Blogs from Suriname, South America - page 3

Some of you may have never heard of Suriname and would probably hazard a guess that it lie somewhere in rometest Africa. So would I before this trip. It´s also a difficult place to gain entry into - the Suriname embassy in Caynne (French Guiana) appeared all too unwilling to issue us Visas despite being mere tourists. The 40 Euros paid for the Visa was hardly worth the amount of time spent in Suriname, being restricted only to the capital, Paramaribo. All three of ´The Guyanas´are moulded from their colonial past which is now found in their language: French Guiana being French, Suriname being Dutch and Guyana being English. Despite the English having brief meddlings with Suriname, everybody now drives on the left (much to the Dutch tourists annoyance!) and even BBC news was on the ... read more

The road leading to Brownsberg Nature park was just hellish, unpaved dirt road with dibs left and right, being at the back of the van did not help and arriving at the Nature park i felt a bit dizzy and nauseous i have to walk it off, pacing back and forth until i regain my composure, was it worth the trip? let's backtrack a bit. Andrew and Diana owner and operator of Rainbow tours picked me up from Zus and Zo GH in Parbo and we drove straight to Bergendal, honestly I haven't a clue what this place is all about, i just wanted an excursion out of the city, and tonight i will spend the night there sleeping in a hammock. The road after leaving the city got bad but the Chinese apparently were building ... read more

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

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

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