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¶Ê¡Ã¡ø ʶ a Ãę GUYANA, located on the northern coast of South America
The stately Cara Lodge, originally built between Suriname and Venezuela, has one of the largest
as a manor house in the 1840s is now an
elegant heritage hotel that has hosted unspoiled rainforests (with over 900 species of birds) on
British Princes Charles, Andrew, Edward the southern continent. Colonized by the Dutch and then
and Harry, as well as President Carter and
rock star Mick Jagger. The newly opened the British, Guyana achieved independence in 1966, but
contemporary and spacious Guyana remains a member of the Commonwealth.
Marriott Hotel Georgetown overlooks
the Victorian city and the port where the ,X³Èč ùX over lush Amazon rainforest canopy
Demerara River meets the Atlantic. to Kaieteur Falls, the world’s largest
www.caralodge.com; www.marriott.com Walk down Main Street to admire the
unique Victorian architecture (and single-drop waterfall, at 822 feet high
3 '81+: 3 '? +3 elongated Demerara shutters) of and with an impressive 120,000 litres
Georgetown’s tallest wooden structure, the buildings such as the residence of the (per second!) of water plunging over
Prime Minister, the manor house of the the tannin-coloured cliffs. Or jet boat
Gothic-style St George’s Anglican Church,
Anglican Archbishop and the National up the Essequibo River, passing the
competes with the imposing clock tower
Library of Guyana (built by the 19th- many exotic bird-filled islands that dot
that rises above the city’s hectic Stabroek century philanthropist Andrew Carnegie). this mighty tributary of the Amazon,
GUYANA
Market, where one can haggle for local then visit the historic 17th-century Fort
goods, produce, and seafood and fish from XsºčďÑč-XďĜù Zealandia and the remote mining town of
ocean and river, as well as discovering local As the country is mainly navigable via Bartica, finally wading through the cool,
street foods. 0!.ƫ 0Čƫ !+.#!0+3* air or river boat, take a magnificent flight cascading waters of Baracara Falls.
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