AMATUK, VARTUK and six Vidzherong Pina, USA Day One. Since I have not turned their clocks at the exit from Suriname, then woke up an hour earlier than the set. I am located in the service area of ??the hotel guests, the local newspaper in his hands, trying to kill time. The newspaper met the English words that we usually do not use us in the States. Frank, our guide, came to wake me up at six o'clock on Guyanese time, Ashley (from Delaware) and Emily with Ted (from West Virginia) have already sat in the cabin of an SUV. They will be my companions on the ascent of the mountain over the next five days. The girls were Peace Corps volunteers, and Ted came to visit her sister. Roads were normal until the city Linden, we have seen bauxite processing plants, raw material for aluminum. After this, the horrible, dirt, unpaved roads, and we stopped for a meal in a popular local restaurant, it was called ... do not remember exactly, something like "Joe and Ruth." For lunch, we took Guyana meal. They are preparing a dish from svoebraznoe maniokovoy flour, is a Brazilian food. Not much. Frank said that this road leads to the town of Lethem, that is to come back I'll be the same for her. After lunch, we followed on and after 20 minutes stopped at a checkpoint. While Frank was involved in the verification procedure, we were approached by the seller of coconut juice. The road to Mahdia From there we drove on a narrow dirt road, bouncing around the potholes, which have become larger. From Frank, I learned that the road was built by Canadian company. Around the roads grew luxurious wood. In the afternoon we drove to the ferry across the river Essequibo. Managed to cross the river in 15 minutes, the current was quite strong. And again, in front of us stretched a dirt road. We stayed in the Mahdi, a bite to eat and wander through the shop and I bought a map at the tourist bureau. There were colleagues on the work of Emily from Georgetown, and the girls chatted, I walked out onto the street. Once again we hit the road, the road became more narrow, potholes deeper, they were filled with water, the forest was still juicy. This road seemed to never end, thank God, we have SUV. Essequibo River we met a team that will lead us to Kaeteru. They loaded the gear and helped us to jump into the boat. The team consisted of Fred, the boatman, nicknamed The Soldier and another guy. They all came relatives of Frank. A boat trip took place in the beautiful surroundings of vegetation Potaro River, a tributary of the larger Essequibo. In fact Kaeter is part of the river Potaro. It was very hot and so was particularly pleased to put his hand into the water, later reminded us that is home to electric eels and piranhas. Not that they can kill the tourists, just safer to not risk their limb. That's what we were told. We arrived at our first camp, from which you could already hear the roar of the waterfall Amatuk, which is divided into three streams. I think the island where we camped, in the middle. Maniokovy bread We walked and looked around - a nice place with white sandy beaches. Here live the Amerindian (codename Aboriginal American continent - Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts, approx. Perevi.). They make maniokovy bread, and I even paid a one Amerind woman to photograph it. I did not have enough cash with him, and when I paid her only 20 Guyanese dollars (a few U.S. cents), her face reflected dissatisfaction. Ruth, the daughter of a soldier who cooked for us was very smeyatya when I paid for the photo money, she knew that she would oppose. Well. Mahdia dinner was amazing, we had a kerosene stove to light table, a delicious chicken with rice, a good start. I went for a meal, usually on the road in my appetite. Swimming near the waterfall Amatuk Hammocks were equipped with nets, but the mosquito has not been a pleasant surprise. The sky, studded with many stars, produced an incredibly impressed. They seemed to hang so low. We went to bed at 7:30! I stood there for a bit in the dark, admiring stars, and lay down to sleep. In a hammock slept well, from time to time I blew a nice breeze. On the horizon, quite intense lightning flashed, but the rain never happened. Read more:
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