The World Beyond Georgetown

As we headed along the De Hoop Branch Road, Mahaicony, the driver of the vehicle was pointing out the villages we passed.

Home to some 500 people, Groenveldt, on the West Coast Demerara, is sandwiched between Leonora and Edinburgh and is believed to have existed since the late 19th century.

Sand Reef is located on the Corentyne just aback of Albion Village.

Eccles Housing Scheme was designed for middle and high-income families from urban and rural neighbourhoods around Guyana.

Mes Delices, situated 12 kilometres from Vreed-en-Hoop along the Canal Number One Polder Road, is bordered by Geneve and Jacoba Constantia.

The Coldingen residents who live along the East Coast Demerara public road are said to have lived there much longer than those at Sea Dam or in the housing scheme.

Le Desir is home to a handful of families, most of whom are related and belong to the Islamic faith.

Dagg Point is a community in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni region, a few miles outside of Bartica with 360 residents scattered about its hilly, forested terrain.

Little Biaboo is a picturesque village in Mahaica on the boundaries of Regions 4 and 5, separated by the Mahaica Creek.

Guava Bush Village is on the Corentyne. It is located aback of Albion, between Sand Reef and Toopoo, and has one main road with about five cross streets.

Coldingen is on the East Coast Demerara right between Strathspey and Nonpareil.

Geneve is a small community in Canal Number One between Bordeaux and Mes Delices and obliquely opposite De Kinderen and Uitkomst, because of its small population – less than 100 residents – it is considered a hamlet, rather than a village.

La Bagatelle is the largest and busiest of all villages on Leguan Island.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj Thirty-eight kilometres from the city, sitting between Good Hope and Jonestown in Mahaica is the community of Hand-en-Veldt, home to almost 300 residents.

Now that Bartica is a town, Agatash, a small scenic community 3 miles away, could perhaps be deemed a suburb.

Located on the Corentyne highway just before Adventure Village is the very small, very quiet, very bushy Hogstye Village.

L’Oratoire is a beautiful village in Canal Number One, on the Polder’s road.

Good Hope is a community in Mahaica flanked by Hand-en-Veldt and Helena Number Two; it has approximately 500 residents.

Adventure Village on the Corentyne highway consists of just close to 30 houses with a population of mostly farmers.

L’Esperance is a farming community situated between Noitgadacht and Sans Souci along the Number One Canal Polder road.