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It’s a Graham Greene kind of sign; conjuring moldering border posts in corrupt banana republics. This one innocuous enough, simply a timetable of ferry crossings between St Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana and Albina on the Suriname side But it’s the rusting print ravaged by equatorial heat and rain that evokes images of something darker, more sinister, menacing even. One thinks immediately of mercenaries lurking along the verdant river banks; of shady dealings conducted in the decaying colonial houses that line the streets; of venal officials taking bribes and all the while treacherously setting one up for arrest and lengthy unexplained detentions. The bullet holes in the concrete reception post do nothing to assuage that impression.

Border Sign at St Laurent du Maroni