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Background: Independence from the Netherlands was granted in 1975. Five years later the civilian government was replaced by a military regime that soon declared a socialist republic. It continued to rule through a succession of nominally civilian administrations until 1987, when international pressure finally forced a democratic election. In 1989, the military overthrew the civilian government, but a democratically-elected government returned to power in 1991.




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Hey again everyone! In this entry I'm going to try to briefly conclude my experiences over the last month since I wrote you the last time... Since this is a little too large task to handle I'll try to tell you about the most exciting moments! Crossing the Atlantic ocean for a third time in my 24 year long life was great! It took us 13 days to SAIL from the Cape Verde Islands to the Salvation Islands in French Guyana. It feels great to say that we actually sailed all the way and even though we had some rain the [View Full Entry]

Sandrita - Sandra Nilsson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
663 Words | 2 Comment(s) | 6 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: January 3rd 2008 | 396 Views | [diary=232638]

Dinner for one on New Years!
Battur pa floden i Surinam
Students in the mast

Helleuuu peoples!! Het is al een tijdje geleden dat ik iets heb geschreven op mijn travelblog. En kennelijk lezen sommigen van jullie het ook echt, dus vandaar dat ik maar ff opschrijf wat ik de afgelopen maanden allemaal heb meegemaakt hier. En het is voor mij ook leuk om later terug te lezen. Ja, ook een beetje eigen belang. :P Ik las een keer weer mn belevenissen in Brasil. Best grappig zo een online dagboek-ding. Nou ff kijken….ik ben al n tijdje klaar bij Krasnapolsky en ze waren zeer tevreden met mn scriptie en mijn final presentation. Dus voor hun is [View Full Entry]

Janelle op reis - Janelle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 18th 2007 | 174 Views | [diary=228560]


Heyhey! Hoe is t met jullie allemaal? Ik heb al n tijdje niets meer van me laten horen via de travelblog. Ik had die tijd dan ook niets boeiends te melden, maar goed. Maarreh…bij deze ff een update. Voor de mensen die het nog niet weten: twee weekenden geleden ging het niet zo goed met me, want ik lag in het ziekenhuis. WAT???? Ziekenhuis??? Hoe, wat, waar? Nou laat ik dan maar ff beginnen bij t begin… Zaterdag 22 september voelde ik me al niet zo goed. Was toen net opgestaan, douchen enzo, en ging ff wat eten opwarmen. Toen voelde [View Full Entry]

Janelle op reis - Janelle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 8th 2007 | 154 Views | [diary=209487]


Helleu peoples!! Aan t genieten van de late zomer?? Hoor dat t eindelijk sort of summer is daar. Aahhh zo zielig voor jullie joh. :-P Hier is t elke zo over de 30 graden (als ik het NOS-journaal mag geloven). Gelukkig heb ik airco op werk dus daar merk ik op zich weinig van. En aangezien ik de eeuwige koukleum (hoe schrijf je dat in hemeltjesnaam) ben, is deze temperatuur just right for me en smelt ik nog niet helemaal weg. Nou, voor de mensen die het nog niet weten….ik had me vorige week toch een beestachtige week!! Jeetje zeg. En [View Full Entry]

Janelle op reis - Janelle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 29th 2007 | 137 Views | [diary=197172]

The super frog

Hallo allemaal, Ik heb eigenlijk niet zoveel te melden, maar ik dacht...laat ik maar iets van me laten horen. Voordat jullie denken dat ik verdwenen ben. :-P Op werk is nu alles rustig, gaat wel redelijk. Alleen moet ik misschien wel iets meer gaan doen aan mn scriptie. MAAR IK HEB GEEEEEEN ZINNNN!!!! Nou, t komt nog wel. Uitstel van executie maar goed. Ben afgelopen weekend uitgeweest. Well, jeej for me!! :D haha Was echt leuk. Zeker voor herhaling vatbaar. Zaterdag had ik een bruiloft. Was heel mooi. De bruid zag er ook heel mooi uit. 't thema was chinees, want [View Full Entry]

Janelle op reis - Janelle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
215 Words | 4 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s)
Published: August 13th 2007 | 128 Views | [diary=191948]

Huwelijk
Huwelijk
Huwelijk

The music sounded traditional and festive. Although we were one block away, pedaling in Paramaribo's streets, we could hear the brass, the keyboard and the drums. Like ants to sugar, we were drawn. A few feet off the road was a plain white building from which the music emanated. Dismounting, we inched inwards quite unprepared for what we would see. Inside was ablaze with colourslike the rainbow had descended here. The rainbow swayed to the beat and danced around. Then, a part of the rainbow dislodged itself and danced over to us. A human shape with a head, face and a [View Full Entry]

two4deroad - Vibert & Shanna | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 8th 2007 | 516 Views | [diary=177293]

RECOVERED
RECOVERED
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We felt giddy. Kinda High. And there seemed to be no escape. We had never smoked so much second-hand marijuana in our lives. Saramacca street at 7:00 a.m. was no place for non-smokers to be but it was the bus stop for public transportation to Brownsberg Nature Reserve. Tante 'Wee Nah' had, the night before insisted that we take a taxi to the stop. We were prepared to make the 35-minute early-morning walk with very heavy backpacks - the cheapskates we were. She paid for it too and we pretended to resist the 'luxury'. We had, for two days, been putting [View Full Entry]

two4deroad - Vibert & Shanna | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 11th 2007 | 970 Views | [diary=180965]

RECOVERED
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We travelled to Paramaribo from Georgetown, Guyana, deciding to go overland. We had a not-too-comfy minibus pick us up at 3:30 am. Only 10 or so people on board. It took a couple of hours to get to Rosignol and we didn't have to wait long for the short 6:30 am crossing on a rickety old ferry to New Amsterdam. Passing through we could see that New Amsterdam and Berbice were quite pretty. A couple of hours later we stopped in Corriverton where the Corantijn river served as the border with Suriname. The next few hours were about pain and suffering. [View Full Entry]

draak - Pieter and Rae Soer | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 8th 2007 | 964 Views | [diary=201255]

Brownsberg
Brownsberg
Brownsberg

'Fawaka'. The voice was surprisingly pleasant. It belonged to a rough-looking immigration officer at the South Drain Ferry Terminal in Suriname. He had just 'helloed' us in the local language called 'Sranang Tongo' or 'Taki Taki' before stamping our passports. A few minutes ago we had departed from Guyana and crossed the Corentyne River. The ferry building looked the same like the one across the water and the customs clearance was the same lengthy, tedious drill just like the one across the water. Outside the terminal, there were only three buses and it was then that we'd understand [View Full Entry]

two4deroad - Vibert & Shanna | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 13th 2007 | 2153 Views | [diary=179671]

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Janelle op reis - Janelle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
828 Words | 5 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 9 Video(s)
Published: August 5th 2007 | 326 Views | [diary=168113]

Circus Suarez
Circus Suarez
Circus Suarez