Landfall in the Caribbean
January 23, 2023: we finally make landfall in the Caribbean!!! We arrived in Scarborough, Tobago to check in, and went
Month: January 2023
Exploring creeks in the Amazonian rainforest
The Maroni River is part of the Amazonian river and rainforest system, and we could certainly not leave French Guiana
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Saint Laurent on the Maroni River, French Guiana
Saint Laurent is a city located 15 nautical miles up the Maroni River, which is located on the border between
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Paramaribo – the capital of Suriname
After a few days in the jungle on the Maroni river (I will share more about the stay later, as
French Guiana’s Isles du Salut penal colony
We originally had a plan to go straight from Fernando de Noronha to Trinidad/Tobago, and skip the South American mainland
Crossing the equator to the Northern hemisphere
The passage from Fernando de Noronha to French Guiana was our longest so far, 1,300 nm in distance. It took
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