Échappées belles S02E23 Guyane
A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (the Maroni river, the restored "sous-préfecture",gendarmerie and hospital, the market with a lot of fruits and vegetables-the rambutan-, the penal colony "Le Camp de la Transportation"-the guide Claudio Wayakalin telling the story of the "bagne" from 1852 to 1946) to the Camp of Cisame (the meeting with the camp founder Philippe Gilabert at Régina, the travel by dugout on the Approuague river, the seeds of wapa, the walk in the primary forest-the great biodiversity of the forest-, the incense tree and the carapa tree, the two gold diggers in the river, the guesthouse with the hammocks, the cook Gilmarina preparing the imaha fish that she has fished in the river) passing by the "Marais de Kaw" (nature reserve with an area of 100.000 hectares, the guide Jean-Louis showing the zebus, the capybara-the largest living rodent which is now protected-, and at night the spectacled caiman), and by Cacao ( the penal colony has been closed, the arrival of the Laotian refugees, the Laotian woman in the market , the vegetables and fruits-again the rambutan-, the Laotian craftsmanship and the eating of noodles soup). Besides we see zooms about the Maroni River, about the Guiana space centre at Kourou , about the Carnival of Guiana and about the Amerindians of French Guiana.
