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Guyana: donkeys, 2G, churches & history

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This month I had the great opportunity to visit our neighboring country Guyana. I went there with a good friend who knows the place so I had the perfect guide. Flood You see the thing is, the last time I went it was in 2005. Just a few days before my visit there was a flood on the east coast that was devastating to thousands of households. So when I was driving around the smell was very bad -to not use other words- and the water had done some extreme damage to houses, buildings, and graveyards. That's the picture and experience that got stuck in my head. I decided to try to remove this first impression because back then I said that returning to Guyana wouldn't be happening anytime soon. It's a 3-hour drive from Nw. Nickerie to Georgetown We were on the road for 12 hours heading from Paramaribo to Georgetown. And yes, that's way too long, but we had quite some stops along the way. And since we are both drivers we divided the 'job'. Donkey all over Th