After our thesis work, Krisje and me went on a trip to see more of French Guiana. First we stayed a weekend at Cayenne in a house owned by friends of Valentine (one of the climbers). The weekend was very relaxed, we went to a museum (Musée départemental Alexandre-Franc...
My job here in Frech Guiana is almost finished. This Friday Kris and me leave for a trip to Saül and Suriname! But here are some last pictures of the things I saw during my stay in Kourou.
One of my dreams came true, to actually see a rocket going into space! It lasted...
This sunny Sunday we went to Devil's island, where once was a French prison! Well actually that's the only island you can't visit, but the islands île Royale and île Saint Joseph are two nearby islands with similar facilities, together they're called îles du Salut. We...
Let's get serious... I'm here in French Guiana to do some fieldwork for my master thesis. It situates within the whole climate change question. Climate change is mostly due to the rise of CO2 in the atmosphere. Many papers suggest that forests all over the world could...
On Sunday we went to the beach (it's very close to the campus). There we had some fun in the hot Altlantic ocean. Afterwards we went to the appartement of Lore and Leandro for dinner, fun and games. Lovely day!
Meet Kris! She's my fellow masterstudent and is also doing...
After a long flight, I arrived in Cayenne. My copromotor, Lore, picked me up and we drove to the Campus agronomique de Kourou. On the campus site I got a key for a house. The first thing I noticed were the cockroaches, a little lugubrious, but I'm getting used to them....
