The Dutch were in what's now Guyana from 1595, and they remained in Suriname until 1975. Across the 'Wild Coast' is extraordinary evidence of their lives. Throughout the creeks there are flagons, demijohns, hand-blown wine bottles, decanters, crocks, pots and flasks. But mostly it's gin. These ones are owned by Gary Serao, who told me there were flasks everywhere: the Dutchmen liked his gin.

Across the three Guianas (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana), around half the population have African ancestry. These objects - a gourd bowl and a comb - show off African culture in its most traditional form. Whilst elsewhere African art has been transformed by the influence of other cultures, this is not so among the Maroons of Suriname.

ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) tomorrow will pay $372 million in earned profit sharing as part of the company's commitment to recognize its 80,000 employees for their crucial role in achieving financial and operational goals in 2012. Employees' individual payouts will equal 6.67 percent of their eligible 2012 earnings.

Saguenay ships sailed between British Guiana (now Guyana) to Europe and North America with their cargo. A few of the names of the ships were, Sunvictor, Sungate, Sunray, Sunbrayton, Sundora, Sunhill and Sunhenderson

These are stone axe heads from Berbice, Guyana (with my watch for scale!). The man who found them couldn't say how old they were, and nor can I. However, they are broadly similar to tools found in Europe and the Middle East, dating from the Stone Age (which ended between 4,500BC and 2,000BC).

Today, I shall start a new series, exploring the story of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana through some of the things I encountered on my travels. I start with this, a plaster cast of a convict's foot, seen in the museum in Cayenne (Fr G). The foot is grossly deformed, and the label says that the cast was made whilst the prisoner was under torture.

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Six unusual things I've eaten/drunk on my travels:-
1. Ducks' tongues (Hong Kong). All you'd expect of a tongue except with an unexpected crunch.
2. Baked limpets (Madeira). There must be enough limpets around British waters to feed the world but, in my view, they're best left stuck to the rocks.
3. Pigs' ears (Thailand). Imagine eating plastic handbags.

Washington, D.C., 17 January 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — A new report published by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in collaboration with the U.S.

The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), in its 132nd session in Geneva, 21-29 January 2013, confirmed Dr. Carissa Faustina Etienne as the new Regional Director for WHO's Americas Region (PAHO/AMRO). Dr.