Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2021-SEP-17

2021-SEP-23-0844Hrs

I don't know if it was the same highway. We were at the start of the project in Mhadia. When we went to Lethem, we went across to Brazil in a dugout canoe. When I sat in the canoe, the water reached the top of the boat. Carlton asked me if I can swim. When I told him no, he got out of the canoe and came across later. He was still in time to play football against the Brazilian soldiers, whose camp we went to.

Another experience in Lethem. One night rain fell, and we were bitten by some flies that the rain had disturbed. The Kaboro fly. They bit us through our hammocks.

Garth Nicholas 71

Re: Fwd: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2021-SEP-17

2021-SEP-18-0533Hrs

Hi all,

It is with sadness that we mourn the passing of another Mausican. I met her years ago at a workshop and can attest to her professionalism. I didn't know she was a Mausican. May her soul rest in peace and may there be comfort for her relatives.

Barbara Mellowes 66

Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2021-SEP-10

2021-SEP-10-1804Hrs

A few years ago I was in Guyana and took a maxi taxi (15 seater) that went from Georgetown through the forest, through a dirt track from Linden to Lethem on the Brazilian border and was able to walk across the border to Brazil and then take a bus to Boa Vista. I do not know if it is the same road that my fellow Mausicans helped build. Thank you. On the way back I had to sleep in a hammock in the forest. What a memorable journey that was!

Felix Edinborough 65

Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2021-SEP-10

2021-SEP-10-1727Hrs

Thank you Phyllis for informing us of the passing of Wallis Wyke . I will follow the live celebration of her life on You Tube tomorrow

Condolences to her family , may her soul rest in peace .

Eileen Pilgrim 1967 - 1969

RE: Condolences

2021-SEP-10-1425Hrs

Condolences to the family of Wallis Wyke. May God comfort them at this sad time.

Euline Fox-Peters 70-72

Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2021-SEP-10

2021-SEP-10-1401Hrs

Interacted with Wallis on a project...and am glad I met her and saw her professionalism....the wonderful Mausica chain affording this....I am 67-69...she was some years after.....sadness.....

Garth I remember that in august 68 A group of our incoming freshers did go to Guyana on this Forbes Burnham venture...including the great Reynold Davis...who had just come into Haven.....

Good to see the pictures.....Of course, Reynold had chosen the best hostel....No Grell cup for we...

Scratchy

Theodore Lewis 69

RE: Dear announcement

2021-SEP-07-1417Hrs

It is with great sadness that we inform you that our dear friend and sister Wallis Wyke 70-72 passed away last week Tuesday morning after a short illness. May she rest in the eternal peace of Christ Jesus.

Phyllis Mottley 72

RE: July 1970

2021-SEP-07-1318Hrs

When Forbes Burnham was starting the highway that would link Guyana with the rest of South America, he invited students from the Caribbean to start the project. A contingent of students from Mausica Teachers College went. These are some of the pictures.

Pic 1: When we landed in Mhadia where we were based.

Pic 2: The Rhupununi Savannah, with some Amerindian houses.

Pic 3: Kaiteur Falls

Pic 4: Some of us with some who were not from Mausica.

Some UWI students from Jamaica, who were always doing pranks, raided the Taj Mahal, (The name given to the tent where their female students were housed), and stole ALL their panties off the line. Gilbert O'Connor, the calypsonian "Happy", composed a calypso about that within 10 minutes of hearing about it.

51 years later, he still remembers the calypso and sent me the chorus. Enjoy.

Those of us fortunate to make the trip learnt a lot about Guyana and the lifestyle of Amerindians.

Garth Nicholas 71