{"id":8210,"date":"2026-06-21T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2026-06-21T08:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:53:18","slug":"juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8210","title":{"rendered":"Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friday was a federal holiday for Juneteenth, so Mellisa and I headed to Aagman for an Indian food lunch &#8211; it\u2019s restaurant week here in Guyana. We yakked for a couple of hours and enjoyed getting out on a weekday. John and I went back there for lunch on Saturday so he could enjoy it, too! I like that service and food are good, it\u2019s a pleasant atmosphere, and everything is pretty fast (not always the case here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday night I went with John to an event to mark international sea turtle day. Guyana has four of the seven kinds of sea turtles (leatherbacks, hawksbill, olive Ridley, and green). The EMC foundation did a very good presentation on the turtles and talked about their efforts to tag the turtles and track them. It was great to hear how Guyana recruited turtle poachers back in the \u201890s and turned them into wardens to help protect the turtles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6014-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6014-2.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6014-2-300x211.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John gave remarks at the opening of a heath conference this week sponsored by AmCham &#8211; living his best life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"226\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6030-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6030-1.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6030-1-212x300.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8beec8b6-a61b-444a-bf93-2ccf57f81634-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8beec8b6-a61b-444a-bf93-2ccf57f81634-1.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8beec8b6-a61b-444a-bf93-2ccf57f81634-1-211x300.jpeg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John and I finished \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d &#8211; so good! We watched the new Jack Ryan movie and of course enjoyed it. Last night we got hooked on the new season of \u201cCriminal Intent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I signed up for a Great Courses class on photography (free through my library access, yay!). It\u2019s really good and it prompted me to take my camera outside late yesterday afternoon. I\u2019m determined to get better at using my camera before our next vacation! I\u2019ll post some photos below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9135.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9135.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9135-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><figcaption>Curious cow grazing in the neighborhood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9130.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9130.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9130-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Water lily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9131.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9131.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9131-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><figcaption>Great Frigate Bird with the moon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9128.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9128.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9128-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Some sort of palm tree nuts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9137.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9137.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9137-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Dead snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9125.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9125.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9125-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday was a federal holiday for Juneteenth, so Mellisa and I headed to Aagman for an Indian food lunch &#8211; it\u2019s restaurant week here in Guyana. We yakked for a couple of hours and enjoyed getting out on a weekday. John and I went back there for lunch on Saturday so he could enjoy it, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8226,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions\/8226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}