French Guiana – South Atlantic Season Finale

French Guiana – South Atlantic Season Finale

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after a few days sale from Brazil we
reach French Guana the coastal Waters
here are very shallow and rivers are
abundant so we started cautiously by
taking our dingy to a creek flowing
close by to the capital city of
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cayen
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French Kiana is a French offices
Department rather than an independent
state it has a colonial past and mixed
cayol population imported French cheeses
are sold here alongside local rum and
carry
dishes rivers are open for navigation
and we even took CES 24 Mi up the
chocolate brown Waters of river
Moroni most of the country is taken up
by the Amazonian
rainforest but there are also some
stunning islands of the coast that are
well worth visit and this are salvation
islands where we’re headed to next
despite the idylic scenery the islands
have a sad past for 100 years this
served as a France’s toughest prison
where many people died of starvation and
tropical
diseases the islands are overgrown with
palm trees and all this lwh hanging
fruit would drive en Richard absolute
nuts he spent most of the time on the
island with rocks or machete in hands
and eventually managed to harvest quite
a few
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coconuts
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after a lovely rest stop on salvation
Island we moved on to Trinidad our
course took us past a few oil rigs
mostly Uncharted but lit like a bunch of
Christmas trees at night we actually got
told off by this one for coming way too
close
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not long after we finally arrived in the
Caribbean island of Trinidad which
signified the end of our South Atlantic
Crossing and the 2023 sailing season
where should Casas go
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next

Continuing north from Brazil, we make a stop in French Guiana – French Overseas Department in South America. We’ve never heard about this place, and are pleasantly surprised with some gorgeous islands and lazy forest rivers.
This is also the last stop on our South Atlantic journey, as we head to Trinidad for a haul out and a little break from sailing.