SOUTH AMERICA - Guyana

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I visited old friends in Guyana in 1999, where the highlight was camping out on a small island in the Esequibo River for a few days, making friends with a semi-wild pecary, and finding a poisonous snake in the kitchen hut. 

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Stradbroek Market, Georgetown Albuouyston, an area of Georgetown, it is best to avoid (my host carried a revolver) Street stalls are everywhere, Georgetown Parika docks
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Kaiteur Falls on the Potaro River -  the largest single drop falls in the world Golden tree frog (toxic) at Kaiteur Orinduik Falls near the Brazil border
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Jungle canopy (a plane had just recently crashed but was not found due to the dense foliage) Collecting water on the Mahaica River Laundry time, Mahaica River Downtown Mahaica
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Kurupukari Landing, Esequibo River Sleeping hut (hammocks) on the Esequibo River Water carriers, St. Cuthbert's Mission (Arawak) Roadkill on the way to New Amsterdam
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Manatees at the Georgetown zoo Our morning visitor

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