Guyana

Guyana (or rather the three Guyanas: ex-British Guyana=Guyana, Dutch Guyana=Suriname, French Guyana=French Guiana) have long held a certain attraction for me as a travel destination. 

In recent years, the territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana escalated to the point where Venezuela threatened to take the oil-rich Essequibo region by force and Venezuela actually held a national refererendum in which voters overwhelmingly supported the annexation of the region. As a result, I put Guyana at the back of my mind. Now is the time though and Venezuela's Maduro is too preoccupied with Trump's geopolitical gymnastics in the region to force the issue right now.

I am looking forward to the food in all three countries. Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana already gives a strong indication, but I remember going to a Guyanese restaurant in New York where one item on the menu was supposed to be so spicy, that if you managed to eat it, it was free!


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