Piarco Airport

Landed from St Lucia at 4.50 pm, 2 hours waiting to get through immigration. Only 2 "officers" at times on visitor section with hundreds of people queuing. BA flight landed as well so many would have had a 10 hour trip via Antigua from London. I was only in transit for a flight to the USA in the morning and was just staying overnight at the Holiday Inn. Staff were letting random people through the disabled section (I suspect people who had phoned friends who worked at the airport). There were no announcements as to why there was a delay just a surly female "officer" telling people to stop using phones to call people waiting for them outside.

Poor immigration service. 3 hour waiting in line to get through immigration services. Airport not notifying complaining passengers about delay. Personnel just standing around not trying to fix situation. Transit passengers losing their flight connections.

In transit at POS airport from Miami to Georgetown Guyana. Nice terminal - was here in 1992 and its majorly improved. Not enough places to sit pre-departure area but KFC and Subway for food and some other coffee and souvenir shops. Upstairs is a little restaurant with a nice view of the terminal and runway. Free wifi is great and fast - so no real complaints. A/C is working fine so its cool and comfortable. People are super friendly - everyone I asked questions of answered me with a smile.

Horrible airport; only 20+ years old but already old and worn (and not clean). Trolleys not allowed after customs so if you travel with kids and bags tough luck you will just have to sit in the junk food area or by the check in counters until your connecting flight. Be prepared to go hungry or eat junk food. If you decide to circumvent the waiting part make sure you got USD180 or more as USD100 may get you a hotel without water or with a non-flushing toilet. If you have a late lay over (ie an incoming flight from Jamaica or Barbados to continue to Guyana or Suriname) buy food in Jamaica or Barbados b/c after hours everything is closed and Caribbean Airlines does not give food on these flights.

Actually much better than expected. Check-in a breeze mainly if you did online check-in security is hard immigration is polite but also asks to see all your papers etc. It is a clean airport lots of shopping and duty free shops - the prices are high. I used both domestic and international departures and both are OK but will soon need an update.

If you transit there: you must always go through immigration and customs so plan plenty of time (some queues but usually smooth and no much walking). When you go out of the customs turn left to the rental car offices pass the junk food court get out where taxis are waiting: there is a wonderful street food stand serving delicious Indian pancakes called doubles with chick pea curry a bit messy to eat but very cheap (USD accepted 75 cents) delicious and clean. Then as you pass the border control and goes upstairs head to the Starbucks looking "Ritual Coffee" in front BEFORE passing through one of the 2 security gates. There you have superb seating power plugs and free internet. Coffee can be good or bad food is decent it is not expensive. Finally if you take a small local plane you must walk and as it can rain always take an umbrella with you. As it is usually not crowded you can say that it is one of the best airport experience in the world.