then everyone can enter except those without quality or name.
I put my rouge and wash my hands in front of all assembled, then retired men, are the ladies and dress in front of them.
At noon he goes to church, if the King at Versailles go with him to church with my husband and aunts. If absent go alone with Mr. Dolphin, but always at the same time after the mass public do lunch, but at half past one already completed, because both eat very fast. I
De a11í rooms dauphin, and when busy, I go to mine, where I read, write or work, as I am making a sucking for King, work that progresses very slowly, but I am confident that with God's help, will be completed within a few years.
At three back along with aunts, with whom, at that hour, is the king of the four is the Father to my room at five o'clock, the master key or singing, until six afternoon.
At half past six back almost always next to the aunts, if I go for a walk. You have to know that my husband goes with me almost always room for aunts. It is played from seven to nine, but if the weather is nice I go for a walk, then do not play in my room, but in the aunts. We dined at nine, and if you are the king, aunts dine with us. But if the present king, after dinner we go with them. We hope the king, that, custom, reaching the quarter to eleven.
But I, meanwhile, I echo a large couch and sleep until their arrival, but if not there, we went to bed at eleven.

This is the distribution of my day. "


The distribution of days of Marie Antoinette is little time for fun, that's what she most craves, she is afraid of boredom, I wanted to be free running, dancing and doing things that were banned, (as every teenager) but to prevent any distraction and offense to the strict etiquette Versailles Madame de Noailles was instructed on how the had to be the conduct of the heir to the French crown, his mother resondra constantly in his letters to use their time on productive things like reading, painting or cultural activity, and its fifteen years still does not speak French well at all and worse it is with spelling, her dear and helpful Abate Vermond have to help you correct your letters, and reading time should instruct becomes time to talk, but who dare to punish or scold the Dauphine of France, learn little or nothing to Marie Antoinette has been forced to grow rapidly, their forced political marriage, women for the title but after all is a teenager like any other. Toinette

She is a victim of intrigues by his innocence and his greatest flaw of not being able to hide his feelings, is in a difficult position in a foreign court in which she will always be the strange, the "Austrian" Maria Teresa since her daughter left knows that he is young, frivolous and light on his actions and can not cope with the complicated political networks Palace that is why the Count Mercy assigned expert in these areas, María Teresa tells one of his letters with great boldness and confidence:



"I fear much too young for my daughter, too much flattery in around him, his laziness and lack of taste for all serious business, and I recommend to you. Since I have full confidence in him, which will check that will not fall into the wrong hands. "


Maria Teresa (Picture)
Count Mercy will be Austria's ambassador at Versailles eye, ear and hand of the empress, thoroughly informed about everything that happens there around his small Toinette, Maria Theresa thus know absolutely everything that happens, every word mentioned, each dress sets, each book they read and not read that occupies his time with the speaker and the indiscretions committed to no other part of Conde two people who report to the concerned mother, who are the Marquise de Durfort and Vermond Abate, this information is treated with utmost confidentiality as Marie Antoinette and her mother knows full all, when you receive a letter scolding her for some situation which occurred.

will be the only person who will have direct influence on Marie Antoinette, in spite of all Marie Antoinette is surrounded by adults and this is what most bored, she and every girl wants the company of other young, but her own husband that is more just for a year is the behavior of a rude old man bored with his life, is lonely and seeking refuge in her husband's younger brothers, Count of Provence and the Count of Artois fourteen and thirteen respectively, with them play in secret and constantly round Madame Etiquette, share costumes, perform plays, have fun in their innocent youth, but Marie Antoinette demands to be bring the dog that was robbed the day of delivery in one of the islands of the Rhine, the Chien Mops feel bored, one day the Countess de Noailles horror discovers an improper attitude in the Dauphine, made up two children in their room, which are nothing less than a servant of the palace in an uproar the girl is dragged around the room playing with them fail in their beautiful, heavy costume.

At all times it would seem that she fights against all that superficial and frivolous atmosphere that is imposed by marriage.