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John has secretly given us an update from his 1994 photo collection taken on his family visit to Guyana. He has some iconic imagery there. This one of the Watooka Day School, shown below, is my favorite.

Click image below to go to slide show.

Watooka Day School, 1994 MacKenzie, Guyana

Photos from 1994 John den Hartog on Flickr

Just found a great collection of photo’s showing Modern MacKenzie/Linden. Click photo to go to the collection from GuyMine on Facebook. Now, if only they would give us full screen images.

Ferry across the Demerara River, Linden, Guyana

Modern MacKenzie oops Linden, photo from GuyMine on Facebook

The boys were making a video documentary, now lets see if anyone can find it.

The Life of Bauxite

I’ve put together a photo essay of the life of Bauxite, click photo to jump to the page.

Dragline removing Overburden to get at the Bauxite ore, MacKenzie, British Guiana

Dragline removing Overburden to get at the Bauxite ore

Ituni, Then and Now

Interesting contrast.

Ituni, British Guiana

Ituni Pool back then maybe 1960

Ituni, Guyana

Ituni Pool 2009, photo keith4709 on Flickr

Ituni Guest House, Guyana

Ituni Guest House 2007, photo keith4709 on Flickr

John den Hartog sends this link of some more Ituni news.

The Plant

Check out the High Resolution version, lots of detail. Best photo yet of the plant. Where is all the dust? Can’t be operating at much capacity.

Bauxite Plant, MacKenzie, British Guiana

The Bauxite Plant 2008, photo Royaldds on Flickr

That sure doesn’t look the way I remember and it’s not that my memory is failing.

Watooka 2008 (photo by JimB on Flickr)

Photo by JimB on flickr

Choo Kang's General Store

Photo by Pauline on flickr

Modern Day Watooka

Guess who’s old house?

Watooka 2008 (photo by JimB on Flickr)

Photo by JimB on flickr

Trekking Iceland or Greenland

The full set of pictures is on the Watooka section at flickr. To see them you need to have a free flickr account and to be my flickr “Friend”.

Guyana at the New York Times

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