French Guiana

12.02.2018. Total: 11770 km
Cayenne- Regina: 120 km

10.02.2018. Total: 11650 km
Cayenne- Cayenne: 20 km

To prepare for the next 780 km to Macapa at Amazonas, 110 km of which will be on a dirt road we'll stay 4 days in Cayenne. We will be riding the other 660 km on asphalt roads but in a very lonely area and we'll have rain most of the time.


08.02.2018. Total: 11630 km
Sinamary- Cayenne: 130 km

We are planning to stay in Cayenne for three nights to take well- deserved break as we have covered 450 km in the rain in the last three days.


07.02.2018. Total: 11500 km
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni - Sinamary: 152 km

It was great to be able to put up out tents under a roof

Today we stayed at this picnic place and bathed in the river ;-)


06.02.2018 Total: 11348 km
Paramaribo- Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni: 168 km

Crossing the border form Suriname to French Guiana by boat

I am in Europa now ;-)

Suriname

04.02.2018 Total: 11180 km
Paramaribo- Paramaribo: 30 km

Today I went sightseeing round Paramaribo which, being a former Dutch colony,  looks a lot like Holland, I also bought a new camping mattress. It is 1.5 kilos heavier than the old one.

06.02.2018 Total: 11348 km
Paramaribo- Saint- Laurent- du- Maroni: 168 km

There are so many different types from snakes!

03.02.2018 Total: 11150 km
Police control Hope- Paramaribo: 171 km

Today we stayed at the Surinamese special force headquarters.


02.02.2018 Total: 10979 km
Road to south police control: 109 km

Today we crossed to Suriname. In Guyana we went through a tight police control. They even asked for our yellow fever vaccination certificates. Unlike other days, today we had to cycle when it was already dark. At about 6 pm a police officer stopped us to warn us that it is very dangerous to cycle at night because of not only traffic but wild animals. He also said that 20 kilometres from there there was a police station where we could spend the night. When we finally got there, a police officer came up to Stefan to ask him why he had been cycling without a headlight. "I lost it", he replied. :-$ Luckily, we were allowed to camp there and use their bathroom. They were very nice to us and couldn't believe I had cycled across so many countries in South america.

On the ferry

There are so many snakes!

1% uphill- no wonder the village is called New Amsterdam.

On the ferry on our way to Suriname