Since we’re on the subject of Guyana, maybe you remember when I posted about touristing in Georgetown, I mentioned that I’d been told there were manatees in the National Park, but I hadn’t actually gone to see them. Well, that hasn’t changed. I have, however, now seen the herd of manatees in the Botanical Gardens [...]
Category Archives: Guyana
Yuh Using?
August 5, 2010 – 10:24 pm
Tell me honestly. What would you think if someone asked you that out of the blue? Well…perhaps not out of the blue…but at a fast food restaurant, after you’ve placed your order. When I first came to Guyana, I was staying at a hotel-type place until I found a place to live. I didn’t fancy [...]
Copyright, Blogging and the Media
April 7, 2010 – 9:56 pm
This is a post that is long overdue. Very long. Georgia Popplewell of Caribbean Free Radio posted today (with the absolutely perfect title “photos don’t take themselves“) about two Trinidad and Tobago publications using one of her photos, without permission and of course without credit (Newsday even placed their watermark on the photo!). TriniGourmet, with her usual [...]
Touristing in Georgetown, Guyana
March 17, 2010 – 9:59 pm
I have been living in Georgetown for almost 5 years now* and I have never really blogged about the city…I think that it is perhaps somewhat normal to take your immediate surroundings for granted. When I travel say, to Grenada for a business trip, I have limited distractions to take me away from pointing my [...]
Kaieteur, in the Pakaraimas
February 11, 2010 – 11:31 pm
If it is one thing you should try to do when you visit Guyana, it is visit the Kaieteur Falls. Deep in the interior of Guyana, amid the Pakaraima Mountains, the reddish-brown clear water of the Potaro River falls a staggering 741 feet straight down. Among the highest of the world’s single drop waterfalls, it [...]
Overheard on a Plane
February 10, 2010 – 5:56 pm
On a flight from Guyana to Trinidad last week, the passenger behind me seems to be in possession of exciting new technology. Pilot: Good afternoon from the flight deck. We are just awaiting air traffic control clearance and should be taxiing off in about 5 minutes, so we are on schedule to arrive on time [...]
Last minute surge for Divali
October 16, 2009 – 11:32 pm
Well, a couple days ago my blog stats suddenly spiked. It’s not Eid (Eid ul Fitr was a few weeks ago, and we have some time before Eid ul Adha). As usual, even if I didn’t know, the almost single-minded focus of the searches would clue me in. Yes, it’s Divali, the Hindu Festival of [...]
It’s ‘Id ul Fitr!
September 19, 2009 – 11:43 pm
Eid Mubarak everyone! Ramadan has come to an end, and at least I caught the beginning and the end on the blog Never fear though, I was at least trying to fulfil the requirements of the month, fasting, prayers etc…not a whole lot of focus on food (that’s what happens when you balance work with [...]
No Cattle Allowed
May 21, 2009 – 8:19 pm
Ok, perhaps this might sound like another “paranoid’ warning about the nefarious alien bovine plots for the Earth. But people in Guyana must clearly be in the know more than I knew! For here is a sign that has tickled my interest and raised goosebumps. “No Cattle Allowed” at the entrance to a residential area [...]
Tastes Like Home is OUT!
November 29, 2008 – 11:55 pm
Cynthia, of Tastes Like Home , with the gorgeous photos and delicious foods, has published her Caribbean Cookbook and it is available from Amazon.com from November 30, 2008! it will be released on January 23, 2009! Until then you can order the book from the publishers. Cynthia is a Guyanese, living in Barbados, who writes [...]
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