Two Friends

Having already sent down a bunch of coconuts by rope, this young man was on his way down

A 40-minute drive from Georgetown along the East Coast Demerara road would bring you to Two Friends, a busy little village, precisely 29.5 kilometers from the city.

Two Friends is home to more than 400 people including quite a number of porknockers, gold miners and construction workers.

It is the rainy season, but the day I visited the sun was peeking through gray clouds and not being sure whether they would have much of it, as things didn’t look too promising, villagers were quite