John Kenny's World Cup Diary
Entry 12 - 28 March
After a 17 hour journey from Ocho Rios in the north of Jamaica to Kingston onwards to Miami, Trinidad and eventually to the Cara Lodge hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, I finally made it to Ireland's base for their opening three games of the Super Eight.
It took a little while to adjust after such a demanding day, but being based at the team hotel is great. No more long journeys.
Everything, including the practice grounds and the Providence Stadium, where Ireland will play games against England, South Africa and New Zealand, are within 15 minutes in a taxi.
All the communications so far have worked including the satellite phone, which I set up in the gardens of the hotel, mobile phones and internet access all up and running.
It makes life so much easier. Now all I'm hoping is that the lines of communications work up at the stadium on Friday.
Externally, the Providence Stadium looks great. Inside it's in turmoil.
The South Africa v Sri Lanka game went ahead as planned but the media (I know you will feel no sympathy for our plight) are having a difficult time at the venue.
The stadium and its infrastructure should have been ready months ago, but delays meant the workers were still at the ground while the South Africa v Sri Lanka game was underway.
The Irish media will be hoping that all the teething problems will have sorted themselves come Friday when Ireland face England.
Georgetown, Guyana is an interesting place. Wealth and poverty is a strange and uneasy mix anywhere in the world and it's also prevalent here in the nation's capital.
The local newspaper, the Kaieteur News, is up in arms about BBC reporter Martin Gough who, on arrival here, declared that 'the next 16 days would be no holiday', adding that many of the locals will be denied access to the games because tickets were costing the same as the average weekly wage, around $50.
In a front page article, the Kaieteur News called Gough's piece 'Gutter Journalism', saying that his description of Guyana could have been written by 'a half-wit mental asylum patient in the UK'.
Strong words for Mr Gough who obviously hasn't ingratiated himself to his hosts.
Thankfully, the local reporters here have had nothing but kind words for the Irish press and players so far.
I wonder who the Kaieteur News will be shouting for when Trent Johnston's side face England on Friday?
