Albina, SR, / St Laurent du Maroni, GF
On Tuesday, April 12th I arrived at the Ferry Gate in Albina around
11:00. It was closed but a customs officer opened it and asked me
for the temporary importation document in Suriname. I gave it him.
Then at immigration my passport received the exit stamp. I could
station in the enclosure while waiting for the ferry at 15:00 to St
Laurent du Maroni.
At St Laurent of Maroni the Police at the
Borders, PAF, stamped my passport and took note of the plate number
of my vehicle, no customs control, no insurance for the vehicle. I
moved towards Tourism Office for the collection of road maps and
booklets. There is a WiFi connection one hour free per day.
St Laurent du Maroni-1, click the picture
On Wednesday morning I returned to the Tourism Office to use WiFi
connection. I learned that there was a drinking water tap inside the
Camp de la Transportation, but prohibited with the vehicle. I
informed myself near administrative staff of the Camp who refused me
the access. I filled the tank in several return with a six-liter
can. It was 11:30 to too late to visit the Camp which closes at
12:00. Consequently I visited the town of St Laurent whose
architecture of the official buildings is typical French style
colonial of last century. Pontoon of unloading of the convicts it
remains only the base in the process of rot. I stopped lengthily at
the very coloured market of fruit and vegetables. I lunched of a
very good soup. Then I continued my visit until 14:30 opening of the
Camp
St Laurent du Maroni, click the picture
The visit of the Camp de la Transportation was very disappointing
initially in the beating rain and by the lack of lighting in the
showrooms. I wrote a not very eulogistic comment on the guest-book.
Around 15:00 always in the rain I went to the beach Les Hattes away
from approximately 60 km where I bivouacked.
Camp de la Transportation, click the picture
Kourou
On Thursday morning I went to the discovery on the beach of Les
Hattes to find traces of the tortoises. I met a police officer who
told me that the night last 14 green tortoises had come to lay their
eggs. Indeed traces were visible on sand. More far from predatory
were in observation, moreover egg shells strewed sands. But they are
not the only predatory ones, the police officer told me that men
sought eggs. But in the night guards supervise the beach. I went as
far as Kourou to visit the Guianese Space Center. The visit is free
but on reservation, the nearest date was on April 26th, I would
wait. I found a bivouac close to a tower at the edge of the Kourou
River, à la Pointe des Roches. I stayed there up to Saturday
morning.
Les Hattes, click the pisture
Cayenne
On Saturday, April 16th while arriving in Cayenne I undertook the
locations of the taken appointments, the hotel La Marmotte close to
the airport, Carrefour Hypermarket, Mercedes-Benz garage, the hotel
Les Amandiers as well as the cardiologist opposite the cemetery,
gosh! In the end of the afternoon I found a point of bivouac at Anse
Chaton. Contrary to ` the information given by Lonely Planet the
Comité du Tourisme de la Guyane is closed on Saturdays. French
Guiana is an Overseas Department, DOM. It has all the attributes of
a metropolis department, plethora of the state and territorial
civils servant, standard of living and prices. Thus diesel fuel
costs 1,43€ a liter, products and prices in Carrefour Hypermarket
idem. Unlike Kourou, modern city, Cayenne kept its colonial
character in particular administrative buildings. I spent Sunday at
Anse Chaton.
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