Here are a few quotes from well-known writers, not all of them flattering (Meanwhile my photo shows The 'Avenue of the Republic'):
- ‘Despite its shortcomings and the marring effect of lawlessness and banditry, Georgetown is a city of undeniable character, unique attraction and indefinable charm’ (James Rodway , "Guiana" 1912)
- 'The number of children in Georgetown is frightening.' (VS Naipaul , "Middle Passage" 1962)
- ‘There was plenty going on in Georgetown that week. An unknown Dutchman shot himself on Christmas morning in his room at a rival hotel, on account of feeling lonely.’ (Evelyn Waugh , "92 Days", 1933)
- 'In Georgetown, all macaws are called Robert' (Gerald Durrell, "Three Singles to Adventure", 1964)
- 'In another hour the van reached Georgetown's central bazaar. The air tasted of exhaust. Eager men took turns to force the arriving passengers into alleyways. I stepped over the wide canals full of velvety sludge and green tadpoles' (Marc Herman "Searching for El Dorado", 2002).
- 'Georgetown and its inhabitants looked derelict ... I began to feel that the city itself was rotting away slowly in the suffocating heat' (Shiva Naipaul, "Journey to Nowhere" 1980)