A few good notes

It was 27 years ago, last Sunday, that we had a revolution here in Suriname. From 1980 until 1986, the military had the country in it’s hand. But for some reason there are a lot of teenagers and adolescents who think that the events took place in a time span of 4 weeks.. This I was later told by one of the board members of the National Democratic Party (NDP), of which the leader of the revolution, Desire Delano Bouterse, is the chairman. The NDP chairman could not stand the fact that the youth, the future of this country, was so misinformed about the chronology of the events. He invited youngsters to a meeting/discussion, where he would explain what happened, when it happened and why it happened. He also stressed that this day would be a day for the youth, because they would be given the chance to ask ANYTHING. Read the rest of this entry »

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As promised I did change the header picture. There used to be a picture of some fjords in Norway or something, but I wanted a picture more related to Suriname.

A friend of mine, Sher, went looking through her collection to see what she could find. She sent me a couple and I liked this one. Somehow it really portrays Suriname, the human aspect: People of different ethnic, religious and financial backgrounds in a korjaal (dug-out canoe). Black, Indian, Indonesian, Chinese, White (or Caucasian, as some would prefer), Native Indian. Cute, handsome, ugly, beautiful, less attractive. Male and female. I personally think this is one of the best portraits of the diversity in Suriname.

Oh, let me say that Sher was not the only one looking, there were a couple others who were looking for some nice pictures to use as header of my blog. To mention some (and to avoid having my friends give me that “is it because she’s a girl and I’m not??” look) : Mario and Gino.

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After a whole day I view this blog, and I suddenly realize that I was in the middle of some experiment with Google Adsense, when I was called away from my computer by my wife. I just left the Ads by Gooooooooogle hanging there, covering my header image. It looks horrible! Please accept my humble apologies for this.

On a different note: People who comment for the first time will get their comment checked by me first. If the first comment is approved, the next comment will appear without my approval.

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Let’s continue where we left off on our tour through Paramaribo.

Here I will just type some text to make the intro on the home page look a little longer than 1 sentence. I just want to keep the pictures from the home page. Do you think this is enough text to look like a normal teaser?

OK, OK, enough of this, just click on the link below (the one that says “Read the rest of this entry »”) to read the rest of the story (DUH!) and to see the pictures.

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After a exhausting last week and a busy weekend, I can finally continue as promised. The more I think of it, the more I consider leaving the corporate web design scene. I am researching some projects to use the Internet to make a lot more profit, but then, focusing more on a global market. I think that’s also reason why I started this blog in English.

There are programs online, like Google Adsense, but also other more specific affiliate programs, that can help accumulate enough income to have a decent life. Especially in Suriname, where US$ 500 can be sufficient for a decent life. So right now I’m in the process of researching these programs.
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I’ve decided to put the pictures in a separate entry. This way I can… man I don’t really know why it’s better, I just did it! Read the rest of this entry »

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Most of the time when you hear about developing countries, it’s a lot of negative stuff. Most of the time you see pictures of people living between pieces of wood nailed together, which they call their home, and where everyone is skinny with almost nothing to wear. If they do wear something, they are wearing rags!

Well, this time it’s different. Read the rest of this entry »

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Suriname is close to the equator, so the weather is kind of warm. Actually, it’s hot! Since we have no snow and ice and extreme cold weather here, we don’t know winter. We do have 4 seasons, but they are simply named Small rain period, Long rain period, small dry period and long dry period (translation sucks!)

Suriname is mostly covered in tropical rain forest, which is part of the Amazon forest, which is also called “Humanity’s lungs”. Most of the civilization in Suriname is concentrated in the coastal area. The further inland you go, the less people you find.

We sit on some kind of “Guyana Shield”, which protects us (the 3 Guyana’s and part of Venezuela I think) from earthquakes, volcano’s and other natural disasters originating in the ground. Our geographical position is also great, cause we usually are far away from the paths of hurricanes, we don’t have snow storms, etc. If it comes to natural disasters, the worst we have seen till now is the rising of the water levels in our interior, causing some folks to lose their homes.

The flora in Suriname is amazing. You can not imagine the diversity of plants, trees, flowers, fruit and weed (no, I’m not talking about processed canabis!) we have here. Since I believe that beauty cannot be descibed by words, I’m going to try to find some pictures to add.

Suriname is great for bird watching, because we have a lot of different brands and models of birds. Fishing adventures in our rivers in the jungle are really astonishing.

While I’m writing this, I think to myself (… what a wonderful world…) that it’s nearly impossible to describe beauty to others. They should experience this themselves, cause I can’t describe the feeling.

This blog is really notput here for promotion of tourism to Suriname, but trust me: If you plan to go on a vacation pretty soon, or next year, or whenever, try to make the trip to Suriname. I can’t take responsibility for what tour operators might offer and charge, but I can guarantee that nature will provide the awesome beauty and rest one is looking for on vacation.

(interesting sites: www.sunandforesttours.com and www.oetsitours.com)

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