Category: Guyana

Guyana: standby tour, breakfast ordering language barrier

So I can only get standby for today’s trip to Kaieteur Falls.. I guess I should have booked in advance, but was worried about the weather (which, despite 90% rain prediction, has not happened).

I ended up at the same breakfast resto as yesterday, because the other one I stumbled had no A/C (or problems with it) and Wi-Fi wasn’t connecting.
As a bonus, I found the other LP resto for tonight – a coal pot!

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This is my G$1600/US$8 omelette, plus a G$600/US$3 cappuccino.
That red container is not ketchup, but a spicy pepper sauce you see everywhere here.

This place (called Coffee Bean) has the ultra low talking cashier:
Me: an omelette place
Her: would you like _____ with that?
Me: no salt, thanks
Her: no, do you want _____ ?
Me: oh yes, hot sauce please
Her: no, _________ – wheat or white
Me: ah, no toast thanks

Both of these places are dark with minimal windows – no outdoor seating here in this heat!
Come to think of it, there were no establishments near the promenade either, so G/Town has almost no real water view,.

Guyana: they aren’t *that* short

This washroom door handle is just above my knee…

On the flight here from Panama, I said the flight attendant in biz that it looked pretty empty in back, to which replied “no, it’s pretty full, they’re just short.” (he was Panamanian, since Copa is based there; and he was right)

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Speaking of biz I finally received my last upgrade for tomorrow, oh happy days :-)

Guyana: when I say it’s empty…

I mean, of course, devoid of tourists. Besides the French couple at my hotel, I’ve seen precisely 5 Caucasians today.  Which isn’t a bad thing.

But whether I get to see Kaieteur Falls tomorrow or not us questionable, depending on whether or not 2 people from New York made it into the country or not, the after missing a flight.

You see, there are only so many trips by plane, and not daily, with a minimum # of passengers…

So I’ll see in the morning…

And I still don’t have my fourth leg upgraded from GEO to PTY, even though it’s a B737 instead of a smaller E170 like I had coming here. Sigh…

Guyana: hard up for dinner choices

OK, i maybe I could take a taxi somewhere, but to where? 2of the 3 restos on LP seem closed, and the third one nearby is not open now. I’m not going to Popeye’s, Church’s in Chicken, or Quiznos/Marios Pizza, so back to hotel and their all night “BBQ”.

Not like I can walk that fat given thud city’s reputation.

So I have chicken with some kind if greens whose name I didn’t recognize and can’t remember.

The server winced at the amount of hot sauce I put on (wait, i I thought they were known for spicy here)

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Did I mention the blaring music (that made me change rooms after a poor night’s sleep), which as I wrote this is some Bryan Adams song (even though there is nobody else in the patio with me and and only 3 or 4 people inside)

The chicken is tasty, though not quite off the hizzie.

Gyuana: Georgetown from the water

Despite being nestled alongside a large river, there is basically nothing for the public along that shoreline
On the side of the Starbroek Market, I found a mini boat terminal shuttling an endless stream of Guyanans (inc kids in uniforms) across the river, which is several hundred meters wide here.

G$100/US$0.50 and 7 minutes (each way), I had a lovely little scenic “cruise”.
Kudos for making us wear life jackets.
The iconic clock tower is at the heart of the market.

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