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French colonial architecture

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In the footsteps of Papillon

May 28th 2007
5-28 Hotel: Hotel Tentiare, St. Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana, 75 Euro (triple) Today 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 an ... read more
South America » French Guiana » St Laurent du Maroni

French Guianese Flag First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements until 1951. The European Space Agency launches its communication satellites from Kourou.... ... read more
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