UK vs Guyana
Things I won't miss from Guyana:
Sweating indoors
The sun being too hot to be outside
Mosquitoes
Mosquito bites
Mosquito sounds
No McDonald's
No Domino's Pizza
Slow Internet
Cockroaches
Smelly drains
$1000 notes being small enough to be not worth that much, but big enough to add up very quickly when you spend them in quick succession
Things I will miss from Guyana:
Warm evenings
El Dorado 5 year old
Banks Beer
The Pegasus Swimming pool
Always being within earshot of some Dancehall/Chutney any time, day or night
The Jungle
The Savannah
Taxi rides for £1 any time
Doing pretty much whatever you want
Not wearing a jumper most of the time
Roti and curry
Jerry's bar, open 24/7
All my Guyana friends
So what have I noticed since I've been home? Well...
Spiders
I'm not a fan of spiders; and despite being the home to the largest spider in the world I never came across any in the city (although a few in the jungle, but they belong there and I don't!) Within my first few nights of being at home I've had to get the cup/cd case combo out to remove one from a wall it definitely shouldn't have been on.
White people
Unlike Guyana, I don't generally know/recognise every white person I see on the street. Today I went for a stroll around Camberwell and still felt a "oh, a white person, who is it?" feeling for each person.
Daylight
As we move towards British summer, the days are getting longer. Being a near-equatorial country Guyana has close to 12 hours of daylight all year round. So getting very hungry when it appears to be mid afternoon is quite confusing, but in fact it could be 8pm.
Other bits
The taxi home from the train station when going home cost me the equivalent of $4500 Guyana dollars as opposed to the $300 it would have cost me in Georgetown
Transport is now a major part of planning an evening out as opposed to just calling a cab
The ambient temperature is MUCH COOLER although it does have the advantage that you don't permanently feel like snoozing in a hammock and drinking coconut water
I sleep under a duvet again
I'm having Country Crisp with fresh milk for breakfast
I won't be wearing flip-flops for a while
It's no longer too hot to exercise during the day although the "lie down until the feeling passes" mantra still works upon feeling like going for a jog