It may not come close to Africa, but South America is a fantastic continent to see wildlife. Not only can you see animals often and at many different locations, at some places you can touch them, caress them, connect with them (in a responsible way!).
In fact, one of South America’s great travel attractions is wildlife.
Wooden crosses, bare wood or painted blue or white, bore the names of the deceased.
Dates of birth and dead were referred to as ‘sunrise’, or ‘dawn’, and ‘sunset’.
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
~Maya Angelou
One of our surprises in Guyana has been its earliest colonial history, which happens to be Dutch.
Why did we never learn anything about Guyana in school? (as we are Dutch).
Read MoreFort Zeelandia on the Essequibo River – Dutch Heritage in Guyana
“An image of the earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.”
~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Read More5 Awe-Inspiring Landscapes in South America – Our Roles to Help Save the Planet
I lean backward, balancing my body on my tailbone, holding my hands under my 45-degree-bent knees. With my feet just reaching the surface I can perfectly balance myself in the river, sitting on the laterite road.
According to our GPS the river should run 1.8 kilometers from here!
Read MoreThe Rewards of Rough Camping – The Perfect Wild Camp in Guyana
Have you ever heard of the Rupununi Savanna in Guyana?
It’s a place where you can just sit and watch the world go by. For hours; for days; for weeks.
Colors are forever changing.
Read MoreThe Sky is the Limit? – The Magnificent Wilderness of the Rupununi
Do you know anybody who doesn’t like peanut butter? I don’t and nobody has ever understood why I didn’t like it.
Neither did I. I just didn’t.
Until…
Read MoreWho Doesn’t Like Peanut Butter? – A Peanut Butter Factory in the Rupununi
In my guidebook I had read about a steel pan museum in Georgetown.
Convinced that a steel pan was a frying pan I wondered why anyone would want a museum about steel pans.
I didn’t give the matter any further thought and ignored the museum.
Read MoreA Museum about Frying Pans? – The Steel-pan Culture in Guyana
We had been driving all day through the rainforest and couldn’t find a place to camp because there weren’t any clearings.
Until we came upon a fork and, in the distance, saw an antenna, which indicated habitation.
Read MoreThe Remains of What Once Was the Largest Sawmill in the Caribbean (Guyana)