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Guyana

2 places
The only English-speaking country in South America, Guyana is culturally Caribbean, its people descended from Indian, African, and Indigenous roots, and almost entirely covered in pristine rainforest. A recent giant offshore oil find is upending one of the continent's poorest economies.

The Coast1 place

Georgetown & the CoastTown · ●●●○○A faded, ramshackle colonial capital of grand wooden buildings and bustling markets, a Caribbean-flavoured city on the…

The Interior1 place

Kaieteur FallsNature · ●●●●○One of the most powerful single-drop waterfalls on Earth, where a jungle river plunges over a sheer cliff nearly five…