The Journey to Rock View Lodge

We made another early morning walk along the main road to see a variety of birds.
After leaving Atta by minibus, we stopped along the road to walk along the Coq of the Rock Trail in the hope of seeing this beautiful bird after which the JLA tour was named. However, we were unlucky. Their appearance is seasonal and related to seeking a mate.
We continued in the minibus to the Rock View Lodge near the village of Annai. Doug and myself stayed in the Macaw Room where Prince Charles had stayed on a visit to the Amerindians about 25 years previously, so I've probably sat on the same throne as King Charles.
I saw a green iguana on a lamppost outside the bathroom window and there were bats on the roof of the verandah.
The Lodge is run by Colin Edwards, an 80-year-old Englishman who went to Guyana on VSO in about 1970. He went to Westminster School, his father being a diplomat. We met two of his sons, two grandsons, and his third wife.
In the grounds, there were starfruit, mango and cashew trees, and we saw the nuts of the latter being roasted and exploding into fire before being eaten.Read more