58 Miles is located between the Linden and Kurupukari leg of the trail to Lethem. Drivers usually stop for a fuel top-up and for a (clean) washroom break. Peter and Ruth manages the complex and they have the best food on the trail.
58 MILES, a small village along the Mabura Road in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) was virtually unknown over a decade ago, but from then to now, it has been developing into a thriving community.The rustic village surrounded by forest is commonly accessed by the dusty Mabura Road, which leads to Lethem (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), a booming community and the gateway to Guyana from Brazil.
58 Miles has been gradually transforming over the years and today boasts of a gas station, a primary school, a playground with pavilion where villagers converge in the afternoon, a church, a restaurant, serving sumptuous dishes of wild meat, and a health centre.
Residents rely primarily on logging and mining for a living but they also engage in farming, fishing and hunting.
Crime in the village, she said, is almost non-existent, largely because most of the residents are Christians.
References: Guyana Chronicle, 2015, “Life away from busy Georgetown… 58 Miles – a thriving & breathtakingly rustic village”, https://guyanachronicle.com/2015/03/22/life-away-from-busy-georgetown-58-miles-a-thriving-breathtakingly-rustic-village
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