The tender was difficult, I got a sea shower trying to get on, but it was worth the effort. The place is erie, to think the French shipped mainly politcal prisoners here in the late 1800's to as late as the 1960's It is well kept and a step into the colonial past. There is a hotel on the island,... More

Just 11km off the coast if French Guiana are the three islands that were used as France's penal colony. It is hard to believe that the now palm covered holiday retreat used to be a disease infested prison where some 70,000 inmates died. Ile Royale has a small harbour with a dock. A palm lined walk leads around the island... More