http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/Lethem/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Guyana , Lethem en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:09:16 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:09:16 UTC I experienced Lethem at a time when it is probably nothing like a Lethem that the locals know Rodeo time. Lethem is so far from Georgetown it's practically Brazilian. The shop signs are in Portugese and English there is a Brazilian restaurant and many people speak Portugese. Lethem's roads tracks are all red. Anywhere you walk you get covered in red dust. And you have to walk a lot beca http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Guyana/Lethem/blog-205275.html The immigration officer looked up from the Brazilian passport he was leafing thru. His eyes were still red but they registered surprise to see us back again so quickly. He had stamped us out to Brazil only three days before. Again we got preferential treatment before the file of waiting Brazilians and while he stamped us back in into Guyana he complained about working nonstop since 7 am. It was http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Guyana/Lethem/blog-194355.html As I'm cruising at 28000 ft I thought I'd indulge in some light reading on Georgetown the capital of Guyana before I landed. The first paragraph of the Lonely Planet reads Georgetown is dangerous. Period. Street crime often violent is common. Never go anywhere alone..... Never go out after dark.... Marvellous. These things tend to be overblown just to cover their own backs but its a bit http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Guyana/Lethem/blog-189280.html Mrs. Foo cooked us a good breakfast and we walked around town doing a little souvenir shopping. I bought some guava jam and a couple little handmade things. We went back to the guesthouse packed up said goodbye to Mrs. Foo and walked to the airport. We checked in at the airport and had some time to kill before the flight. The Internet caf was open so we checked some email and sent a few and http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Guyana/Lethem/blog-143152.html Today was pretty much the same as yesterday. Mrs. Foo cooked breakfast and we headed to the hospital. Because it is a normal working day here I lost my desk by all the windows and got stuck in a little room with half a desk and few windows. It was a little stuffy but bearable overall. I saw about 30 people. Some were just picking up the results from their last test and some were new patients wh http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Guyana/Lethem/blog-143121.html Mrs. Foo cooked an excellent breakfast for us this morning oatmeal eggs sausage hot dogs and toast with guava jam. I wasnrsquot so sure about the jam since I donrsquot eat many fruits but it was excellent I am going to try to find a couple jars in town before I leave. The whole team headed to the hospital to start work. I spent a little less than 4 hours registering patients. I get all http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Guyana/Lethem/blog-143120.html Georgetown to LethemGeorgetown to LethemGeorgetown To LethemBecky We took a taxi to Ogle Airport to leave for Lethem. We checked in at 9 a.m. and our flight left a little after 10. It was the smallest plane I have ever flown in. There were 4 rows of 3 seats and only 1 pilot whom we could see the entire time. From the air we saw only rainforest until we were eventually over the savannahs and landed http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Guyana/Lethem/blog-142514.html