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South America » Suriname » Paramaribo April 28th 2011

Well perhaps not sweating to the oldies at the moment, but definitely sweating a lot. In addition to the very North American behavior of moving from air conditioned building to air conditioned building, we have adopted a few Surinamese practices for handling the heat. To Wit: two, or sometimes three showers per day to cool off, men going shirtless around the home in the evening (not particularly pretty, but effective), and women going, shall we say 'alfresco', under their summer dresses. Yesterday we used the pool at a downtown hotel for a few hours, and it saved us. Today, we stayed put and did a few things around Astrid's house in the morning and are checking out a mall with an internet cafe this afternoon. The Carnival of Wellness Later we are going to watch a ... read more
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South America » Suriname » Paramaribo April 26th 2011

Today we went right into the heat of the day to get to an amazing butterfly garden near the city. This place breeds exotic butterflies for sale to butterfly gardens in the US and Eurpope. Pretty neat place. Unfortunately, I can't share photos of it because we just bought a new memory card for the camera, and the card with the photos is in Pauline's purse, and not here with me in the camera. (foiled again). The one photo we have on the new card is of the sign for an english bookstore. I am sharing it because it is going to be our saviour here. You see, Abbey ran out of english books to read some time ago, and she doesn't have a lot to do on her own when we're around Astrid's house in ... read more

South America » Suriname » Paramaribo April 24th 2011

Still touring around Parimaribo. Our host, Astrid must have pulled in a lot of favors, because everywhere we go, there is somebody who has been lined up to feed us. Yesterday her sister and brother in law took us to the pool at a local fitness club, then to a Javanese restaurant. Lovely. Abbey and their daughter Priscilla are cooking plans for a sleepover this week. Whoever called this the 'rainy season' was WAY OFF BASE. It has been hot, and muggy for four days, and at times opressive. It dipped down to 28 Celsius by 8:30 tonight, and that's about as bearable as it gets. We considered changing flights to come back a few days early but decided to just 'suck it up buttercup', and see all we can here before we leave. Am writing ... read more

South America » Suriname » Paramaribo April 21st 2011

Sorry for the recent radio silence. The travel day to Suriname was a long one, and mostly without problems. Maybe more on that later. The main thing is that we are on the ground, and visiting with our friend Astrid MacDonald, who lives south of Parimaribo. We met Astrid 15 years ago when Sue Holloway and the late Murray Kocis asked us to host her through an organization called Canadian Crossroads. She lived with us for three months, and we thoroughly tortured her with various activities in the cold fall weather. Now it's her turn for revenge. Despite this supposedly being the rainy season, we haven't had any appreciable rain in the last two days, and have instead been met with unbelievable, unrelenting heat. Our first full day, yesterday, started nice enough, but around nine in ... read more

South America » Suriname » Paramaribo August 15th 2009

Due to our late arrival we would need to catch up on some sleep before seeing Paramaribo. As time for us is beginning to run out we only really had one week to spend in the Guyanas. We were already up against it because we could only fly into Suriname - flying into French Guiana would have been the logical route. However the only international flights to Cayenne are from Paris and classed as a domestic flight. This logistical problem means that we would have to move quickly if we were to visit French Guiana, due to the fact that we would be doubling back on ourselves. More time issues have also come to light for the last segment of our trip here - getting from Guyana back to Venezuela is near impossible. The two countries ... read more

South America » Suriname » Paramaribo August 2nd 2009

The flight to Paramaribo from Belem was late by 15 minutes, and I noticed I was the sole backpacker, most were Brazilians and of course Surinamese. Weird when we got in the plane all the stewardesses were wearing masks, I felt like entering a hospital. later on they sprayed some perfume disinfectant stuff. While on flight they distributed forms to fill up for customs and immigrations, suddenly there were commotions, people getting up and huddling, I got curious, then I realized they were Brazilian laborers and like in school, they are copying each other's information, granted the forms were in Surinamese(Dutch)/English not in Portuguese, I think some cant read and write. This continued on until we landed, only an hour 45 flight. Everyone is trying to be the 1st out of the plane, cant understand why, ... read more
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South America » Suriname » Paramaribo December 8th 2008

Hallooo lieve mensen!!! Ik ben afgelopen zaterdag tante geworden (tante NEL) !!!! Rob en Charissa....van harte met jullie kleine engeltje. Ik kan niet wachten om haar te zien, onze kleine Ashlynn. :D :D Ik was dus vrijdag gaan bowlen met Rafiek, Danny en Gina. Ik was tweede en had nog voor Rafiek een strike gegooid!! Jeej! Was heel gezellig. Daarna gingen we nog poolen, drinken, praten en lachen beneden in 8ball. Vervolgens gingen we naar een gay party in Mystique, een discotheek(je) bij mij in de buurt. Het heet: Y M C GAY!!!! Ow my god, heb me dood gelachen daar. Al die homo's die tegen elkaar aan zaten te schuren en helemaal wild and out gingen. Whahahaha Was echt grappig. Vind het echt leuk dat ze zich nergens wat van aan trekken en gewoon hun ... read more

South America » Suriname » Paramaribo December 4th 2008

Helleuuuu allemaal!!! Zijn jullie lekker sneeuwballen aan t gooien daaro?? whahahaha Te grappig. Ik zit hier nog altijd te smelten in de zon. Afgelopen drie dagen regent het wel, dus het is ietjes afgekoeld. Niet dat ik er iets van merk, maar goed. Nou de meesten van jullie weten het al, maar ik woon al in mn eigen huisje hier. Is in dezelfde straat als waar ik eerst woonde, dus lekker bekende en rustige buurt. Alleen zijn er wel honden daar, dus dat was echt even mn angst voor honden overwinnen, maar nu ben ik het wel gewend. En ze zijn mij ook gewend. Ik had van de week mijn eerste beestjes-incident!!! Mij god. Het was weer zover hoor....Ik was in de keuken en wilde gaan afwassen, dus ik pakte de spons en daarachter zat een ... read more

South America » Suriname » Paramaribo November 20th 2008

Hey lieverdsssss!! Ik heb even niet de tijd om jullie apart te mailen en te hyven. Dan is de travelblog echt suppper handig. Ik ben goed aangekomen en al. Had wel een beetje turbulentie en wat luchtzakken, maar I survived. Op zich had ik er wel vertrouwen in dat ik goed aan zou komen (in tegenstelling tot mijn vlucht naar Las Palmas)...want ik zat met de president in het vliegtuig. Ik vond het al zo apart dat er goede service was enzo. Drong later tot me door dat de president er ook in was. hahaha Ja na wat mystery flights weet je wel hoe het hoort allemaal. Maar op zanderij (luchthaven hier) werd er een rode loper uitgerold en al, 4-5 geblindeerde auto's. Soldaten die een saluut brachten en al. Heel gedoe. Was wel lachen. Ow ... read more

South America » Suriname » Paramaribo March 24th 2008

Pochi giorni di Guiana Francese hanno inciso sul mio bilancio quasi quanto un mese in Brasile. Sconsiglio a chiunque stia leggendo questo di visitare tale "Paese". Mi sono chiesto più volte perché i Francesi abbiano deciso di nazionalizzare completamente un territorio situato a diecimila chilometri di distanza dalla madre patria. Ho trovato varie risposte, tutte di carattere puramente economico, ovvio. Quel che però continuo a trovare sconvolgente è che i Guianesi abbiano accettato di perdere quel pò di autonomia di cui disponevano come "territorio d'oltre mare". Non credo si diano casi simili altrove. Comunque, sono ora a Paramaribo, capitale del Suriname, Paese dove la gente parla un incrocio fra l'Olandese e un pugno sul muso :-) Interessante mix e sicuramente i'prezzi sembrano più ragionevoli.... read more
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