What an amazing, action packed adventure we have had visiting Guyana, Suriname & French Guiana. The fun started at the inaugural dinner in Trinidad and ended with a final Rally Dinner of moules and frites and the Noscar Awards Ceremony (Not Only Super Capable Also Resilient) in St Laurent du Maroni. We’ve sailed 1650nm in […]
Formalities for yachts are somewhat laborious in Suriname so we took a shortcut; Nereid’s Rally organised for us to cross the river by water taxi and a car took us to Paramaribo. First off was lunch where we enjoyed ‘Pom’ the local dish made from grated tajer (elephant leaf) and chicken – rich, slightly sweet […]
How did Papillon ever survive the brutal regime of the Transportation Camp (prison) that made St Laurent du Maroni famous? On Saturday, we had an amazing VIP guided tour of the prison which brought notoriety to the Maroni River area: man’s inhumanity to man will never cease to amaze us. On a completely different note, […]
Who would have thought it, we were in French Guiana at exactly the right time to see Ariane 5 launched into space carrying ‘Sky Muster’ and ‘ARSAT-2’ satellites. It was, however, a bit of a performance to actually get to the launch-site but we reckon well worth it. We dinghied ashore at 8.30am; were driven […]
It’s non-stop on this Nereids Rally! No sooner had we found our ‘feet’ than we were ashore for a welcome from the Adjunct of Awala Yalimapo, the next day we were ashore for some Amerinidian music, dancing and feasting, the following day it was a mad dash to Cayenne TV studios for Claire, Jean and […]
Well we’ve done it! We’ve sailed 467nm from Guyana to French Guiana (254 nm in a straight-line) and are now anchored in the Maroni River off the village of Yalimopo in the Awali Yalimopo region. The Atlantic Ocean was, at times, like being in a washing machine, at others it was just all-over bumpy …. […]
Well that is Guyana’s claim for Kaiteur. With a single drop of 741 feet, the waterfall is truly spectacular and when the river is in full flood (May) it would be an even more awesome sight. To get to the falls we flew in a little 9 seater island hopper following the Essequibo River to […]
One of the trips organised by the Nereid Rally took our group on a trip up the Mazaruni River to the Marshall Falls. Our excellent guide, Bal, arrived with his water taxi ‘Delta 2’ and whisked us off to show us the sights - the prison, quarries, dredging for gold, famous homes, forts – as […]
It’s not only a new country for us but a whole new continent. Not sure what we anticipated but what we’ve got is our idea of the Wild West - we keep expecting to see Clint Eastwood walking down the street. The town of Bartica, on the surface, is bustling with cars and people […]
A feeling of nostalgia overcame us as we entered the cappuccino-coloured Essequibo River. With deceptive sand banks, narrow channels and muddy swirling waters we could almost imagine ourselves back in the Bristol Channel – if it weren’t for the heat! We sailed 51nm up the river in a stately fashion – reminiscent of Out of […]
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