Welcome to Back-a-Truck, where we showcase de most absurd, hilarious, and head-scratching sightings from around Guyana. If yuh see someting dat mek yuh say “Wait… wha?!” - send it to we!
🏆 SIGHTING OF THE WEEK
📍 Location: Sheriff Street, Georgetown
📅 Spotted: Tuesday, January 14
One traffic cop writing three different tickets while standing directly in front of a ‘No Parking’ sign… dat he park in front of.
De irony so thick yuh could cut it wid a cutlass. We salute you, Officer. Rules fuh thee but not fuh me! 🫡
🚗 VEHICLE HALL OF FAME
De Overloaded Champion
📍 Location: East Bank Highway
Spotted: One Canter truck carrying what appears to be:
- 47 bags of cement
- 12 sheets of zinc
- 3 mattresses
- 1 fridge
- 2 goats (alive and unbothered)
- And one man sitting on top of everything waving at traffic like he on a parade float
How it still moving? Only God and de mechanic know.
De Creative Parker
📍 Location: Regent Street
Dis driver park so crooked, de car touching THREE parking spaces at once. When confronted, he reportedly said: “But I paying fuh one, so technically I getting a deal.”
Logic level: Guyanese 💯
🏗️ INFRASTRUCTURE MYSTERIES
De Eternal Roadwork
📍 Location: Somewhere on de East Coast
Same stretch of road. Same cones. Same “Men at Work” sign. NO MEN. NO WORK.
Dis roadwork older dan some of we readers. At dis point, de cones paying rent.
De Phantom Sidewalk
📍 Location: Kitty
Brand new sidewalk installed last month. Beautiful pavement. Smooth concrete. Only problem?
It leads directly into a fence.
Whoever design dis never actually walked de route. We testing it out and yes, yuh does just… stop. At a fence.
🐐 ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS
De Board Meeting
📍 Location: Middle of Industry Access Road
Four goats. Standing in a perfect square. In de middle of de road. Not moving. Just… staring.
Traffic backed up fuh 20 minutes because nobody wanted to honk. One driver reported: “Dey look like dey was deciding someting important. I ain’t want to interrupt.”
Decision reached: Unknown. Goats eventually walked off like nothing happened.
De Guard Dog
📍 Location: A government office (name withheld)
One dog sleeping across de ENTIRE entrance of a government building. Security guard stepping over it. Visitors stepping over it. Dog ain’t moving.
Someone asked security to move de dog. Security said: “Dat ain’t we dog.”
Dog been deh fuh three weeks now. Unofficial employee at dis point.
🏪 BUSINESS AS USUAL
De Honest Sign
📍 Location: A shop in Berbice
Sign on de door: “OPEN (But de owner gone to de bank. Come back in 2 hours. Or tomorrow. We not sure.)”
We respect de honesty.
De ATM Experience
📍 Location: Georgetown
ATM screen showing: “Temporarily Out of Service”
Written in marker on de machine: “Since 2024”
Someone else added below: “We miss you”
And a third person: “RIP 🪦”
📱 READER SUBMISSIONS
We want YOUR photos and sightings! Use de Submit a Tip form on de homepage and select “Back-a-Truck Sighting” (coming soon to de form!)
What we looking for:
- Absurd parking jobs
- Overloaded vehicles defying physics
- Signs dat make no sense
- Animals doing people tings
- Infrastructure fails
- Anything dat mek yuh say “Only in Guyana!”
Rules:
- Keep it funny, not mean
- No identifying people’s faces without permission
- If it too unbelievable, we might need proof 😂
🏅 CATEGORIES WE RATING
| Category | This Week’s Winner |
|---|---|
| 🚗 Most Creative Parking | Three-Space Champion |
| 🐐 Best Animal Cameo | De Board Meeting Goats |
| 🚧 Longest Running Roadwork | East Coast Eternal Cones |
| 😂 Most Honest Sign | “Come Back Tomorrow. Or Not.” |
| 🤔 Most Confusing Infrastructure | Sidewalk to Nowhere |
FINAL THOUGHT
Guyana is a place where de absurd is normal and de normal is boring. We embrace it. We laugh at it. And most importantly, we photograph it and share it wid everybody.
See someting wild? Back-a-Truck and send it to we!
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