We had a 10am appointment for a rum tour of the distillery. Our guide took our group around to explain the whole fermenting process and described how the rum is made, including a 400 year old wooden still that's used as part of the process. After the tour, we were provided samples of several different rums -- at 11am. Usually a little early for us to sample rum, but since we were in Guyana and lucky to be on this tour, we couldn't give up this chance.
After the tour, we headed into town to grab some lunch and walk around Stabroek market for the last time before going home -- today was our last day in Guyana :(
Our cousin came by the hotel in the evening after work and we had dinner at the hotel and talked to him about the last couple of days. We were pretty spoiled during the week by having him or someone else touring us around and showing us the ropes. The past two days were on our own, and we turned out okay :)
Our flight back to Toronto was at 6am Saturday morning, so we left the hotel in the middle of the night at 3am. Our Aunt, Cousin, Granny, and their two neighbours came along for the ride to send us off. It was a sad, yet happy moment to say goodbye. Although we were only there for about a week, it felt like we had known each other our whole lives.
It was such an inspirational week being in a different country and being part of their culture and their lifestyle. After spending only a week there, going back to Toronto seemed overwhelming with everything that was going on. We went from 30 degrees to 0 degrees, from sun and trees surrounding us where ever we went to gloomy weather and a concrete jungle. Obviously it's two different countries, two different ways of living, but traveling there was educational and life changing. This was a first time for me being there, but it will definitely not be our last.
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