Dec 8, 2008 - Devil's Island, French Guiana

Devil’s Island, French Guiana (The Salvation Islands: Isle Royale, Isle Joseph and Isle du Diable) December 8, 2008 After 2 days at sea we have reached The Salvation Islands 6.Devil’s Island, French Guiana (The Salvation Islands: Isle Royale, Isle Joseph and Isle du Diable) December 8, 2008 After 2 days at sea we have reached The Salvation Islands 6....

Aug 30, 2005 - French Guiana - St Laurent

This used to be where the convicts arrived before being dispatched off to various penal colonies including the infamous devil's island - Papillon stayed here at the Camp de la Transportation in what can only have been appalling conditions.This used to be where the convicts arrived before being dispatched off to various penal colonies including the infamous devil's island - Papillon stayed here at the Camp de la Transportation in what can only have been appalling conditions....

Aug 28, 2005 - French Guiana - Cacao

We head out to the pretty village of Cacao which is populated by Hmong refugees from Laos for the Sunday market.We head out to the pretty village of Cacao which is populated by Hmong refugees from Laos for the Sunday market....

Aug 26, 2005 - French Guiana - Cayenne

French Guiana is the smallest of the collective Guianas and is now administered as an overseas department of France and officially part of France and the EU - how strange is that?! It gets even stranger when we are piggin' out on moules et frits, snails and drinking our favorite Belgian beers! Cayenne, the capital is a quirky place with some nice rural France type architecture, excellent restaurants and a sizeable Asian population resulting in delicious Vietnamese food. ...

Aug 25, 2005 - French Guiana - St. Georges

A small pirogue (dug out canoe) takes us up river to French Guiana - St Georges de l'Oyapok, where we are shockingly confronted with European prices - 40 euros each to do a two hour journey to Cayenne! No wonder the Brazilian side was full of French doing their shopping. ...

Aug 24, 2005 - Brazil - Oiapoque

Our last full day in Brazil (sounds familiar?!) is spent getting up to the French Guiana border.Our last full day in Brazil (sounds familiar?!) is spent getting up to the French Guiana border....