Next door neighbor back yard view

Guyana, not the typical vacation spot.

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January 9th 2008
Amazingly, we are in Guyana. We arrived at Georgetown on Friday, Jan 4 at about 9 am after being in the process of flying via New York Kennedy and Port of Spain Trinidad. It is marvellous we can travel so far so effortlessly but, for me, with such trepidation! Guyana is a large country with little of its land occupied. The coastal areas we visited are filled with wonderful people. The main high ... read more

South America » Guyana » New Amsterdam

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Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to black settlement of urban areas and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. This e... ... read more