Suriname Travel Blogs

After one more relaxing day in Paramaribo is was time to fly back home again. Suriname was a great experience!

Journey..hmmmm...sounds epic! well, the trip started with waking up at 3am. Getting ready, with gasoline tanks, cloths and all we needed onto my pickup truck and head down to gas station. Filled up the car tank full, filled up the extra back-up 20 Gallon tanks, around 8 tanks. Quickly made a pit st…

Easter, yes, we gathered at my Dutch Family, H & O house in Paramaribo where they were kind enough to cook and host as the geologist is more fond of cooking than rocks. We brought what we can including ourselves. We helped where we can especially watching them both cook, so much fun watching. …

Together with my brother, his two friends, and two cousins we went on al little boattrip on the Saramacca river. First we had to unload the boat (or not me, the men) at haarlem and the next day we took off at Santigron for a day on the river. Although it is the rainingseason, it was a nice day with…

Suriname was formerly known as Nederlands Guyana or Dutch Guiana. Suriname is situated between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the Atlantic coast. It was such a surprise to know that there are Filipinos here in …

Hy Everyone, Whell mondaynight i have arrived here in Suriname and was picked up by the brother of my uncle. With him i stayt untill friday morning than i left for Moengo futher up north here in Suriname. The people here are verry nice and open to me and thats verry …

I would like to also thank the Glider Club in Suriname for the fantastic experience gained. It was unbelievable when I think of it now that I have flown in one over the landscape in Suriname, South America. I would recommend anyone there to try it out if you are staying there long as the club memb…

1 year mark So i've been in Suriname for 1 year! One down, one to go. People keep telling me it gets easier after the first year......i'm still waiting for that to happen. A pack of wild boars ran near my village and the guys got about 14 of them, it fed the whole village for almost a week. …

Many smiled at these photographs and asked me what are these animals. I first saw a sloth, a cute animal on the Ganggaram Panday Weg, a dirt road leading to the oilfield where I worked in Suriname. While on my way back from work actually, I was driving my car with a colleague ( a Surinamese) and we…

Their my grandfather is from Suriname, I always had the curiosity to see where he grew up. This country used to be a dutch colony, you can still see a lot of influences, but it has a very different culture. It has it influences from all the different populations living here: hindu, muslim, chinese,…

I have seen many interesting species (animals) in South America and this one I have to point out. It shows how simple simply evolution or adaptation takes place. These are the butterflies I saw in Suriname, enroute to a beautiful place called Blanche Marie, a waterfall, 12 to 19 hours driving journey depending on the weather. Enjoy it.

Ya, a wonderful boat trip with family. We threw our baits out with our fishing rod hanging esp. mine by the outboard engine and we cooked, eat and while playing cards, I heard my rod moved and rushed to catch it. Pull and pull, walla it is a piranha, a beauty. My buddy helped and caught with a net and within seconds, it bit through the net and got us all scared. We later released the beauty. Wonderful experience.

   Together with my parents and brother we went to Surinam for three weeks to celebrate the new year there and visit our family. We stayed mostly on Santigron, a village near Paramaribo. The village is partly an original Marron village next to a river with wooden huts, wells, traditional …

Unfortunately the trip is already over, time to head back to Zanderij airport. You have to be there early (KLM policy) but the airport is fun, the departure hall is actually outside, there's music, food, nice people, and ofcourse a Parbo Djogo ;)Here I said goodbye to a great taxidriver who I will …

Esperanca - Hope. The name of a beautiful angel I have met in Suriname and become part a family. Introducing, Esperanca, a very smart kid with BIG HEART. This is her birthday and her proud parents Patrick Woei and Eve, has the best restaurant in town - Spice Quest, Paramaribo, Suriname. So much to say about her. Once, i opened my car door and tugged her in with seat belt and before I get into my driver seat, she got off and opened the door for me instead. An Angel.