a series of travel images from French Guiana. (Guyane or Guyane Française), a department of France in the Amazonia region of South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, Suriname and Brazil with a population of just 294.000 people. The most visited site is Devil's Island (Île du Diable), of the coast from Kourou with its former penal colony made famous by the Henry Charriere book and film Papillon featuring Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen.