We land at Georgetown. A developing city, with characteristics of a village. We feast our eyes on Sta Broek Market; really everything is traded here. It smells of spices, as well as fish and meat, fresh fruit (of all shapes and sizes) and everywhere you can taste something. The people are colorful, pleasant and friendly. Getting through the narrow, crammed with merchandise, maze of paths is quite an experience. Partly covered, but meanwhile extended outward. We walk and ride past Georgetown's colonial hotspots, eating eggballs (best in town) and feasting on curries. In the botanical garden, full of beautiful flowers and plants and a multitude of different birds, we feed the manatees.

We stay in a beautiful colonial hotel, where time seems to stand still. We take a boat excursion down the Essequibo River in a small wooden boat and see a piece of Dutch history. A small plane takes us to the Kaieteur Waterfall; the highest single-drop waterfall in the world. The sound is overwhelming, the view breathtaking.
Then it's time to really leave the city behind and head into the jungle for ten days. We stay in six different lodges and travel across Guyana. We see the most beautiful birds, walk across suspension bridges, wash with the water pumped from the river, see giant otters, a giant anteater, capybaras, different kinds of caimans, snakes, spiders, all kinds of monkeys and giant butterflies. We take beautiful boat trips on the rivers, have stories told about the past and present, sleep with the Yupukari at Caiman House, among others, and get to join them, for research, in catching a black caiman to help collect data.

We met incredibly lovely people, were received very hospitably, ate delicious food and drank the best fruit juices ever. We experienced so much and saw so much beauty, this was a trip never to be forgotten.