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Showing posts with label It's not all doom and gloom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label It's not all doom and gloom. Show all posts

Friday, October 10, 2008

It's not all doom and gloom

It's not all doom and gloom

And a rare white lion thrown in to boot...

Guyana: Raw, bountiful and untouched

Egrets wade among the giant Victoria Amazonica lilies along the Rupununi
Picture: Nigel Tisdall

Orinduik Falls, on the Brazilian border, is ideal for a cooling swim in waters pouring over cliffs of pink jasper
Picture: Nigel Tisdall

One of the beautiful, delicate white flowers sprouting from the lilies' six-foot-wide leaves
Picture: Nigel Tisdall

Guyana's southwest corner is home to the Rupununi, with bewitching savannahs speckled with huge cattle ranches and wetlands
Picture: Nigel Tisdal

Manatees swim in the ponds of Georgetown's Botanical Gardens
Picture: Nigel Tisdall

White lions are highly visible to prey and attractive for game hunters and therefore extremely rare in the wild Photo: NEWSTEAM