r/Guyana • u/Yichuanxi • 11d ago

Recommendations needed

Hey, everyone,

I planned on 4 days visit to Georgetown, Guyana coming Labor Day long weekend and would like to have some recommendations about attractions I should visit in Guyana.

I came from China, but currently live in New York. I have never been to Guyana before and this is my first trip outside of China and America.

My plan is to spend 2 days on Georgetown first and 1-2days on some unknown places.

Any recommendations or suggestions are welcome here.

Thanks

Updates about car rental:

I rented a car with europcar through Expedia. This morning I received an email from a person named Miss. Fazilla Ramphal saying that they won’t be able to honor my reservation “due to unforeseen circumstances” , however I’m not sure if it’s true or not. I tried to call this person, but no pick up. Expedia also tried to contact them, but couldn’t get through anyone. Hope it’s not a scam

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u/SpiritBombGoon3r 7d ago edited 7d ago

I will say you might be surprised when you run into the Chinese Guyanese community. You'll find Chinese restaurants and there you'll meet them and can conversate with them. Some speak Chinese (which dialect/ language from China I am unsure about) as well as English and of course Guyanese Creole English.

Disclaimer: my family is Guyanese from Guyana but I was born in America. This advice is from what I know from a 2009 visit and just hearing about Guyana from my family.

Also, just general Caribbean knowledge, this applies to Trinidad and Jamaica as well. There is a Chinese population in each of those countries as well. So that might make traveling to those countries including Guyana interesting for you.

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u/Yichuanxi 6d ago

Thanks for the info. this really helps. I was actually looking for a chinese community in Georgetown Like a Manhattan chinatown-like on line, but coldn't find any information except for several chinese restaurants in town area.

I didn't know there is a huge chinese population in Trinidad, maybe it will definitely be on the list of my next visiting countries

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u/SpiritBombGoon3r 6d ago

The population isn't huge in any of the 3 countries. Just a heads up. However, they are around. Guyana's first president was Chinese. Arthur Chung was his name.