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<text>
<title>
Guyana: Travel
</title>
<article>
<hdr>
Background Notes: Guyana
Travel
</hdr>
<body>
<p> Customs, duties, and passage: Visas are required of
Americans visiting Guyana. Travelers need a valid passport and
a return ticket or proof of sufficient funds for onward passage.
A yellow fever immunization is required of travelers coming from
most African and Latin American countries, and polio, typhus,
hepatitis, and malaria shots are recommended for travel to
remote areas. Certain people in business and journalism require
entry permits before arrival.
</p>
<p> Climate and clothing: Summer clothing, including the popular
tieless shirt-jac, is worn year round in Georgetown. A light
raincoat or umbrella is recommended in cool, rainy weather.
</p>
<p> Health: Doctors and hospital facilities in Georgetown are
limited, and medical services throughout Guyana are inadequate.
Malaria is endemic in some areas outside Georgetown. Drinking
water should be boiled. Exposure to Dengue fever also is a
potential health hazard.
</p>
<p> Currency: Guyana's currency is the Guyana dollar.
</p>
<p> Transportation: Although two-lane, paved roads connect
Georgetown with Corriverton to the east and Linden to the
south, many other roads do not meet modern standards. Traffic
moves on the left. In Georgetown, buses are available some times
but do not run regularly. Taxi service is usually available.
</p>
<p> Telecommunications: Telegraph service is available to the
U.S. Telephone service is available in Georgetown, throughout
the settled coastal area, and to a number of interior points.
</p>
<p> Tourist attractions: Kaieteur Falls, four times as high as
Niagara, is located in thick jungle in the interior and is
usually reached by small aircraft. In the southern savanna
plains of the Rupununi, riding, hunting, fishing, and swimming
are available at Manari. Excursions are difficult to arrange--leave them to local travel agents. Guyana is 2 hours ahead of
eastern standard time and does not observe daylight saving time.
</p>
<p> National holidays: Local establishments and the U.S. Embassy
are closed on the following Guyanese national holidays.
</p>
<table>
New Years Day January 1
Youman Nabi early January*
Republic Day February 23
Phagwah early March*
Good Friday and Easter Monday early spring*
Labor Day May 1
Caribbean Day July 5
Freedom Day August 1
Eid al Alzha early autumn*
Divali mid-autumn*
Christmas December 25
Boxing Day December 26
</table>
<p>*Dates varies; check ahead.
</p>
<p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
May 1989.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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