Guyana, Guyana Travel Blogs

Guyana
Dec 20, 2005

We spend approx 3 weeks here

The Local Bar Scene
Oct 3, 2006

... me, I am now going to be co-facilitating the national youth aids conference that is going on in December. The neat thing about Guyana is that I get the opportunity to work on these awesome projects, and I am doing this one with someone else that is only ...

An action packed Sunday
Nov 27, 2006

... day of the weekend. There was a football match going on in the day, so we were off to Bourda Stadium to watch the game, Guyana won 3-2 against Trinidad & Tobago. It was so neat to be in the stadium, they love their football here. At the end of the game ...

Across the great divide
Sep 4, 2007

... is a pleasant enough place though, with a pretty safe feel. It is set in the savannah grasslands of south-western Guyana with a stunning backdrop of the Kanuku mountains - apparently a wildlife-rich habitat full of waterfalls and beautiful scenery. I say ...

First Weekend
Sep 18, 2006

... Ocean and hung out on the seawall. We were called to another party and I walked in and I think every white person in Guyana was present, it was pretty funny. It was a farewell party for someone who worked for the Canadain Commission. Met someone from ...

Kaieteur Falls; Oh my God!
Oct 25, 2009 (17 photos)

... . Here it was just one of those things you can eat, no big deal. As we did not want to add to the decline in Guyana's fauna we had chicken, there seemed to be plenty of those. After a few hours we turned off towards Madhia - or we would have ended up in ...

Another weekend in Georgetown
Oct 16, 2006

Well last week was nothing to write home about, just worked, and hung around, nothing that exciting. Friday night I went to a farewell party for a foreigner that was going back to England, didn't stay all that long, foreigner parties are never all that ...

Kumuni Creek, Arawak village
May 22, 2006 (5 photos)

... on the way in. Met with the PAHO healthcare worker at the clinic and toured the facility, determining needs (everyone in Guyana so far has needed test strips for unused glucometers-can't use meter without strips). Bought crafts, then ate breakfast, then ...

Leaving Guyana
May 24, 2006

... , arrived an hour later after being awakened by Otis. Now an hour late to the airport, and with VERY FEW flights out of Guyana per day, we were pulled over at a checkpoint manned by Guyanese soldiers wielding AK-47s. I wanted a picture, but the other ...

Iwokrama Rainforest
Jul 28, 2006 (41 photos)

... med students volunteering here for the summer, Peter and Evan, and Monica, another CIDA intern working with a different project in Guyana. A South African man working for a pharma company also was with us for most of the weekend. It was rough getting ...

Arrived in Guyana
Jul 3, 2006 (3 photos)

Arrived in Guyana very tired and was met by our IT/ComputerGenius intern Alam and the project driver. Headed to Georgetown, about 45 minutes away. I was put up at a rather well protected hotel, which apparently used to be the Russian embassy.

Arrive tour public hospital
May 17, 2006 (3 photos)

... day. The coastlands are all below sea level, so lucky the Dutch were the first Europeans to colonize! I suggested to U of Guyana people that they send a contingent to New Orleans to share their expertise. Saw parrots again this a.m. in the park out ...

Kaieteur Falls
Sep 25, 2006

Well I am wasting no time jumping on the tourist bandwagon here in Guyana. This weekend, myself and 9 other Canadians hopped on a 16 seater plane and flew into the Amazon rainforest. We went to visit Kaieteur National Park which has the tallest free ...

Getting Settled In
Sep 16, 2006

Hey Everyone Well I am here and still kicking! It has been a whirl wind of activity ever since I have gotten here. The flight was ok, didn't sleep much, but it was only 8.5 hours so I can't complain. My apartment is bigger than some of the places ...

Stricken with
May 23, 2006 (1 photos)

... sick, maybe from swimming in black water creek yesterday? Good-rumors are if you drink from the Kumuni Creek, you will return to Guyana! The rest of group toured a girls orphanage and reported it was heart-rending. I {heart} Imodium! That and good old ...

Georgetown, Guyana
Jun 14, 2007 (9 photos)

Georgetown is Guyana's largest city. I stayed at the Le Meridien Pegasus and the staff service was amazing. They went out of their way to make me feel confortable. Too bad I couldn't see the city at night, the only free time I had, because unfortunately ...

Speedboating
Feb 27, 2007

Two weekends ago I traveled by speedboat to the interior town of Bartica. It is possible to arrive by car, however the condition of the road makes it a long and sometimes impossible (impassible?) journey. We drove an hour out of Georgetown to arrive at ...

The Last Two Weeks
Oct 29, 2006

... was recorded. It was awesome though, I was beaming afterwards. This weekend was Guyexpo, it is a trade show showcasing everything Guyana makes. It was cool, went there on Friday night, there was live entertainment on a stage, a big beer garden and lots ...

Georgetown Calling
Oct 18, 2009 (8 photos)

... the conditions allowed. In this case, the road itself was good but there were quite a few obstacles. Animals, to be precise: Guyana doesn't seem to have quite grasped the concept of the 'fence', with the result that every type of farm animal wanders into ...

Return to Guyana
Jan 21, 2007 (9 photos)

... who don't know why I am here in the Caribbean, I mean South America, I will let you know. First a little recap on Guyana. Guyana was formerly a British colony-a sugar cane colony and is well known in the UK for Demerara sugar (Demerara is the main river ...

Time Flies!
Nov 19, 2006 (8 photos)

... On November 5th I went to this really big Reggae/Soca party at the National Park, which was a blast. Pretty much everyone in Guyana is an amazing dancer. I'm pretty sure they start dancing in the womb. You'll see little 5 year old boys dancing better that ...

End of Term 2!
Apr 3, 2007 (9 photos)

... it's almost the last term already...very scary how fast time flies sometimes. As I get more comfortable living and teaching in Guyana, the time just goes faster and faster.  I am definitely enjoying each minute though, and have learned and gained so ...

Past the halfway point
Nov 10, 2006

Well the end of Guyexpo was just as good as the beginning. It was so busy every night I went there. Everyone goes out almost every night to these kind of events. The Blue & White party was a lot of fun. All the local bands come out and sang, it was so ...

Arrival in Frienship!
Aug 19, 2006 (5 photos)

Today we (Tiffany and I) finally arrived in Friendship, the village in which we'll be teaching. The end of orientation was both exciting and sad -- it's exciting to get to our schools, but sad to leave all of the people we've met and made bonds with these ...

A few lessons
Feb 4, 2007 (8 photos)

... nbsp; I have still not seen a working stoplight.   Communicating:   As I may have told you before, Guyana is the only English speaking country in South America.  In general, communicating is not a problem.  Here are ...

Rainy season! eek
May 24, 2007 (17 photos)

Hi! So term 3 has been going well so far, although time is flying and I can't believe it's almost June! I'm getting my students ready for their National Grade 9 Exam, which starts June 18th. Lots of studying and review. It is currently rainy season, so ...

Starting all of the "lasts"
Dec 16, 2006

... going to the movies.  I don't know what it is about fish shops here, they just love them! I am taking most of next week off to do sight seeing and shopping, and just soaking up as much of Guyana as I possibly can, I sure am going to miss this place!

Kaieteur Falls
May 20, 2006 (5 photos)

... and wearing my now very sad straw hat. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHT after we touched down on the little airstrip in our Trans Guyana Airlines one-prop plane and began our hike to the Falls, I heard a familiar noise--PARROTS!!!!!!! Malcolm, our pilot/ ...

Week 1 of Orientation over!
Aug 7, 2006 (17 photos)

... we've learned that a big problem in the country is that the majority of people who get a University education end up leaving Guyana for the U.S. or someplace else...kind of like a big brain drain. So i was so encouraged to hear this guy be passionate ...

Baganara - Work Retreat
Oct 13, 2006 (20 photos)

CSIH retreat for TB workers in Guyana.  It was held at a nice resort on an island on the Essequibo river.  Around 60 people went including CSIH staff and Canadian consultants, Guyanese TB doctors, nurses, lab techs, and outreach workers.