We had chosen to stay at the cheapest guesthouse we could find in Georgetown, but it was actually really nice inside and reasonably close to everything. Outside of the guesthouse wasn't as nice. The city of Georgetown is tired and dirty. As it actually sits below sea level, Dutch built canals run though it, though the water in them is stagnant and full of garbage, though amazingly fish survive in them.

The streets are tarred, though finding a street with a footpath is a bit of a lottery so most of our time was spent walking in the dirt on the side of the road, or if that was taken up by street sellers, then on the road itself.

On our first evening we went for a walk into the downtown area to withdraw some money and checked out a few buildings while we were there. The Town Hall, a lovely old wooden construction, was completely falling apart. A sign outside said it was in the process of being restored but there was no evince of that. The High Court next door was a bit better kept.

We also went to look at the Starbroek market. The area out the front was chaotic with people and vans everywhere. The market itself had closed for the evening except for a section beside the main building, and walking through that area was one of the first times we really felt uncomfortable walking around. We were called "white boy" and "white girl" quite a bit, followed by a bit of a glare, so we didn't stick around.

We had been communicating with a guy called Navin, about arranging a tour to Kaieteur Falls, but had trouble confirming anything with flaky WiFi. Once again we had no WiFi that evening, but the next morning we were able to get online. Navin was on a trip but asked us to contact his wife Oma which we did, and were able to arrange to start the trip the next day.

Oma took us to an ATM so we could pay the deposit, and also showed us a few things around town which was nice. Their son Brandon gave us an insightful tour of the local zoo, whereby he would read the sign about an animal, then tell us as if he knew this information already. It was good to see anyway, especially since we don't have much luck spotting things in the wild.

One of the main things we wanted to see were the manatees, a seal kind of creature that are kept in a pond outside the zoo, however they had all decided to go to sleep and hide under the water as we didn't see a single one!

They then dropped us at a restaurant for dinner, which we thought was going to be way over our budget, seeing we didn't met the dress code and had to sit outside on the balcony, but we were able to find some cheaper menu items and had a really nice dinner.

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