Saint Vincent was amazing. Everyone was friendly and there was great swimming, food and drinks. From Saint Vincent we flew to Trinidad and Tabogo where we had to dodge some rain to get in and then pay ridiculous landing fees on the ground. It took 2.5 hrs just to pay the fees before we had to start up, hover taxi to the other side of the airport and shut down for fuel. All in all they got us for around $600 for 30 gallons or so of fuel. Then off to Guyana. This was our longest stretch over water. It was a bit dicey trying to avoid a storm and Venezuelan airspace at the same time. Finally after a good two hours, we spotted land :) What a relief to be done flying over the ocean...or so I thought. From then on, all the way into the airport it was solid jungle! And by that I mean trees 200 feet high so thick we never saw the ground. After a while I started missing the Atlantic. The good thing was that on the way in we talked to some other R-44 pilots and we met up with them in Guyana. They knew where to stay so we went with them and got a good hotel and dinner.
Hotel in St. Vincent
Bay where we stayed and went swimming
The Grenadines
Diverting around weather at Trinidad
First land sighting in 2 hours (South America)
Solid jungle canopy as far as the eye can see
