Thoughts of a minibus traveller

Hope Mandir (East Bank Demerara) hosted a chowtaal samelan on Sunday 9 February, 2014. There were several goles participating. The programme was opened with tassa drumming from the Amar Deep Ramayana Sangh. Each gole sang from different chowtaals, and followed with oulaara and kabir. The first chowtaal was sung by the Pigeon Island Mandir Gole. The mandir is now in construction stages. The second chowtaal was sung by the Sanatan Vedic Sabha from West Coast Demerara. The next chowtaal was sung by the children of Strathavon Mandir. The members of the Enterprise Vishnu Mandir Ramayana Gole followed with their contribution - Raghunandan Awadh Bihaari.. The children from the East Bank Demerara Prant of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (Ganga Dhara, Farm, Herstelling, Providence) sang next The next group was the Cummings Lodge Industry Hindu Society. Members of the Amar Deep Ramayana Sangh and Rama Krishna Mandir Chowtaal Gole joined to make their contr...

dis tek pun de Internet.. ah know ah should tek me own but.. De customs man at Piarco tell me dat de only ting dey does tek from Guyana is pineapple an' plantain. Ah' meh had  to trow weh de sourie an' de peppah dat ah bring from Guyana fuh me fren because ah de tink ah should ah been straight up pun de customs farm an' seh yes, yes.. ah was bringing food into de twin island republic. But ah shut me mout bout de tennis roll an de chinee cake at de time.. ah tink nuff ah we know how fuh lie fuh de greater good. I aint know why dis deh in meh  head.. pineapple and plantain only... like is how some people mo' wanted dan odders as we move aroun' de Caribbean an' how customs and immigration does mek sure dat we know dat we aint know damn 'one Caribbean' an' how when we talk Caribbean it doan always reflect de whole Caribbean because it does depend pun who talkin' wedder is tourism people or whuh. Ah mean.. we need visa fuh Sint Maarten ...