Linden-Lethem roadway is in good shape – says Hinterland Roads Engineer | Guyana Chronicle

I saw this news about the completion of road rehabilitation.
Does anyone has first hand experience of this road after rehab?

JK

The article notes, "...the road at present is quite traversable." Interpret that to mean the road is passable. I rode the length, south to north, in early November 2012. From Lethem to Linden expect grave and dirt, for a short stretch a little sand and a few edge to edge puddles. The number of puddles will vary per rainfall, so search for annual precipitation by month, then plan accordingly. I put knobbie-ish tires on for Guyana. They drive on the left side in Guyana and in Suriname. I only passed a handful of cars until I got above Mabura.

The picture of the road in the article is pretty funny.



You will experience roads more like this...



North of Lethem you'll ride washboard on and off. Between the police check-in at Mabura and the ferry at the Esequobo river, the road is the lowest quality, biggest pot holes, edge to edge puddles (I encountered two) and the sandy stuff I mentioned. The sand isn't too bad. And that is coming from someone who believes sand is the product of the devil.

Between Linden and Georgetown its all tarmac. There is one monster pothole on the south side of Linden than nearly swallowed my bike. My attention lapsed for a moment and I felt sure I was going to wreak my front tire on the far edge of that crater, but only picked up a small dent in the front rim.

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Lethem Linden road is driveble, no problems in dry season, I been there end of Septembre 2013.



Some parts are corrugated, and lot of potholes and lot of red dust.

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Thank you so much for info and pics.
I am in Montevideo now heading north along Brazilian coast.
I am planning to get to Belem around the end of January as that say Feb is a dry season in Guyana.
I might decide to take a ferry to Manaus depending on the weather of that time when I get to Belem.
But I will contribute the pics and a report if I do take on this route.

JK

I lived and worked in Suriname and can tell you the roads can change from day to day ( in all 3 guyanas) due to traffic , weather and if the grader has been out

Road to Apora

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Hi kito

Thanks for the insider information.
You must have had a hell of an adventure there.

JK

watching your pics, I am glad that I put my bike on a minivan, and myself on a plane, instead of driving

cost of minivan: 45.000 GYD
cost of plane: 21.000 GYD
saved: 3 days
missed: hell of an adventure

Hi Mirekp

Did you fly from Georgetown to lethem?
How did they deal with border crossing formality without you in presence? Or were you there to do paper work?

JK