Paramaribo, Suriname

We have approx 3 weeks here

A travel blog entry by dawn_smedley
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... finally received our new visas on 24th September. Having arrived on 22nd, we were thus illegal aliens for two days! Paramaribo lies on the bank of the Suriname river. Bang in the middle of the river is the wreck of the Goslar, a German trading ship that ...

Hello Everyone!  I am off to Florida tomorrow, and friday I take off for Suriname.  I have had a wonderful month spending time with you all and getting ready to leave.  I dont have much to say now, but by this time next week am sure to have ...

... of fishermen, and realised that, though the park is uninhabited it's certainly well visited; it seemed like half the Javanese of Paramaribo had turned up with ice boxes, initially full of beer to be gradually replaced by fish. Back at the landing point ...