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On East Grove Main Road, a busy stretch in George­town, Guyana, a dou­bles shed stands at the road­side. Over­look­ing the small tent is a Movi­eTowne com­plex rem­i­nis­cent of Wright­son Road in Port-of-Spain. Massy Stores and Star­bucks are al­so part of the space—all sights fa­mil­iar to any Trin­bag­on­ian.

De­spite it be­ing ear­ly af­ter­noon, there’s a steady flow of cus­tomers pulling over to grab a dou­bles. The busi­ness, called Tri­ni Gyal Dou­bles, is owned by Crys­tal Azeez, who now lives in Guyana with her Guyanese hus­band, Amar. In un­der a year, Azeez has ex­pand­ed from a sin­gle dou­bles stand to ten across the coun­try, mak­ing her one of many Trinida­di­ans eye­ing Guyana’s eco­nom­ic boom for busi­ness.

It all start­ed with a burg­er ven­ture called Dou­ble A Burg­ers, but Guyanese cus­tomers—and cu­ri­ous tourists — kept mis­tak­ing it for a dou­bles stand. “Peo­ple would stop on the street and ask if we were sell­ing dou­bles,” Azeez said. That mix-up changed every­thing.