Drive to Cayenne from the airport. Capital of French Guiana August 2016

[@Ynysmydwr]

Anyone driving along this road could have absolutely no doubt they were in France -- as well as in South America too, of course. The traffic signs, the surface markings, the road layouts at junctions: all are exactly the same as in metropolitan France! (Richard, I was very surprised to learn that you didn't know France drives on the right -- as does all of Europe except for the UK, Ireland, Cyprus, and Malta.)

[@maten146]

France is the first country in the world that started to drive on the right and he didn't know that,....

[@joeroberts2481]

Much of this conversation is kind of cringeworthy.

[@Agent007202]

I was born in the Caribbean and always wanted to visit French Guiana and surinam.

[@vanessahercules800]

I live in french guiana its lovely and i go to suriname for vacation its lovely too

[@tauceti8060]

Agent007202 What about Guyana?

[@Agent007202]

Guyana is also on my list.

[@edwardoemiliano8018]

I live in New York but I grew up in Cayenne for 15 years. Used to play handball at AJSE and football at Red Star I also studied at Auxence Contout (Republique) and Felix eboue....I'm going back in May 2023 for the first time since I left in 2010.

[@efrans2627]

Suriname look better

[@cncmoh]

This is the best taxi driver i ever heard of. This guy is very knowledgeable about his country. He would be an ideal tour guide.

[@RichardsWorld]

Yeah, I agree. He gave me a good conversation. Most drivers will only say a few words and not talk much. Also in the city most people would only speak a few words in English.

[@erwannleligerien3771]

Richard's World, The language in French Guiana is French^^.

[@RichardsWorld]

cncmoh Good thing for me he could speak English :) I met many people there that can't speak English. Some learn Spanish or Portuguese though.

[@RichardsWorld]

You got me. I made a dumb reply. LOL

[@user-ww7wz2gs4s]

In French Guiana, we speak French, but we can learn Portuguese since French Guiana on a border shared with Brazil, Portuguese speaking! There is a lot of Brazilians in Guyana, usually gold panners! why should all of us speak English, and why do not Americans speak French?

[@Valdoy]

interesting video, the dude speak English pretty well and know a lot of stuff about his region. I'm from metropolitan France and I had always been interested of overseas regions and the video allow me to learn about them. I would like to go to French Guyana some times you can regonize you're in France by looking the licence plates and road sign however I can clearly see the living conditions are fewer there than the metropolitan by looking the old buildings. anyway great video I hope you will upload more video ;)

[@RichardsWorld]

Thanks for the kind comments. French Guiana is very, very different from the neighboring countries for sure. I was surprised at how much it costs there. It seemed like European prices, but in South America. I went to New Caledonia a long time ago. They had their own currency back then though.

[@andrealonso7369]

French Guiana's GNI per capita is half the France's. But it's the best in South America. Live standards are similar to Uruguay's.

[@flip1sba]

Can’t imagine this is France. French system and infrastructure in a Guyanese landscape. I’m sure quality of life here is better than its neighboring South American countries and even the most remote “native” villages use The Euro.

[@emperor536]

Actually quite the opposite; France has practically abandoned this country so the quality of life in most South American countries are way better than here. Actually French Guiana is more of a strategic geopolitical value to France nothing more- very sad indeed.

[@emperor536]

@Doffy Rob very desrespectful but i understand why. If you knew what Per Capita Income meant you would know that it has a ficticious Per capita income because its pared to France. Secondly the Human Development Index is far below European and even South American standards. Your wikipedia searches were fruitless with no undersanding of economics

[@marcelomerchan9563]

@@emperor536 yes, that is what I had seen in ytube 2-6-21 pandemia time. People protesting for better way of government, we are living in a corrupt and incompetent governments. Greetings from Ecuador my friend.

[@emperor536]

@@marcelomerchan9563 greetings and much love to Ecuador

[@mathewvanostin7118]

@Doffy Rob lol gdp per capita is worthless to evaluate quality of life and how rich people are Sure in euro french guyan have more money then brazilian or colombian But you forgot the cost of life is 4 5 times more then brazil/colombia Food courts dinner that would cost 2 euros in brazil/colombia. Would cost 10 euros in french guyana

[@fluidice1656]

This is pretty useful. French Guiana is a part of France (and thus the EU) so it's not surprising that prices are European (or even higher because stuff needs to get imported from the continent). Unlike other South American countries FG is NOT independent and is integral part of France. I plan to travel and stay there for about 6 mo and my French is really broken. This video encouraged me to stick with the plan.

[@RichardsWorld]

I think I would have enjoyed my time there much more if I could speak French. I met a lot of people there that only speak French. Improving your French will help for sure.

[@fluidice1656]

Working on it. Thanks.

[@tauceti8060]

FluidIce Is French Guiana thinking of independents?

[@noefillon1749]

No they didn't voted for independence but just for a little autonomy and 75% voted no. If they voted for independence it would be about 98% to stay.

[@lmlmd2714]

@@RichardsWorld Yep. France is pretty monolingual compared to most European countries, and Guyane isn't the most cosmopolitan of regions by a long shot. I worked in La Réunion for a while, and while it's also a pretty far flung region, and even more cut off in some respects (being an island) it's much more cosmopolitan. That said, I'd love to live in Guyane for a while - it's a botanists dream. Guyane has the largest national park in the entire EU, and hardly anyone bothers to visit - it's such a shame.... but also, a dream come true :)

[@chbl1881]

that may sound silly but after watching a lot of "deadliest roads" documentaries, its quite nice to see such a beautiful road in this kind of remote environment lol

[@mwolfgr01]

You should visit Saint Pierre et Miquelon, which are islands off the coast of Newfoundland.

[@RichardsWorld]

Hmmm, I never heard of it. It looks very interesting. I just saved it on my Google Maps as a place of interest to visit some day. Thanks.

[@kzoneclips]

No hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes. This territory should be more developed, like St. Martin, Guadelope, Martinique.

[@jetaddicted]

And then you’d be complaining about the rainforest having disappeared or whatever.

[@gabrielbueso1307]

French Guiana is a oversea department of France is located to the north of South America with Suriname and Brazil, however Why French Guiana is a Caribbean Country? Because of a culture and sports or also a music and politics, is not nearby directly of Caribbean sea, is a Caribbean region, supossedly is a last caribbean country of America

[@consultoramorimrj]

*I am a Brazilian guy from Rio and i would like a lot to visit that unknown neighboring country one day!* 😃🇬🇾

[@Hugo-cn9no]

🇫🇷🤝🇧🇷

[@BOLPutube]

Walter Amorim France is an unknown country to you ;)

[@arceniog9245]

It part of france

[@fablb9006]

Walter Amorim funny fact, Brazil is the country with which france have our longest border !...

[@djmhyde]

10:24 France not only drives on the right side of the road, they invented this...

[@SuperKafooo]

Correct and before that people drove at the center of the road with their horse carriages and galloped over on-coming vehicles. And the right to gallop was set by a short game of rock-paper-scissors.

[@Temfe33]

You Americans are not the smartest on this planet he 😫😫 you thought that we drive on the left side in France 😫😫. I don’t know what school education you guys have in America, but i am a little bit concerned

[@personofinterest6813]

Why isn't France taking better care of the architecture? smh

[@jetaddicted]

What are you talking about? 98% rainforest->90% humidity. Good luck keeping a facade free of fungus after a year.

[@Mario_With_a_D]

Interesting to see European cars with European number plates on the other side of the world

[@tzenie9571]

Yes Suriname so many things are free that's why we are so corrupted

[@jrcmes]

T zenie - What things are free?

[@adolfkaddafi726]

bardak su tarifi veriyorum; Malzemeler; 1 bardak su 1 bardak Yapılışı; 1 bardak suyu bir bardağa boşaltın afiyet olsun.

[@truthreignsforever9286]

Does anyone know if it’s possible to move here in Cayenne? Start a little fruit stand, hypothetically, selling to tourists? Would a foreigner have difficulty relocating here to start a new life? Is a foreigner able to purchase a little cottage to live in? And pay little yearly property taxes? I’d like to visit here and see what’s up? Is it dangerous? Or are there stringent rules here?

[@Diana-le7oh]

Looks a lot like Louisiana, very cool.

[@sebastien4908]

French Guiana is where you can be in France without going to Europe

[@noelxlk]

there are lots of other places where that can happen

[@AnonTriple]

​@@noelxlk Right. La Reunion, Tahiti, Guadeloupe etc. Many places

[@marinacorrea10]

Si j'ai pas vu j'ai pas vu, ça change quoi? Vas montrer ton corps. Oh là là le chaffeur..

[@caicyliha4788]

bizarre c'est chez nous

[@erwannleligerien3771]

Have you seen the spaceport near Kourou during your trip ?

[@RichardsWorld]

Erwann L'inconnu I unfortunately only stayed 2 days. I was in a rush to go to Brazil during the Olympics. If I go to French Guiana again I'll see the spaceport and Devils Island.

[@alexzgz100]

Free Guyana , Guyana Will descolonized

[@ramdas363]

"You guys drive on the right side, I thought in France they drive on the other side." CRINGE

[@RichardsWorld]

Hey, that is a VERY GOOD catch there. I rented a car in the neighboring country of Suriname and they drive on the left. I've also been to the French islands in the Caribbean Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint Barthélemy. They drive on the left side. In St Martin they drive on the right side, probably because the other side of the island was driving on the right side.

[@jetaddicted]

Er, right driving all over France, mate, your memory is playing tricks on you; I was in FDF and St Martin in 2021: right side of the road.

[@robertszirmai5523]

Segítség ide szeretnèk jönni élni

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Sorry : looks boring !! Could be motorway anywhere in Europe .

[@sanitallica]

9:53 The truck driver just went against red light! "Yeah I just drive" lol

[@naturalview8349]

very nice video brother ..

[@RichardsWorld]

Thanks man!

[@mscali5107]

Wow, I want to go!

[@adrienfristzner351]

Ville de canada

[@dirkbirot2155]

Hello feom Trinidad via la cali

[@luisvilla799]

I wonder how easy it is to get a french citizenship here than in france

[@raffael12344]

Its the same thing, same laws and process

[@luisvilla799]

@@raffael12344 no corruption???? Or pay for fast track process

[@noefillon1749]

The bureaucracy is very heavy here like in France and even sometimes worse

[@luisvilla799]

Who said ima game the system i wonder where the fuck you think im from, you dont seem bright making assumptions, im asking a question

[@fablb9006]

It is france, so no difference with mainland France.

[@basilalmasri4826]

Worst place ever

[@a_ericjuanaprasetyo5503]

Gib independent

[@jetaddicted]

Lol Guyane has been French for five centuries, it will remain so.