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Guyana, North-East of South America.
By Mark on March 2, 2009
This is a post about Guyana in the north-east of South America, 500 miles or 800 km from north to south, and from east to west it is about 285 miles or 460km. It is bordered by Brazil to the south and south-west, Surinam to the east and Venezuela to the west. Most of the country is covered in rainforest, but nowadays the trees are coming down at nobody’s business, what a shame.
Guyana was under British rule from 1831 to 1966, then in 1970, Guyana became a nominally cooperative republic.
To learn more about Guyana please refer to Wikipedia.
This is a satellite image taken from Google Earth of the South American country, Guyana.
This is a Youtube video of the national anthem of Guyana.
This is a panoramio picture of main street avenue in Georgetown the capital of Guyana.
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Posted in South America | 9 Comments
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9 Responses to “Guyana, North-East of South America.”
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
3:48 am on March 3rd, 2009
Wow, there’s a country I never knew about! Thanks!
5:44 pm on March 3rd, 2009
Cool, hey Nick, and it used to belong to Great Britain and it is the only english speaking country in south america, but it is a very poor country.
4:04 pm on October 13th, 2009
Hey guys i’m from Guyana altho we are a poor country we are rich at heart, it’s a great tourist destination, warm and loving people (people from six different races), we all have our bad times..but over all for site seeing it’s great..cost of living is bad but we make ends meet….
6:03 pm on December 11th, 2009
I love Guyana. I only learned about this country this year when I met my fiance. I traveled there and it’s a beautiful place with wonderful loving people. I am heading back in about a month.
7:03 pm on December 13th, 2009
Thankyou both for the wonderful comments, regards, Mark.
12:47 am on July 19th, 2010
Hi My boyfriend is originally from Guyana although his family moved to North America when he was about four. He said that Guyana was extremely poor and it has become a main port for drug smugglers and there is hardly any legal work. It is such a shame that a country with such potential is heading down this path. Guyana needs some major investment in order to create jobs. It should not come at the expense ot cutting down their rainforest which a lot of tourist love to see. We have already cut down enough of the worlds lungs (the rainforests of the Amazon etc)
7:29 am on July 19th, 2010
Sadly Angela, it is true, that is life and sometimes even when the richer nations help the poorer ones, the money does not always go to good use. Cutting down the rainforest appears to be an easy option and that will always be sadly, thankyou for your comment, Mark.
2:22 pm on September 16th, 2010
i am a Guyanese and i am proud to be on, i find that may Guyanese that leave our shore and go abroad, do lots of damage to the image of Guyana.
we are a lovely diverse culture that have a lot to offer, like birdwatching and travel into the interior. each country has its problems and i know that mine is no different. i am not good with politics but i do believe that most of our problems have to do with our government, we do have drug trade but so does large countries like the US… our government is also promoting a new plan of action for our rain forest( and i say ours.. lets not talk about the rest of the world and how they cut down their forest).. please read more about the Low Carbon development Strategy…
please don’t call my country poor… we make it how best we can… we are a developing country.. i would encourage other to come and see my country don’t stick to the coast… travel see more of Guyana, the flora and fauna and then tell me who is poor or rich…
i am sorry if my tone is sound a but angry but it make me upset to see people belittle my humble home. i too will be leaving these shores soon and but i promise that i will be truthful to my home and always proud of my beginnings
7:27 pm on October 1st, 2010
TO be a guyanese u have born here,so dont bad talk my country. Thanks