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- Paramaribo
- Capital
- Suriname Guilder (SRG)
- Currency
- 433,998
- Population
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Suriname Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Parimaribo, Suriname
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first experiences
... is a friend of one of the homestay families and also Suriname's new UN Youth Ambassador. He said that people in Suriname (that would be Parimaribo) do not like to appear poor, therefore what money they have "shows". Then, of course there is a ...
MAKING SENSE OF SURINAME
... and many of the people I have had a chance to talk to are NDP. My family and some of their friends see Bourtese as Suriname's Nelson Mandela. Their view on it is that Bouterse and the NDP have the majority of seats (15) and Venetiaan's party only 8. ...
Langa Tabiki - Into the Interior
... Last weekend we had quite the adventure into the Interior. In Suriname they seem to call almost anything outside the city of Parimaribo "the interior" . Langa Tabiki is an island in the Marowijne River which borders French Guyana. The trip was, in many ...
THE MAROON WOMEN
... attend their meeting which was this past Saturday and as well to be interviewed on Boscopo radio. Boscopo is a community radio in Parimaribo that broadcasts into the interior. So, I was interviewed on the radio last Saturday along with the 2 young radio ...
INSIDE SURINAME - A VANISHING CULTURE
... . The men pay the owner of the equipment for the gold they find and then take it to "Foto" which is what they call Parimaribo to sell. Typically they keep gold nuggets and it is common to see men, women and even babies wearing hunks of gold around their ...
Work and Play
... since 9 a.m. for a meeting with our co-ordinator. This meeting has been postponed 3 times. Things move at an interesting pace here in Suriname. We seemed to get off to a good start last week, but it slowed down and has yet to gain momentum. Stay ...
LIFE AND WORK IN PARBO
... and owner of the VM gives the rights to preform the play free every February to qualifying applicants. Brenda managed to get Suriname's application in and accepted as well as find a producer for the production before she left. They are also going to ...
AROUND PARIMARIBO BY BUS
... . She hasn't mentioned this for some time so I expect she is normalizing herself into the idiosyncrasies of bus travel in Parimaribo. Settled into a seat one of my favourite pastimes is watching the little old wooden houses along the streets. They often ...
SURINAME CELEBRATES SREFIDENSI (independence)
... it on too much sun and heat yesterday, but as I write I find myself wondering if the emotional confusion of Suriname's vibrant and optomistic celebrations against the reality of their shadows is contributing to this energy drain. I've also been ...
GALIBI AND A GLANCE AT FRANCE
... Suriname. They have been in operation for 9 years and have a joint project with UNESCO, Educon (a training center in Parimaribo that has provided technical training) and their local organization. The operator spoke English well and was very ...
SURINAME ETHNICITY
... rebel leaders are now elected officials and not in parliament. Religiously there also appears to be acceptance and tolerance. Here in Parimaribo a Muslim Mosque and Hebrew temple stand side by side. Amy's parents have just spent a year in Egypt and ...
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