Bernie Traveller

I got up about 9am. Boyke came and picked me up about 11am. He showed me around Brokopondo central with a local boy called Shabba. We went to see Sally at work. She works in the office of the local school. I also met Timothy who is from Connecticut in the states and turned out to be from the same area that I did camp America about 9 years ago, small world hey! He came toSurinamewith the peace corp a US government aid but he now works at the school and lives in the next village. He said I am the first person fromEnglandhe has met inSuriname. Unfortunately, if you don’t know people from here it’s unlikely be a place you would visit which is a shame because it is beautiful and the people are so ... read more

I’m up early about 10.30am as the kids are up and about. Zuwena comes and picks us about 1pm, luckily I’m not hanging! We go into town to see Nancy’s gran and Zuwena’s mum. We find out that Nancy’s flight is delayed. Zuwena's mum heard it on the radio but we don’t know how long for. We were supposed to go and buy some souvenirs for Nancy to take home but the hangover and lack of sleep kicks in so we go home. They have some nice I love SU T shirts here I’m gonna try and get some before I leave, maybe post them back to England. We’ve not had the chance to get to an internet café ( they call them cyber cafes) and there are not many around. Wi fi seems non existent ... read more

I have a bit of a lie in until about 10am, I’m feeling a bit better but still have the sniffles and sneezing. My nose is looking and feeling like a pork scratching. Realising its my only full day with Nancy as she is leaving tomorrow I better crack on! We all drive to town which is about 20 mins away. We meet two more of her cousins Diego and a girl who’s name I have forgotten and her little boy. We eat some nice dutch cinnamon, butter and sugar pancakes and cinnamon toast and then head to Nancy’s great grandmas house. This is the first time she has met her, she is 95! While we are there she is smoking a pipe, drinking rum and cooking. I hope I can live like that if/when I ... read more

It is actually Friday the 13thof January that I am writing this I have been caught up until now. The real adventure has now started so I need to keep a track of what has been going on! I have taken about 200 pics aleady but can't get them off my camera at the moment. As soon as I do they will be uploaded. So I departed London Heathrow Terminal 4 at 8.40am. I’d only had 2 hours sleep prior to the hour and half drive to airport (thank you Linda for dropping me) so I was knackered. I was already feeling a bit run down but by the time I got on the plane I was dying (such a drama queen lol!) 45 minutes later I arrived at Schiphol Airport Amsterdam. I have to say ... read more