I once lost my small purse in a NYC transit bus while traveling, some time in 2014 or so and was surprised to receive a telephone call from a Guyanese bus driver, telling me he found my purse in the transit bus!!! He duly returned the purse with my things in it.
Just got back from Guyana and loved it! I forgot repellent one day and came home with about 20 huge bites all over my arms and chest! Never forget repellent when in Guyana.
With it's oil money wealth one would think or hope the Guyana government will spend some money on addressing the crime & safety issues. Concerns over personal safety is a major obstacle to attracting visitors, tourists and , businesses wishing to invest. That being said, Guyana's crime issues are quite similar to a host of countries, some just as bad, some worse. Every country have their seedy areas, even those pushing their safety records. It is up to individuals to use common sense & what this gentleman says makes a lot of sense. He is not giving the country a bad name, he is advocating caution - Do's & Do not advice.
How many foreigners and tourists, actually, get robbed in Guyana? Not many! But that is not to say you can’t. Unfortunately, you just cannot be flashing your jewelry, money, cellphones and etc. out in the open. Local Guyanese and Guyanese coming back to visit or on vacation are the main targets of the robbery, crimes and other legal activities that happened in Guyana. We are the ones that got to more careful than any foreigner or tourist. But it is, also, a fact that your stuff will be stolen if you don’t keep it with you at all times in Guyana.
I'm a first generation American both of my parents, grand parents, great grand parents and so on are from Guyana anytime I visit I stay with my Grand-Father
Eh heh yuh done know!! I'm born and raised in the US but My family is from Guyana South America I've been there 4 times in my lifetime and the experience up there. I recommend to people do not go to Guyana and showing off your money and jewelry because you will get looked at as an easy target it doesn't matter if it's daytime or nighttime!! 🌏🚦
@@jermainesingh I also got family from New York to, I learned from my big cousins is that wearing jewelry yes you can wear it but only if you’re with a big group of people never wear it if you’re by yourself no no
@@joelprofitt627 you say that’s not true! You don’t know Guyana 🇬🇾. The last time I was there was back in 2009 with my cousins in Linden at the super market in the parking lot I’ve seen a young man get jumped by 6 guys right in front of me. One dude say “ Eh eh he rass nuh 💰 pay Mi nuh money jump de banna “ .
I can confirm as a Guyanese everything he says in this video is accurate. The most important thing is to have a guide whether that be from a reputable tour company or a family member or friend you have good reason to trust.
The good people are helpfull and nice everywhere and they are a major part of humanity. I like they way you do things, showing local markets how they really are, thanks for that. I noticed that inside the marketplace it is pretty smal to walk, outside is better...this because i walk with a stick and sometimes 2.
Good stuff! Always interested in knowing safety and security in countries we don't see in the news every day. Heading to Suriname and French Guiana next?
I am from Guyana, haven''t been back since I was a kid. As an adult traveler, after visiting Colombia, it reminded me why I don't want to visit my homeland again. It's just not safe!
Love your content on Guyana. There isn’t much information out there so all of your videos have been super helpful. I’m headed to Guyana in August. What is my safest option for getting to my hotel from the airport late at night?
This safest country in world theres crime in every country bro .. David been here was in Guyana chilling walking around every where u late bro and over exaggerating
He had a guide though let’s be real you don’t need a guide in the majority of places people go on holiday im half Guyanese and the fact that a guide or security is strongly advised is a crazy thing to normalise
Guyana is safer than big cities in US America. There's almost never random homicides the problem being mostly domestic disturbance between people who know each other, suicides and drunk driving car accidents.
No, I loved Guyana and felt relatively safe, but Georgetown specifically is not safer than my country’s big cities. America, NYC included, is safer overall.
@@sayitloudblcknproud I've lived multiple places in NYC and around George Town. In NYC you can't even stand near train tracks because of how many people were intentionally pushed. When the country has the largest serial killer and mass shooter population it only makes sense. The safest places in America are all the small isolated towns that exist.
My phone was stolen in Paris, so crime is every place in the world. You made sound. Guyana looks so bad. I am sure a lot of people are afraid to travel to Guyana after watching your video.
This is what i is talk about yall always trying to bad talk my country guyana 🇬🇾 I need top notch people like arab to visit and tell the people cause you're just a kitchen cat lol😂😂
Guides..? what guides ?? Those are probably your best chance of being robbed. Bottom line is that you cannot trust anyone, not the taxi driver, not the guide, not the police.
I think. Common thieves and pickpockets. Exist in a lot of countries in the world. It good people can afford to travel and c places. Guyana is beautiful.
Ok. I just came bac from guyana. Im in London right now. And yes i feel safer in London then i did in guyana and mind you the UK is rioting right now. Stll feel safer In London. But id give that safety up if push came to shove. Because it was nothing like being around my own black people everywhere. I felt like home....
I hear such a mixed bag of things when I speak to family some say just be careful no Jewellery and fancy electronics just don’t wear anything that looks flashy at all. Others say don’t listen to that it’s nowhere near as dangerous as other family tell me 😐 I dunno who to believe
I always travel with 2 wallets when I travel to Guyana - one is a useless wallet with fake poo poo or Kooncee in it - the fake wallet was stolen twice . I also put a note in it that says ‘ eat koncee ‘ 🤬
@@BKGEE21 The people who tend to promote this kind of negative propaganda against their country are the descendants of Indian dalits who went to Guyana post slavery. I found them very offputting and rabidly anti-black racist. Which is interesting since most are just as black or even blacker than the afro guyans=ese,
Please as a Guyanese Patriot you people 🤬 obviously did not review your destinations what you are reporting is bias check Jamaica Trinidad Venezuela and the list goes on however for you to come over here and label my country 🇬🇾 please don't come back I know all countries have their internal problems. My opinion ☮️
And united states or Canada don't have crime bahahaha buddy take a walk through St Louis at night or a stroll through Toronto I'll be surprised if you make it out lol
Who is this guy. Every country has crime. Bro you don’t know Guyana. It’s way better than most South American countries. Stop spoiling my country reputation
He’s not spoiling the reputation. The people of Guyana committing so many crimes are ruining the reputation of Guyana. The government needs to clean up Guyana in a major way
