A few days off the boat

Craig and I hired a car and left the boat for a few days. The first thing we did was get stuck in the mud. 🙈 In Craig’s defence, it was my fault. I suggested that we park in the only shady spotRead more
Craig and I hired a car and left the boat for a few days. The first thing we did was get stuck in the mud. 🙈 In Craig’s defence, it was my fault. I suggested that we park in the only shady spotRead more
I love going to the food markets and seeing what’s different. For starters, the beans (kouseband) in Suriname are about 5 times longer than those at home, and delicious. They chop them finely andRead more
Well, I haven’t seen a puma or a boa constrictor (small mercies) but there is an abundance and variety of other wildlife here. We have seen some naughty monkeys, leaf cutter ants, hummingbirdRead more
If you were, for some reason, to consider the digestion of a sloth, you wouldn’t be surprised to learn that it’s quite slow. In fact, they descend from the tree tops just once a week to poop,Read more
This tiny green turtle hatchling went racing towards the ocean, flippers flapping, into the surf… and then was gone! No mommy or daddy to look after it! 🥺🥺🥺 Hatchlings engage in aRead more
We were on a mission to see some turtles. It involved a one hour drive to Paramaribo and a two hour ferry ride across the Suriname River to a beach called Braamspunt. Along the way we saw some riverRead more
We arrived in Suriname 56 days after leaving Cape Town. Our last night at sea was a bit hectic: We needed to arrive at the Suriname River mouth at sunrise, but Fob had been flying along so we hadRead more
After quite a fiasco getting to Suriname with a 2 hour delay, and then the whole issue with the hotel I booked online (wrong address, waiting for a cab to the right place, and then being overbilled,Read more
Vandaag op school hadden we 3 iPadlessen. Eerst groep 4 en toen twee lessen bij groep 5 (er zijn 2 groepen 5).
De kids in groep 4 kennen we nu een beetje door de leeslessen. We gingen op de iPad ookRead more
Je pakt een kookbanaan met schil, snijdt onder en boven eraf en een snee erin en dan kook je het 15-20 minuten
Vandaag was echt een hele leuke dag! 's Ochtends ontbeten we met een gekookt banaantje (jum!) om vervolgens te vertrekken naar de steiger. Vanaf daar gingen we met de boot richting de monding van deRead more
Gaaf zo n verjaardag met al die mensen. Ze zijn wel ontzettend lief voor jullie!!
You might also know this place by the following names:
Republic of Suriname, Suriname, ሱሪናም, Surinam, سورينام, Surinamə, Сурынам, Суринам, Surinami, সুরিনাম, སུ་རི་ནཱམ།, Swrinam, Suriname nutome, Σουρινάμ, Surinamo, سورینام, Surinaam, Suranam, સુરીનામ, סורינם, सूरीनाम, Սուրինամ, Súrínam, スリナム共和国, სურინამი, Surinamu, សូរីណាម, ಸುರಿನಾಮ, 수리남, Surinamia, Surinaamu, Surinamɛ, ຊູລິນາມິ, Surinamas, Surinama, Sorinam, സുറിനാം, सुरिनाम, सुरिनेम, ସୁରିନାମ, Surinäm, Суринами, சூரினாம், సురినామ్, ซูรินาเม, Sulinami, Сурінам, Xu-ri-nam (Suriname), Surinän, סורינאם, Orílẹ́ède Surinami, 苏里南, i-Suriname
Air con sounds good. I wouldn't have been able to leave. Just out of interest, did the Dutch bring the slaves over from Africa? [[No need to reply, I just googled it]]
What is the answer? 😬
good of them to allow girls to pee on the cage [faros]
Isn’t it just! Or maybe they know that we would never even contemplate it! 😁