http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , French Guiana en-us Fri, 04 Dec 09 19:26:30 +0000 Fri, 04 Dec 09 19:26:30 +0000 Arne and I got picked up at Albergo Alberga in Parbo by a guy called Robbie a taxi collectif operator Arne met him when they crossed to Albina from FG and his asking price for transport is cheaper than others at 40 SRD compared to 60 SRD average. He was half hour early and he drove us to the Central market where all collectifs wait for fare we waited there for almost an hour him doing his best http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/Kourou/blog-427164.html My hammock was out the mosquito net ready and I was about to look for my windup torch when the first rain drop hit me. It was then I was reminded the little dry season was late in Guyane. Like every night it would rain a little here and there with a stronger deluge in the morning and another early afternoon. Sleeping in the car it would be then. For the third night in a row.I hadn't intende http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/blog-379405.html Today we visited Devil's Island well actually it was Isle Royale tourists aren't allowed on actual Devil's Island still. Isle Royal once served the headquarters for the prison on Devils island which was opened by Napoleon III and became a horrific place of exile. I guess somewhere around 80000 prisoners were sent there but only 30000 ever made it out alive. Although it was cool to see some http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/blog-371563.html There are a few tourist places in the world which is first choice of all age group regardless of caste community or nation Walt Disney world resort is a pioneer name amongst those few most popular tourist places. Its craze amongst tourist has induced several tourtourism service providers to offer special packages deals. For instance premier online tourtourism service provider wdwtourguide http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/Florida/blog-335878.html Mi servirebbero venti pagine per descrivere ci che ho fatto nelle ultime due settimane. Cercher d'esser breve. Lasciata Belem in direzione nord mi sono addentrato nella parte pi fitta della foresta pluviale amazzonica. Un mondo a s dove una guida locale diventa indispensabile anche per gli arciultraindipendenti come me. La regione dell'Amap la pi settentrionale della costa brasiliana un http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/Cayenne/blog-257324.html Because of the huge lack of public transport we had to hitch hike to Cayenne. Valerie dropped us on the road to Cayenne and I stood with my thumb out for only 5 minutes again before were picked up by a nice smiley frenchman in a jeep. No english so it was a quiet trip. He dropped us on the edge of town and walked to the hotel stopping for coffee and croissants on the way. We booked at the Hotel http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/Cayenne/blog-201257.html Zus Zo arranged a taxi for us to French Guiana. The taxi was 150 SRD for the 2.5 hour trip to Albina and we could have got it cheaper if we waited for other people but that could have taken all day. The taxi man then arranged a boat for us and a taxi on the other side. This was much easier than the last border crossing. We were first taken to an old wooden building in need of a paint. We climbed http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/Kourou/blog-201256.html FinallyEverything went ok...just the flight from Sao Paulo to Macapa was a little bad... because we stoped at Brasilia and Berlim in the way... and it is awful to the ears when the plane takes off and lands to many times.... I arived in Macapa at 4ama weird schedule.. anyways it was the best I could get....I went to a hotel in Macapaas far as I hadn't had much sleep in the airpla http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/blog-185173.html Today was our last day in the Guianas but our flight wasn't until 740PM so we still had a whole day to explore. We first went to the Cayenne market nearby which was probably one of the most organized markets I've ever seen. However it was either too early or not the busiest day Friday there were lots of fruitvegetable vendors but not many handicrafts. We then started driving towards Cacao http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/blog-165275.html May 31 2007 Hotel Central Hotel Cayenne French Guiana 67 Euro We were finally able to pick up a rental car this morning the local Europcar office was at the Mercure hotel nearby and they had a car. We ended up with a Renault Twingo which although isn't the smallest car I've driven Smart it probably was the least featured. It only had a clock and a speedometer. No trip odo and the AC on http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/blog-165268.html 529Hotel Hotel Ballahou Kourou French Guiana 55 Euro triplehttpwww.destination.frguyanehotelleballahoug.htmlThis morning we woke up early to examine our options for getting to Kourou the launch point for visiting the Space Center Guyanais and the Iles du Salut. Having reread our guidebook only to find out the bus for Cayenne had already left at 7 that morning and the next one would http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/blog-165266.html 528 Hotel Hotel Tentiare St. Laurent du Maroni French Guiana 75 Euro tripleToday we were planning to cross over to French Guiana. Since we hadn't spent the extra night in Brownsberg park we had an extra day and decided to break the trip in St. Laurent du Maroni on the French side of the border between Suriname and French Guiana. French Guiana had been used as a penal colony and St. Laure http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/French-Guiana/St-Laurent-du-Maroni/blog-165263.html