i had mentioned before that I wanted to post some pictures of the seawall and the Dutch architecture here, so i spent some time riding around taking shots yesterday.
i know that it sounds very exciting and exotic to be living along the coast, especially for us land-locked albertans, but in actuality most people avoid the seawall ‘beach’ area. At the right angle, I could fool you into thinking that it’s kind of a nice area, but the reality is that it’s not. it tends to be a bit of a dodgy place to be (we often read sensational stories in the paper about people being chopped or hacked up at the seawall) and it’s filled with garbage, dead animals, and homeless people.
the sea is a really muddy brown, which they say is from all of the sediment that is stirred up from the mouth of the amazon river. at the beginning of our time here i had difficulty believing that a river so far away would affect our waters here, but since seeing how massive the rivers are here, i have a new appreciation for the power of south american rivers.
prior to being a british colony, guyana was run by the dutch so there is a lot of dutch influence in the architecture. around the countryside there are dutch style dams and dutch named towns. here in georgetown, the stabroek market is one of the famous landmarks.
side note: i made my first (and likely only) guyanese television debut on the weekend! i was interviewed by the local news about the renovation project that i did at the palms geriatric home. check out the clip here! Hi | Lo