It is a structure of 3 arches built on 6 pillars at the bottom. The 3 arches stand for the three original counties that made up Guyana – Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice (now the country is divided into 10 regions) and the six pillars stand for the six races in the country – Amerindians, East Indians, Africans, Europeans, Portuguese and Chinese.
He and his wife Carolyn love cycling. When they go out on vacation, they try to do bicycle tours. Given that my 5K race attempt did not pan out, tried the bicycling route myself. Found out a cycle tour company (the only one, in fact) and rented a bike. I was the only guest – so, the tour guide and I did a 10K ride all over the city by ourselves. Learnt a lot about Guyanese history and culture.
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!
Near the waterfall, you can hear loud noises from time to time. If you carefully follow the noise to its source, you will be surprised! These are tiny golden rocket frogs. And they really have an amped up throat!!!
I wish I had my mirrorless camera with me. It was difficult to get too close to the frogs to take a picture.
