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“Wild Coast. Travels on South America’s Untamed Edge”, by John Gimlette, Profile Books

Posted on March 1, 2018 by awtytravels

Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana: raise your hands if you can recite, by heart – and no Googling, I can see you – their capitals. Not a clue? Well, I honestly doubt there’ll be many, amongst the few who’ll stumble across … Continue reading →

Posted in Books review | Tagged At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, Barrister, Books, Cayenne, France, French Guiana, Georgetown, Guyana, Hmong, John Gimlette, Jonestown, Korou, Maroons, Massacre, Montagnard, Netherlands, Papillon, Paramaribo, Planters, Profile books, ravels on South America’s Untamed Edge, Surinam, Suriname, Theatre of Fish, Travel literature, Wild Coast | 13 Comments

Where kites fly above the fort.

Posted on March 24, 2017 by awtytravels

I often think that I’d have been a Portuguese explorer. This isn’t because of an unquenchable thirst for boot, a penchant for ending up chewed by unfriendly natives, or an interest in being consumed by hideous tropical diseases; rather, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Sri Lanka | Tagged Asia, Astronomy, Buddha, Buddhist, Cargo, Ceylon, Dutch, Dutch Hospital, Galle, Galle Fort, Galle Railway station, Holland, Indian Ocean, Islam, Kite, Lloyd's, Madrasah, Muslim, Netherlands, Rampart Street, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shipping, Sri Lanka, Sunset, Tropics, Twilight, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC | 18 Comments

Tag Archives: Netherlands

“Wild Coast. Travels on South America’s Untamed Edge”, by John Gimlette, Profile Books

Where kites fly above the fort.

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