It was Sunday 5 am! I got up and could hear loud noise outside. Pulled the curtains back and it looked like a full festival was in swing on the beach. It was a 5K race.

The day I had checked into the hotel there was a stall in the lobby to collect your 5K race bibs. I went and asked them if I could register. They politely told me that the registration was closed. I asked if I could do race day registration. They told me no. I tried one last time explaining that I am a tourist and this was my first Guayana trip. No cigar!

It would have been really cool if I could have been down there warming up for the race. I have run races in two countries only outside the USA.

Having failed in that – I settled for the next best thing – bicycling!