Fresh back from Sri Lanka in January, we thought that we were having lunch with Edwardo, but somehow he never turned up, so we had to make do with Auntie Brenda
End of January we had a quick two week trip to the 3 Guyanas . click for the full story
We saw a space rocket take off - wow
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| We took a lot of quite scary small aeroplanes | ,,saw the Kaieteur Falls | Helped Chef Delven prepare and cook a meal | We had a lot of (too) early mornings. But did see strange and exotic animals. |
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| .we saw the Cock of the Rock at Kaieteur Falls | Manatees in Georgetown | Toucans like in the Guinness adverts | Macaws |
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| Red Ibises | Caiman whenever there was a pool of water |
Giant Otters | Giant Anteaters |
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| Giant Amazon Lily pods were big enough to sit on for some people | We motored along countless rivers in dugout canoes | And enjoyed some relaxing in a hammock | We met Melanie, who liked small bears (as well as Giant otters) |
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| We experienced the old Dutch fort in Paramaribo | Man's inhumanity to man. Prisoner reception in French Guyana | We would not want to stay here longer than it takes to have our photo taken | We had a few cocktails to pick up our spirits, we like them |
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| We saw the Ariane6 Rocket Launch | Somerville is still trying to work out why the con trail does not go straight | A rough voyage to Devil's Island | And that is with Devil's Island behind us |
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| We looked round the abandoned prison buildings there | A very good final lunch in Cayenne | And we sorted out the lady from the French Guyana tourist board at the Cayenne Airport | And had an Air France flight that smacked of Ryanair, back to CDG and VAL |
We were back home for a few weeks including dinner with Len and Carol
Before setting off again, this time for the bottom end of Chile, to sail to South Africa with Silver Cloud