Boating and Twenty 20
on Kate in Guyana (Guyana), 04/May/2010 12:20, 34 days ago
Had a great weekend at Rockview. It is on the Esseauibo River, which at this point is about a half mile wide, but there are huge islands which make it narrower. Another VSO has a flat bottomed boat there, which you paddle like a Canadian canoe, so that was great. We went upstream, as the current is a bit strong to venture down where there is faster moving water leading to rapids. We hoped to see monkeys, we heard howler monkeys but didn't see them. They have a spooky howl which reverberates around very early in the morning. We hunted for cayman - in the day and at night with a torch. We went into backwaters and swampy bits - I think I saw one slipping along about three feet long. We did have good views of red and greeen macaws, night hawks, toucans. I'd say there is more wildlife to be seen on the River Lugg! We are spoilt by watching too many wildlife programmes on the TV, we expect to see something around every corner.We went to the Twenty 20 cricket yesterday, West Indies v England. It was in a huge stadium, all very well set up and organised. It rained a few times so the match was a bit messed up, but there was an exciting ending - they had to get 30 runs off 22 balls. The crowd went potty as the West Indies hit a good four and a single to win.