Cayenne...Pepper Perhaps

Ok I will say it, last night was a nightmare. After another two attempts at getting information out of the brazilians I finally made my way to the departure lounge at....wait for it...4.30 am. Yup in the end they left us hanging for 11 hours.

We left Belem at 5 am and arrived in Cayenne (Guyanne) a french territory between Venezuela and Brazil at 6.30 am (the only thing I knew about the country before arriving is that the French Gvt sends rockets into space from here!).

Luckily there was a representative of our airline waiting for us in the airport. She casually announced that we would not leave until Sunday night. Eh? I don't see beach, blue skies and sand here (nor my family for that matter°...this can't be ???

But it is.

So here I am in Cayenne for 2 days and it's delightfully french. Everyone speaks french, all the french shops are here, even the main sqare looks french ... I will now go hunt for some french bread and cheese...