Cruising from a country you've probably never heard of
Aboard the ship you could be in Paris – but outside it’s lush tropics, canoes and piranhas in the mighty Orinoco River, Clare Colley writes for Sophisticated Traveller.
Ponant’s Le Champlain anchored off the Tobago Cays.
Ican’t quite decide if it’s a good thing or not, but no one seems to have heard of Cayenne, the place where I’m about to board a cruise ship. The Smart Traveller website is still returning no advice a couple of weeks before departure, and my travel doctor asks me twice where I’m going before consulting a map, as if I’ve made it up.
The Australian Financial Review’s intrepid world editor at least knows Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana, a tiny overseas department of France in South America. However, he’s never visited, despite having spent many years living and working on that continent.
Clare ColleyHead of editorial operationsClare Colley is head of editorial operations at The Australian Financial Review. She was previously the AFR’s newsletter editor and head of audience engagement. Connect with Clare on Twitter. Email Clare at clare.colley@afr.com
