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Guyana: Travel from Georgetown to the Pomeroon River in Essequibo- 2016 Video … See map below
NOVEMBER: GUYANA TOURISM MONTH
This video is the product of years of photography across Guyana by Mike Charles, a Guyanese helicopter pilot for over 25 years.
Guyana Adventures: Rupununi: Bob Barker and the Bull
– By Geoff Burrowes
My boss Louis Orella was an effortless cowboy. He was tall and slim, wore horn rimmed glasses and had an infectious laugh and a wicked sense of humour. His slim frame belied the strength that helped him wrestle longhorn cattle and perform strenuous ranch tasks. He was married to a lovely girl called Patsy, who with her sister Clare had lived next door to us in Brickdam, while at school in Georgetown. They lived seven miles away from the main ranch at Manari at an outstation of the main ranch and Louis managed both ranches from there.
One morning before dayclean Louis woke me and said “You should see this!” Continue reading
A community-run wildlife tour shows how tourism can help preserve a remote rainforest and introduces visitors to a stunning array of fauna and jungle vistas
by Kevin Rushby – Sun 27 Oct 2019 07.00 GMT- The Guardian UK
Iwokrama rainforest walkway
Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
– By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
We are in our own bubble. We are disconnected, twittered and photo-shopped. In our world of OMG, LMAO, GTG and WTF, we are by ourselves in a group, oblivious of the world around us. Our universe has shrunk to texts, emails, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instant Messaging, and Skype, and we communicate without lifting our eyes from the small screen.
Conversation has become a thing of the past. Face-to-face interaction, uninterrupted by a hand-held device, is to be mourned. Quality talk is dead. The planet of the apps has taken over. We are witnessing human devolution, according to some observers.
READ MORE: The Death of Conversation – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
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Persons who know me well, or read this column, will know of my admiration and affection for dogs, particularly in the years when I lived in the Cayman Islands on two acres of land in the countryside, with several dogs in the family. Living again in Guyana, and remarried, I have spoken before of the dogs Annette and I have here and how important they are in our lives.
Against that background, I was quite shocked this week to see someone blatantly posting a note on Face-book saying succinctly “Dogs are dumb.” My initial thought was to reply to the person, but I realised that would take considerably more space than a FB reply allows, so I’m going this route instead. Continue reading
Environment: A Gift From The Wolves in Yellowstone – Video
Nature is truly amazing!!!
New York (pix11.com) – A man attempting to smuggle a flock of singing finches was caught in customs on Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
Guyana: My twelve Favourite Photographs of 2019 – by Francis Quamina Farrier
Mayor Muriel Browser of Washington, DC, USA, interacts with 101 year old Plaisance-born, DC-based Geraldine McRae at the 33rd. Annual Senior Citizens Luncheon Hosted by the Mayor, in the Capital of the USA. Mayor Muriel Bowser was most gracious in response to my request for her to pose with the Guyanese centenarian and her two children for this photograph. (Photo by Francis Q. Farrier)
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