Tiny, tiny plane that picked us up at Baganara Island (when I say "us," I literally mean just Taylor & I, the others where already aboard) and flew us 45 minutes into the interior of Guyana's rain forest to see the famous Kaieteur Falls. The plane was a 10-seater, including the pilot! There was actually a laminated flight safety info sheet in the seat back pocket in front of us, that no one mentioned, and that I felt was pretty much a joke. If that plane goes down, I imagine you are out of luck...Landing in Guyana's interior!
View of the Falls from the plane... If you look down at the area surrounding the base of the falls, the lush green area, you are looking at an area whose flora & fauna is still being explored for the first time. There are species that are literally still being discovered down there... This is how pristine it is...
(Above, continued) It was one of our first views of Kaieteur Falls from the plane. We were all in awe. Kaieteur is 7 x Niagara Falls and 3 x Victoria Falls, per our guide, but with a narrower width of fall.
Water flowing away from the base of the falls... Guyana's interior.
So, there are no ropes marking off the area where it is safe to stand and no fences to block off the serious drop overlooking the falls. There is simply a single sign. This is definitely not the U.S. folks. 
Taylor at the top of the falls. Literally that massive waterfall is just over his shoulder there. It looks so calm, very misleading, anyone could be confused...
There she is. The tourguide took us to 3 different spots to see the falls. Note the rainbow. I saw at least 4 rainbows on this day.
Kaieteur Falls:
Kai was the name of an Amerindian who sacrificed himself by going over the falls during a war, and "teur" means falls.
So to call it Kaietuer Falls, is actually redundant.
Those in the know: "Kaieteur" enough said.
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