Probably South America's least trumpeted land, Guyane is an integral part of France, best known for launching Euro space missions. But it also offers some amazing eco/adventure, history (Devil's Island, anyone?), and cultures from Creole to indigenous tribal to - believe it or not - Cambodian.
Cover photo: NASA´s James Webb Space Telescope
Didwin972 Did you know that there’s a little bit of France in South America? Most people don’t – except perhaps the occasional aerospace geeks following rocket launches by the European Space Agency. They take place is Guyane, a tropical-forested territory in the Amazon, on the north coast just east of Suriname and bordered on the west and south by Brazil. With around 300,000 inhabitants in an area around the size of South Carolina and slightly larger than England and Wales combined, French…
Read more…As you might expect, the notorious Devil's Island penal colony tops the list, but this video also shows 26 others in one of the world's least visited territories. Check it out!
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