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I lived in Guyana from 04 to 06 and drove the dirt road to Brazil a few times. Gorgeous country. It has its problems but it has so much potential.

The NY Times has a neat video about that road, I know some of the people on it and all of the places.

It's an interesting debate, the road to Brazil is currently a 1 lane dirt road that takes 12 hours to 2 days to travel and is impossible in the rainy season. It could be a great travel route to get Brazilian products to South America and the US but it cuts through 100s of miles of unspoiled rain forest. There are literally 4 places to stop on the whole road.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/08/world/americas/20100509_guyana_audioss/index.html?ref=global-home

Anyway, enjoy.

My wife is from Guyana. I have been there 3 times and we even went on a day tour of kaitur falls. Her brother works at road buiding so may have worked with him. the interior fo Guyana is very beautiful, and the life style is much more laid back than here in the U.S.

GG

What is it like in Guyana compared to America in terms of standard of living and what the people expect the government to do for them?

WarOne wrote:What is it like in Guyana compared to America in terms of standard of living and what the people expect the government to do for them?

It's one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemesiphere and one of the most corrupt. Violence never reached Columbian levels but it was still pretty bad.

Really bad brain drain there. The people speak English, they have strong ties to the US, Canada, UK and Caribbean so most college graduates leave.

That all being said it is a lovely country and they actually have free healthcare

Guyana is a perfect example of a country that we americans screwed over in the name of preventing the spread of socialism. We didn't want another Cuba, so we sent the CIA in to destabilize the fairly elected government of Cheddi Jagin, in the 60's because he had marxist leanings. So we helped a "pro U.S." regime take over in Lyndam Forbes Burnham. He proceeds to become almost a dictator by fixing the votes and marginalizing the majority of the country who weren't of African descent.

Guyana is a failed state and is partly because of our meddling.

GG

I know that Guyana is part of the West Indies cricketing coalition, and the only nation on the mainland to be part of the West Indies cricket team. I know that they played some games there on the weekend, and that the pitch was fast and gave good bounce, which was a welcome change to what we've seen in 20/20 lately. I know that Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan are both from Guyana.

That's just about everything I know about Guyana.

Yeah.. my father in law and brothers in law LOVE cricket. I don't personally understand the appeal of the game, nor do I baseball.

GG

Cricket, like baseball, is the sort of game you enjoy because you play, or have played, it.

Though I've played both, and I can't stand watching either. It doesn't help that I was far from competence on each field.

dogma wrote:Cricket, like baseball, is the sort of game you enjoy because you play, or have played, it.

Sounds a lot like tabletop miniature games.

malfred wrote:

dogma wrote:Cricket, like baseball, is the sort of game you enjoy because you play, or have played, it.

Sounds a lot like tabletop miniature games.

Specifically, a table top miniatures game where you stand on the table and hit the miniatures at other people in the room using a golf club.