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Postscript: Writing a New Chapter in the Lokono-Arawak‘s History Books I went to Guyana with a single purpose in mind: to see the wonders of the Amazon, from the tallest trees to the most minute of insects foraging along the forest floor, and do it, if possible, on a pauper’s budget. I had already ascertained that travel within the country would be expensive.


With few roads, most of


which are poorly-maintained, trips to the interior would either require lengthy journeys over shoddy dirt roads which cost a lot of TIME or repeated air travel which costs a lot of MONEY. We didn’t have much of either to spare.


Then I came across First Nations


Vacations under a Google search and I found what I was looking for. A homestay vacation in a brand-new eco- lodge, with all transportation included – between the airport and the 60 or so miles to the reservation – and a flight to Kaiteur Falls. Twice the height of Africa’s Victoria Falls and five times as high as Niagara.


Food was included (three meals


a day)…fishing, hiking, birding, biking was included too. Temporary tribal tattooing, mastering indigenous skills and learning how to live off the land…all of that was part of the total package. And so much more. I didn’t expect to arrive


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