Friday 13 November 2009

"Why?......"


Tourists in Georgetown, Guyana are still in shock after the apparent suicide of a 23-year-old Guyanese woman who broke away from a group and jumped off the 741-foot (225-meter) Kaieteur Falls at the end of an early morning tour...

"Never in history has this happened. This could seriously affect our business this tourism season," said Frank Singh, another local tour operator...

The Kaieteur Falls is more than four times the height of Niagara Falls at the U.S.-Canada border. According to local legend, the falls are named after Kaie, a chieftain of the Patamuna indigenous people, who paddled his canoe over the edge of the falls to appease the great spirit god...

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Barticus.

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