oetsi's TravelStream™ — Recent TravelPod.com entries TravelStream™ news feed for member oetsi on TravelPod's free travel blogs service http://www.travelpod.com/syndication/rss/oetsi en-us Copyright ©2009 TravelPod.com Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:56:19 -0400 http://www.travelpod.com Bigi Pan in Nickerie the Rice District of Suriname — Paramaribo, Suriname http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/oetsi/suriname-2007/1190230740/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/oetsi/suriname-2007/1190230740/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/oetsi/suriname-2007/1190230740/tpod.html Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:56:19 -0400 Experience Suriname's Exotic Interior. See the authentic way of living, visit marroon villages, Amerindian villages and watch one of the 4 sea turtls at Galibi. Make hikings to nature Reserves.
Paramaribo, Suriname

Our next trip was to Nickerie the second biggest city of Suriname. Ya biggest??? Not more than 35.000 people. Suriname has only 492.000 inhabitants!!! Driving from Paramaribo by bus the guide brought us to Saramacca, Groningen where the Dutch planters settled their self after the plantation time. After that we went to Coronie where there is a lot of coconut palms and they made oil ouf of it. Also a lot of people colecting honey. Known as the best honey and sweetest the Parwa Honey. Driving to the east we came in Nickerie where there are only rice fields. All the rice of Suriname comming from that district. Small town and other style of living. Most influence from Brittish Guyana. After a good rest and relaxing night we take a boat to the Bigi Pan Nature Reserve. There are 122 kinds of water birds to be spot here. Also Crocodiles laying in the grass or on the side of the swamp. It was amazing how many fish there is and the birds that you can see. One of the beautifull birds was the Red Scarlet Ibes and the Giant King fisher. Also we saw some hawks. It was a nice trip and recommand to do it. Our guide Mantje knowed alot of the birds and had very sharp eyes!!
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Paramaribo, Suriname

Traveling from Paramaribo to The Brownsberg Nature Reserve in the South of Suriname. This was an exiting driving of 3 hours. Once we get in the bus the guide told us about the historical time of Suriname with the plantations. We passed the Suralco an Alminium company and get further on a RED ROAD!! We passed Savannes and on our way we saw small villages. People living in the interior the old authentic way. Once on the Brownsberg nature reserve we had the chance to see several bird kinds, and also 2 kinds of monkeys. We were told that there are 8 kinds of monkeys, 420 tree kinds and more than 120 bird kinds in this place. Dino told us about the many tree kinds and the medical working of some of them. We as travelers had a good feeling when walking in the Tropical Rain Forest to visit one of the Waterfalls named Irene Falls. It was hiking.... After a good lunch we get back to the city. There are also options to overnight in houses with bedding or in a Hamock. If you listing good you will hear Baboons. To make this trip contact Oetsi Tours at www.oetsitours.com
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