Welcome to Jonestown – again


Wanderlust Adventures GY owner Sewcharran (centre) at the airstrip where US Rep Leo Ryan and four others were killed in 1978, in Port Kaituma, Guyana. Wanderlust Adventures GY offers a US$750 Jonestown trip that includes a flight from the capital, Georgetown, an hour-long van ride and a night in the nearby mining town of Port Kaituma. — Federico Rios/The New York Times

WHAT makes a tragedy worth revisiting?

Nearly five decades after the mass murder-suicide at the settlement known as Jonestown, all that remains in the remote Guyanese jungle is a modest clearing.

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