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Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is a state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Discovered by Europeans in 1498, Guyana struggle has been over for 500 years by the Spanish, French, Dutch, and British. It is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America. Guyana is also a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which has its secretariat headquarters in Guyana's capital Georgetown. Guyana Achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.

Historically, the region known as "Guiana" (Land of Many Waters) was the shield large landmass north of the Amazon River and East of the Orinoco River. Five sub-regions were carved out of the landmass by colonial powers in the late 17th and early 18th century: Spanish Guiana (now eastern Venezuela), Portuguese Guiana (now northern Brazil), British Guiana (Guyana), Dutch Guiana (Suriname), and the present French overseas department of French Guiana. Modern Guyana is bordered to the east by Suriname, to the south and southwest by Brazil, to the west by Venezuela, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean



At 215.000 km2, Guyana is the second-smallest independent state on the mainland of South America (after Suriname and Uruguay). Its population is approximately 770.000. It is one of the four non-Recreation-and-speaking territories on the continent, along with the countries of Brazil (Portuguese), Suriname (Dutch), and French Guiana (French).



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5 DAY KAIETEUR FALLS TREK
DAY 1I forgot to setback my watch when I crossed from Suriname and hence woke up an hour earlier than I should I sat in the front desk area of the hotel reading all the local papers trying to kill time. I get to encounter English words we don't normally use in the USA. Frank arrived to pick me up at 6am Guyana time Ashleyfrom Delaware and Emily and TadWest Virginia were already in the 4WD t
03/11/2010 11:48 AM
THE MADNESS OF GEORGETOWN
Woke up at 345am to get ready for the long border crossing into Guyana. Wen to shower and around 4am I heard a knocking on the oor the shuttle van is here said the reception dude I panicked and rushed putting all my stuff in the backpack I was told pick up time is at 430am half hour early unusual for South America anyway made them wait for 5 minutes and when I got to the van 2 girls were a
03/11/2010 11:48 AM
Land of Many Waters
I love Guyana I have had an amazing month and was tempted to just stay but hopfully one day Ill go back. Guyana means land of many watersso a great place for a water study. Most of our days were spent collecting water samples for Candicersquos project which was a door to door exercise so I really got to see a lot of the village and meet lots of people. In the afternoons we swam in the ldqu
03/11/2010 11:48 AM
Diamonds and Gold
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