Paramaribo

I spent the morning walking around Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam. Fort Zeelandia was on a strategic position with its guns on the terrace facing across the Surinam River. Its rooms had many interesting artefacts such as a complete apothecary.
There were some beautiful Dutch-style house on the promenade and the side streets in the colonial centre of the city. Some of the houses were now government or private offices.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral was another candidate to be the tallest wooden freestanding building in Latin America.
There was a synagogue next to the mosque, the latter having a connection to a branch of Hinduism in Lahore.
In a small cafe, I had fried baga-baga, a saltwater fish, rice and cabbages served in a carton as though a takeaway.
The city was much smaller and more ordered than Georgetown with working traffic lights, pavements, and less traffic and people on the streets.
It was very hot and humid so I spent the afternoon relaxing in my bedroom, completing the online emigration form. Completing these forms had taught me where Notes and Files are on my phone.
We went to an Indonesian restaurant for dinner, showing the Javanese influence in Surinam.Read more