Many people get the names and the locations confused. Guyana, French Guiana, & Suriname. The name Suriname may derive from a Taino (Arawak-speaking) group called "Surinen" who first inhabited the region prior to European arrival. Originally, the country was spelled Surinam by English settlers who founded the first colony at Marshall's Creek, along the Suriname River, and was part of a group of colonies known as Dutch Guiana. It's now called Suriname, and they speak Dutch, [officially]. Guyana, or The Co-operative Republic of Guyana [officially] was previously known as British Guiana, not to be confused with Ghana, Guinea, or French Guiana. French Guiana, (French: Guyane or Guyane française) sits next to Suriname [see map] Not to be confused with Guyana or French Guinea; is a French speaking nation. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west. All three nations are sleepers, and ripe for expat relocation.  What's stopping it?  It is rather humid in all three nations, and the humidity has been a deterent, weather is hot and humid throughout the year.  All three nations are interesting environmentally, and prices are cheap, realitively speaking. See how they are located on the map to the left. French Guiana is a special case.  It's an interesting place.  Sadly we have only one article on French Guiana. If any expats are living there we would welcome some information to add to the this page. The lack of forthcoming expat articles may be because the expats are probably French and subject to a hideous form of xenophobia which is based on the mistaken French belief in their own superiority. They gave Pol Pot a start, created Devils Island, cannot make a car, think Mao was profound, and eat frogs . . . how can anyone question their superiority?

Large Map Of Guyana Large Map Of Suriname Map Of French Guiana

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Living In Guyana, French Guiana & Suriname

Designing A Shipping Container As Nomadic Housing  -  Global Nomadic Housing for expats?  Why not?  Design your living space & workshop and take it with you...   Maverick designer Colin Reedy tells us how. In this the second part of this innovative concept Colin provides drawings of what a shipping container can be turned into.  The finished product is amazing!  You can use this concept to turn a shipping container into a portable dwelling that you can cheaply ship anywhere in the world.  It's sort of like global backpacking with your own house.  Colin provides details on how to build one yourself. This series originally appeared almost two years ago in Escape From America Magazine.  It engendered thousands of letters to the editor, a couple of spin-off articles by others who were living in Container Housing, and some like articles in other magazines.  It's one of our favorite articles.

Unique Housing for Global Nomads - Tiny Tumbleweed House -Conventional housing, the kind with four plain walls and a mortgage, doesn’t appeal to everyone, especially the inveterate global nomad. If we wanted safe and normal, we’d stay at home in the first place. But once we hit the road, we need an escape plan. Whether it’s for a month or for the rest of our lives, we need somewhere to sleep, hide from the weather and generally nest. These days, downsizing is more than a trend; it’s a necessary part of survival whereby smaller is better. The era of 2000 square foot McMansions is over and many will not lament its passing. Smaller, specialized housing leads to big savings on energy and building materials. With efficient housing, size does matter – it costs much less to maintain 200 square feet than 2000 square feet.

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Christmas Past in Guyana by Noah Banks - Christmas was first observed on a regular basis in Guyana when the Dutch immigrants made permanent settlements there, celebrated first in Essequibo about 1616, then in Berbice in 1627, and much later, in 1746, in Demerara. After the British, in 1796, occupied these three settlements and eventually unified them in to one colony, called British Guiana, in 1831. At the time of unification in 1831, the largest ethnic group in the country was the Africans. A small proportion of them were free, while the overwhelming majority were slaves who provided most of the labour for the Whites' sugar, coffee and cotton plantations. Slaves had been brought from Africa to Guyana since the early decades of the 17th century and the institution of slavery continued until full emancipation was granted on August 01, 1838.  Christmas was a popular season during the slavery era for most of the population with the notable exception of the Amerindians who lived for the most part in scattered communities in the hinterland.

	Offsite Links For Guyana, French Guiana, & Suriname
	Guyana - American ISOM Medical School - Providing a basic science and clinical medicine curriculum that is modeled to incorporate the best feature of academic and clinical instruction of the ACGME (Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education) of the United States.  Preparing students to pass the US Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) via the Educational Committee for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) licensure. - Offshore Medical Schools Index Page
	Embassy Of Guyana - Embassy Listings For Guyana
	Guyana, USA Website - This site is dedicated to the legal incorporation of Guyana into the United States, and pays special attention to the advantages that would flow to the United States and to Guyana if Guyana were to become a state, territory or possession of the United States. Guyana, formerly British Guiana, is the only English speaking country in South America. Guyana is about the size of the state of Idaho.  There's only 600,000 people left there.  They've all come to the USA.  The time has come to make Guyana a state, territory, possesion or legally incorporated part of the USA
	Guyana World Wide Web Handbook - A guide for general information on Guyana.
	Embassy Resources for Suriname
	West Suriname Specialist - Sur-Vive-It! - The Rain Forests of Suriname - Photos and text - Sur-vive-it: travel & tours organization - The Maratakka River is a river of surprises. Winding throught the jungle that drapes the banks like a carpet the Maratakka offers good opportunities to spot animals, especially monkeys, and birds such as macaws, parrots, toucans and various birds of prey and egrets.
	Suriname- Suriname, formerly Dutch Guiana, is located on the Caribbean coast of South America, between Guyana and French Guyana. Suriname is covered by large areas of biological diverse, tropical forest with some areas of savanna. The forests and the people who live in them are currently threatened by the Surinamese government's plans for large scale logging and mining.
	Official website of the French Guiana Tourism Committee  - What is there to do in French Guiana? And what are the must-see places? Discover Amazonia, its animals, plants, and rivers - including the Maroni, Oyapock, Mana, and Approuague-and the people who live there (Amerindians and Maroons), and enjoy hiking, boat trips, and other exciting activities. See the Kaw Swamps and the beaches with protected habitats. Visit Cayenne’s museums and its market, the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou (watch an Ariane rocket launch), and the remains of the prisons on Îles du Salut and in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.   Go fishing on the river or at sea. Experience Carnival. Meet all the communities that make up this territory’s cultural wealth.

Devil's Island Sailing From Brazil to French Guiana By James Baldwin - SSeven miles off the coast of French Guyana lies the ex-penal colony of Devil’s Island. For anyone who has seen the movie Papillon, the very name - Devil’s Island - conjures up scenes of immense suffering and dramatic escape attempts. I had long awaited a chance to discover for myself the myths and truths of this much-maligned island. But as it lay hundreds of miles against wind and current from the Caribbean waters I grew up sailing in, my pilgrimage there had to wait many years until I approached it from the east when my voyage around the world was nearly complete. Even as light favorable winds and the Guyana Current swept me gently along the coast from the Amazon Delta towards French Guyana, I never guessed this notorious little island and its two neighboring islands, known collectively as Iles du Salut, would still prove so difficult to escape from. However, before reaching the islands, I first made a provisioning stop on the mainland. Besides the alluring Devil’s Island, for the adventurous sailor there are many places of interest on the mainland. The Oyapok River, which borders Brazil, is navigable far into the hidden interior rain forest. At the other end of the country, the Moroni River, bordering on Suriname, is occasionally visited by yachts heading for the old penal colony town of St. Laurent. Sailing alone and without an engine, I reluctantly confined my explorations to the two main ports only.

Adventures In Suriname: Into The Jungle - Suriname - I suppose the irresistible lure enticing me there was the chance, an off chance at that, to be dropped off by a small plane in the middle of its tangled jungles and left to my own devices. Or maybe it was the country’s almost total obscurity. One ticketing agent - supposedly a South American ‘specialist’ - wanted to know where exactly Suriname was. I promised to send her a map and continued making calls. I’ve always been drawn to the obscure because it’s a primary requisite for exploration, not that I had any grandiose notions of making any significant discoveries, except perhaps about myself. The series of flights that would eventually terminate at its capital, Paramaribo, started off predictably enough.     I’d been through Miami International so many times I practically knew every carpet stain. But the second stopover in Haiti proved sobering, decades of neglect and despair obvious even from miles up. Whole mountains had been denuded from base to peak.

More Adventures In Surinam - Explorations  - I had little success fishing the first several days, but there was plenty of food, and just about the first time I thought someone to share my rum with might be nice I had a surprise encounter with Garifuna bushmen - long removed progeny of nineteenth century slaves who, seeing the Guiana’s striking similarities to the jungles of their Congo origins, escaped their captors by simply vanishing into the wilderness where to this day many thrive unhindered, a feral society. Coming up over the ‘tall trees’ trail I swore I heard human laughter. Suddenly four sparsely dressed fellows appeared and froze in their tracks, as did I. Smiling, I motioned them to the lean-to where I made various unintelligible offerings and possibly inappropriate inquiries.     One of them spoke some Pigeon English, and I think he figured out that I was here alone, but couldn’t imagine where I might have come from. They had no interest in my rum, food or even fishhooks, and I didn’t have any ganga, so must have appeared a useless host. Eventually they went on about their business down by their boats, and before nightfall they had vanished.