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One of the most famous Guyanese delicasy is the pepperpot. It various from household to household, and can be made with beef, chicken or fish.
Veronica, our host in Surama village, really wanted to share her traditions with visitors, but ours was the first group to whom she had dared to serve the pepperpot. The dish it is served in had been in her generation for centuries, and she was very fond of it. The recipe is her own, with fish and fiery little chillies (the small yellow "bits" in the bowl that look like sweetcorn - my were they HOT!!!!). The dish is served with thin, crispy cassawa bread, and is absolutely delicious! Veronica was very nervous to see what our reaction would be like, and she was so pleased that we appreciated her traditional cooking, that she has decided to make it a regular feature with tour groups! Leave a Comment
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The road into the interior of Guyana and further across the border into Brazil, has been built to carry logging traffic. Brazil apparently offered to pay for a proper road to be built, on the understanding that they would get a one mile stretch of land either side of the road! That is an awful lot of land! The Guyanese government did not agree!
Another great worry to environmentalists is that logging companies from Asia, having devastated their own tropical forests, are now searching for new sources of timber. Leave a Comment
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In the villages, it is not just a case of nipping down to the local convenience store for those last minute purchases, not can you buy in bulk and freeze!
All the vegetables are locally grown. Most families only hunt wild animals as and when they intend to eat them, and then sell the remainder of the meat to the other villagers.
My lunch consisted of:
Eddoe - the grey veggie bottom right
Plantain - the yellow stuff bottom left
Pumpkin - the orange stuff
Okra - the green vegetables
Pumpkin cake on the left.
The sauce on top of the vegetables was made from coconut. Leave a Comment
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The local Macushi comminity in Fairview Village, use the slash and burn method to create arible land where they can grow vegetablers, mainly cassawa.
Within Iwokrama, this is sustainable and controlled, unfortunately that cannot be said for more large scale slash and burn agriculture elsewhere in the country. Leave a Comment
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The local Macushi people still hunt using the traditional bow and arrows. The main prey are the smaller mammals such as agouti or maybe tapir if they are lucky.
Seeing Bernard walking towards us with his traditional hunting equipment, it seemed somewhat out of place for him to greet up with a firm "Good morning!" Forgetting that English is the official language of Guyana, you don't expect a greeting in your own language!
Bernard also works on an ad hoc basis as aboatman ferrying tourists around. Leave a Comment
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People who lived in Guayna as far back as 7,000 years ago, left alasting legacy with these petroglyphs near Iwokrama. They are only accessible by boat at low tide (dry season). Very little archaeologial work has been carried out in order to try and find out more about the people who libved in this area in the old days. Leave a Comment
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Outside of teh cities, cooking is usually done over an open flame, often on make-shift fires. It never ceases to amaze me, how someone can rustle up a meal for 20 people over a small fire! Leave a Comment
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My all time favourite meal in Guyana was pepper pot, an Amer-Indian stew that is the national dish. It was made in Tusenang by Camille, the wife of our guide, Thomas. We waited patiently while the beef was stewing in a sauce of peppers, cinnamon and cassava root. It was served with hot bakes: delicious bread fried in lard. Leave a Comment
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Once you're in the hinterland, the facilties are few and far between. Mostly, you use the bush. You should bury your faeces six inches deep and burn any toilet paper.
Some places may provide a basic latrine, such as this one on the photograph. Leave a Comment
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As we were trekking from one village to another in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana, we came across a very small settlement of about two families and saw these birds for the very first time. They are called Gray-winged Trumpeters and I was told they can be tamed and kept as "watch dogs" to protect children and babies not just from strangers but from snakes, as they are very adept at killing them. As we passed through, these birds made sure we didn't come too close and made quite a racket if they felt threatened. Leave a Comment
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on November 3, 2004
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