You may be in the Rupununi If.....you are in Karanambu If....

Well the spin continues, even though it has been a few months, we’ll skip the first half of the year, unless the price is right then I will provide the entire sorted story.
Now for those of you who follow country music……and that is using the term music very loosely, remember the one about “you may be a ………. If”
Well you may be in the Rupununi IF:
You hear “Just Now more than once in any sentence
You see at least 6 people sitting around and they call it a lime
You have to drive because your too drunk to walk or ride your bicycle

You know you’re at Karanambu when :
Your Printer tells you there is a paper jam, then goes on to explain that paper jam consist of a paper wasp nest, 3 spiders, 2 cockroaches, assorted other critters unidentifiable and, the partridge in the pear tree have gone missing.
You ask where the broom is and are told you have to make one out of coconut palm leaves.
Feeding the critters entails catching enough fish to feed 2 otters, and a raccoon. (In other words forget catch and release, you will be mobbed if you return home empty handed) While beating off the cats who resent the other 3.
You’re ask by the local airline to provide a weather report, that is if you can yell loud enough over the radio to contact them in the first place.
If you do make contact and they tell you one time and turn up 30 minutes early and leave, and you’re just starting with two guest who missed the plane. (plane turned around in Lethem and came back to pick up guest)
You learn that the 5 man push (2 men and how ever many children you can roundup) to start the ole Land Rover will be added to the next Olympics.
You think of a leisure morning cup of coffee goes with raking mango leaves in the compound.
You write the spin while sitting on a log pulling weeds out of the same compound you raked earlier.
You have to explain to guest:
That the strange noises they hear at night are NOT vampire bats, but very useful insect eating bats we keep around to help with insect control, although they still don’t get the job done and seem to be a bit on the untidy side.
The spider on steroids in the shower is an employee as well, (flying insect control) and the small snake that seems to like to lay about the place is perfectly harmless, he’s also on the bug patrol.
That Cute big ole frog(locally know as “el Crapo) lurking around , is really a pain in the neck to clean up after in the morning.
That the sand flies and Kabora flies don’t really just lie in wait of fresh white skin……ya right….and yes those red whelps will go away if you just don’t scratch. Ahhhh, gotta love the rainy season. But then again, there is a beauty of it’s own this time of year…..orchids blooming, the savannahs green and lush, river in full flood, and a boat ride through the flooded forest is not to be missed.

You see these signs posted along the birding trails:
Notice:
Due to global warming, Elections in the North, and other assorted things beyond our control, there has been an increase of visitor- Jaguar encounters.
We are now advising all our visitors to take the following precautions;
• Be aware of trees along the trail with low limbs which will allow a quick get away.
• Wear running shoes, bright colored clothing, with strings of garlic tied to your ankles, and small jingle bells tied to your belt or day pack.
• Be able to identify different jaguar scat (shit)
• Cub jaguar scat will have fish scales, bugs, and assorted small animal bones mixed in. This will differ from human scat by being in one small pile where as human scat will be in one long smelly trail, usually because the human has encountered, or at least thinks he’s encountered a jaguar.
• Mature jaguar scat, will be larger, have a faint odor of garlic, contain bright colored bits of cloth, and little bells. The tracks leading away from this scat will usually have at least 2 prints with Nike on the bottom.

You know your in Karanambu if you go on a evening boat ride to see birds, monkeys, and the giant Victoria Regina lilly open and are treated to the Famous Rum Punch and stories from your hostess.
You definitely know your at Karanambu when you see Diane McTurk heading down to the river with two river otters,( one a giant river otter, the other a neo-tropical otter) Diane is world renown for her work with the endangered giant river otters, and of course Karanambu is renown for it’s hospitality and Rum Punch and of course now Shefishs is also here helping where ever needed.
The spin is alive and well and Shefishs is as happy as a clam, or a crab eating raccoon with a bowl full of fresh caught fish.
Stay Tuned, the saga continues. Shefishs 29 Aug 2008