GBRT : West Indies 2013

Saturday was another day of travel. We rose by 5am to leave behind our first experiences of Guyana, Georgetown and, for many of the team, South America. We travelled back to Timehri for a final time - to the airport instead of the range - where we were reunited once more with our rifles and processed all our luggage onto the 9.50 Caribbean Airways flight to Port of Spain, Trinidad. On departure from the hotel, we saw that we occupied the back page of the Stabroek News; on arrival in the departure lounge, it transpired that we were also stars of the back pages of the Kaieteur News and the Guyana Chronicle.

Ours was a short flight of 55 minutes back to Trinidad, where we were met by local shooters Norris Gomez (a very familiar face) and Ezekiel. There followed a little complication sorting out our rental vehicles, which has yet to be completely resolved, but enough transportation was provided to move all of us and our luggage to our base for the next five days at Crews Inn Hotel and Marina
near the range in Chaguaramas - a fine location with the possibility of taking in sunsets (and sundowners) by the pool, although we may have to eat "off camp" sometimes if we're to avoid breaking the bank.

After lunch people unpacked and relaxed. Matt used his newly fluent Spanish to help three Venezuelan fishermen change some money so they could buy cigarillos to celebrate their "six ton" catch. They promised some pescado by way of thanks when they unload tomorrow. As long as it's not left in the bus (cause of fly infestation in Guyana).

As I write, we await the imminent arrival of “Party B” (hopefully around 11pm), to bring our team’s complement to full strength. We look forward to experiencing another new range, early tomorrow morning.