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GUYANA The name Guyana (from Arawak Wayana) means “Land of many waters.” Guyana mostly consists of rolling highlands with a low coastal plain and savannah in the south. The highest point is Mount Roraima at 2,835 m. Capital: Georgetown Population: … Continue reading →

Suriname (Surinam, Republic of Suriname is on the northeastern Atlantic coast and bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. Capital: Paramaribo Area: 165,000 square kilometers (the smallest sovereign state in South America Population: 575,990 most live on the country’s north coast in or … Continue reading →

People with Asperger’s Syndrome have an unusual profile of cognitive (i.e. thinking and learning) abilities. Some young children start school with academic skills above their grade level – advanced literacy and numeracy. They are often self-taught from an early age, … Continue reading →

They all share one commonality: the language feels unnatural. Hans Asperger (1944) The DSM-IV states: ‘there’s no clinically significant general delay in language’ but most clinicians consider unusual, specific and more subtle aspects of language an essential characteristic of Asperger’s … Continue reading →

HOW TOO MUCH MINDFULNESS CAN SPIKE ANXIETY By David Robson 4th February 2021 BBC Stress, anxiety, productivity: mindfulness is often touted as a solution to nearly everything. But research shows that you can actually take meditation too far. For around … Continue reading →

The virus is already here Why travel bans are usually the wrong way to curb Omicron Most such restrictions are disruptive and ineffectual On December 31st, 2019, the World Health Organisation was told about a cluster of what appeared to be … Continue reading →

Trinidad Dec 30 – January 4, 2022 Capital: Port-of-Spain Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD). Credit cards are accepted at many stores. ATMs work well. Exchange Rates (xe.com Dec 29, 2021): 1CAD$ = 5.30TTD; 1US$ = 6.77TTD; 1 E = 7.68 Speak. English … Continue reading →

Costa Rica’s pristine ‘Shark Island’ now a massive marine reserve Three times the size of the country’s mainland, the reserve’s abundance of sharks, whales, turtles, and other marine life has been described as an “underwater Jurassic Park.” A whitetip reef … Continue reading →

Bangladesh is a country state in Southern Asia (converging with Southeast Asia), bordering the Bay of Bengal to the South, almost entirely encircled by India to the West, North and East, and Myanmar to the Southeast. Although off the beaten path by virtually any measurement, Bangladesh is populated by friendly … Continue reading →

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar, Chitral, Bannu, Swat, Swabi) Dec 20-21, 2021 Includes the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas) (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province) Primarily Pashtun, the area is very rugged and mountainous yet extremely hospitable. Peshawar- Capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it … Continue reading →