Danpaati River Lodge Paramaribo

... water to give us a better look! This rather conflicted with our eco-sensibility and so we declined to handle the potentially traumatised creature, although I did take a picture. Elsewhere, rather larger eyes returned our torch beams, which our guides thought might be the caiman's mother (apparently they care for their young for the first three months). They didn't seem inclined to get close to that one and we returned to camp. <br><br> The night was ...

... from nowhere, including a medic, a woman with a sick baby and four Dutch tourists. The 20 seater plane had a Dutch pilot and a female co-pilot, and all seats bar one were taken. It was really interesting to see things from the air, we could see lots of jungle, rivers, the various mines and quarries and a huge &#8220;stuwmeer&#8221;, an artificial lake behind a hydroelectric dam. <br><br>Returning to our guesthouse was like coming home. There was even a meal laid ...

... dialect called 'taki-taki', which I assumed- wrongly, it turns out- to be some sort of pidgin (i.e. bad) English, destined to follow me around like some **** that just won't go away. Mea culpa mea culpa mea culpa mea culpa hail Mary hail Mary hail Mary hail Mary. While Taki-taki, aka 'Sranan Tongo', is technically considered to be an English Creole, it goes back to the earliest days of colonialism and, unlike Jamaican or other Caribbean creoles ...

... later found out this was the case and the Dutch technology managed to get the salt out. Canals everywhere, and therefore bridges too. The roads were mostly decent tarmac, except the last bit which was very bumpy dirt /murram / piste, but it was being worked on. We had a 20 minute refreshment stop at a fuel station which sold snacks as well. In Paramaribo most shops and traders will take Euros (currently at &euro;1:SRD$4) and give you change in SRD. But ...

... in March for a longer stay. Uncle Bissoon bought my ticket and sent me back with a plane to Guyana. The flight was just over an hour and it was so pleasant. I will be the first to admit that I was really nervous about travelling in that little 18-seater, but other than the loud engines, I really enjoyed the flight. We had good weather for most of the way (I could tell when the plane crossed into Guyana: all the sun went away, we were enveloped by dreary rain clouds and ...

... tussen Bami en Nasi met kip. Alhoewel één van beiden soms wel verkocht wordt maar "even op" is. (we verkopen het wel maar we hebben het niet) Vaak is er ook Saoto, een heerlijke heldere soep met kip en taugé. In Domburg is ook een "Cyber, Games en copyshop" Er staan zo´n 15 oude pc´s en het is er niet duur. Daar staat tegenover dat het zaakje meer dicht dan open is. Als je binnen weet te komen is het altijd maar weer afwachten hoe de vlag er voor staat. Soms breken ...

... someplace where I would live for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer. Since it's inception in 1961, Peace Corps has sent over 182,000 eager volunteers to 138 countries to work in such fields as sustainable agriculture, business development, AIDS prevention, and education. There are currently 7,800 volunteers serving in 72 countries. Peace Corps volunteers are given an opportunity to strengthen the global community a little by living for two years in a developing country ...

... is, as is typical, a cement block structure divided into the toilet room and the bath or shower room. The shower room consists of a couple of buckets of water that you collect out of the barrel outside that you rinse yourself with. There is a drain in the floor and the toilet flushes (sort of)with a bucket of water poured into it. We slept in hammocks and lounged in them during the heat of the day. Spent time on the he beach under the palm trees dozing and reading. At one ...

... that has affected one of Suriname's major rivers. Did anyone of you hear about it? I doubt it. And, I am reminded again of the risks that the multinationals are allowed to take with the environment in countries that have so little accountability and are so vulnerable. This past couple of weeks I've done more work with Maxi Linder, the Aids Service organization that primarily provides support to Commercial Sex Workers and I've been confronted with the ...

... up is a trip or 2 to Nickerie to do some facilitation with a networking group that are having trouble getting everyone together and on the same page. the woman who has invited me is excited about the circle facilitation I proposed and I am looking forward to that challenge. It will be a challenge as Nickerie, a farming community in the west of Suriname and about 4 hours by bus is largely Hindustani. The Hindustani community isolates themselves and there is ...