Guyana interglobaal:
Officiële naam: de Coöperatieve Republiek Guyana (voorheen [tot 26 mei 1966] Brits Guiana)
Oppervlakte: circa 214.970 km2. Aantal inwoners: circa 770.000
Hoofdstad: Georgetown
Talen: Engels, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
Munteenheid: Guyana Dollar (1 Euro = 318 GYD)
Tel. internationaal voorkiesnr.: +592
Tijdzone: GMT -3,5 (Nederland: GMT +1)
Visum: nee, tot 90 dagen, daarna verlenging mogelijk van nogmaals 90 dagen via Immigration Office; Ambassade van Guyane, Palace Court 3, GBW2 4LP London, Groot-Brittannië, Telefoon:00-44-20-72297684; Fax:00-44-20-77279809
Reisboeken en Landkaarten
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reisgidsen:
* SMOCK, Kirk - Bradt Guide: Guyana, uitg.: Bradt Travel Pbns. (2008), ISBN 9781841622231, paperback, 256 blz., bevat 23 kaartjes, €24,60
The only guide in English dedicated solely to Guyana. o Numerous activities such as jungle survival courses, river trips to isolated Amerindian villages, birding tours and piranha fishing. o Where to see wildlife, from the million-acre Iwokrama Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development to the lesser-known Kanuku Mountains, one of the last remaining pristine Amazonian habitats.
kookboeken:
* The Carnegie School of Home Economics - What's Cooking in Guyana (2e ed. 2004), uitg.: MacMillan Carribbean, ISBN 9781405013130, paperback, 368 blz., kleurenfoto's, €24,60
This second edition, with a new four-colour format, has been completely revised and updated. There are new recipe sections featuring well-known Indian and Amerindian dishes, and a background to food preparation is also included at the beginning of the book to provide a useful guide to some basic facts about the ingredients that are being used. Accompanied by new colour photographs, this new edition will do much to stimulate interest in, and use of, local Guyanese foods and culinary products that home-makers, amateur cooks and chefs will take a delight in preparing and presenting and, in doing so, develop a culinary skill that is unique to Guyana.
geschiedenis:
* Daly, Vere T. - The Making of Guyana, uitg.: MacMillan-Caribbean, (1974), ISBN 9780333144824, paperback, 224 blz., €12,50
The Making of Guyana is a scholarly, but very readable account of the development of Guyana and its people from the earliest times to the present day.
natuur:
* Fernandes, Robert & Balram Singh -
Birds of Guyana (2004), uitg.: MacMillan-Caribbean (2004),
ISBN 9780333975572, paperback, 90 blz., €13,80
[niet meer leverbaar]
landkaarten:
* ITM, Travel Map Guyana 1:850 000, hoogteaanduidingen, enige toeristische informatie, plattegrond Georgetown €10,95
* ITM, Travel Map Guyanas Region, 1:2.000.000 hoogteaanduidingen (omvat Guyana, Suriname en Frans Guyane) €10,95
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