IN June 2015, David Nicholas was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in his hometown in the United Kingdom. The accident resulted in his left leg being amputated. It was a wake–up call for David and his partner Kerry that they really needed to travel the world.
Today they are in Guyana, exploring the beauty of the country’s rich flora and fauna and the hospitality which they described as “beyond what we expected.” Their aim is to travel within

all 10 administrative regions of the country.
The couple, who are parents to three grown sons, left England in July this year for Brazil. At the end of September, the Guyana Chronicle encountered the British couple in Nickerie, Suriname, and after several days in the Dutch-speaking country, they crossed over to Guyana.
Their journey started in late July when they travelled to Rio in Brazil. They said that they subscribed to Airbnb network, a privately-owned online marketplace that enables people to list, find, then rent vacation homes for a processing fee. The network has over 2,000,000 listings in 34,000 cities and 191 countries. It was founded in August 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
While in Brazil, they stayed at the homes of several persons for several weeks and even checked out the Rio Olympic Games while there. They also visited the Paralympic Games and David’s aim at that event was to find a technical official to assist him in adjusting his prosthetic leg. At the time also, Kerry was given an opportunity to volunteer as a teacher to persons who could not speak English. Most of her work was done at the “favelas”, the depressed areas on the hillsides of the busy city.

But their plan to travel the continent was on their minds, hence they planned, at the time, to travel as far north as possible, which would lead them to these shores.
According to the couple, Venezuela was never really in their tourism plans as they cited the economic situation there. As time progressed, they decided to move on to Suriname and were able to move around the country as they learnt about the Maroon tribes there through an acquaintance.
They visited a Maroon village, Pikien Santi , outside Paramaribo. They spent several days with the Maroons before moving west to Nickerie, the border district on the edge of the Corentyne River. While there, they encountered this publication and noted their interest in travelling to Guyana.
“We heard about Guyana and someone said don’t go to this place or that place in Georgetown, but we find it totally different,“ Kerry said of the capital city. The couple explained that persons advised them of the “depressed areas” in the city; but according to them, they are eager to find out what Guyana has to offer.
“We went to the city, downtown by the bus terminal, someone took us to Demerara House (Demico House ) and we love the architecture of the city,” said David, adding “we found out that the Route 32 buses take you to Parika , so there you go”.
But the couple plans to explore the country and this weekend they were set to travel to Lethem in the Rupununi by air and move on to the Surama village before settling for a few days at the Iwokrama Centre.
The couple noted that they were anticipating an informative and exciting trip to the Rupununi , and they are expected to travel back to the city by road several days later. “We want to see what it’s like by road,” said David, noting that they’ve worked hard over the years. They both agreed that life is not only about working.
Once in the capital city, the couple plans to head north, and their trip would culminate at Moruca in the North West District. They will then leave Guyana and return to Brazil where they are expected to spend Christmas.
Now in their mid-50s, for years they always had big plans to travel the world and see what other countries have to offer tourists.
David’s accident was the start of their move and as time goes by, they expressed the hope that they can tell their grandchildren stories of people who live in other countries, including Guyana.