Sunday Hang-outs, Markets & This & That!! Today I have organized to meet-up with Dana again and explore a bit more of Paramaribo. At around 10am Elly and her sister headed to church so I took the bus into the city and met Dana near the central market. We had planned to go to Nieuw Amsterdam with some of Dana's friends but after a late night they were all still sleeping and wanted to go later in afternoon. So instead we went and checked out some of Paramar...

Markets, Football & Food!! After an expected sleepless night I was up early ready for my trip to the market with Elly. Elly sleapt in a bit but by 10am we were off on the bus to Central Market. The place was chaotic today and just as we arrived the rain started which made all the people scammer inside for cover. Elly was quick to start buying and I figured she wanted in and out of the market as quick as possible so I followed buying some fruits and vegetable...

Elly's Place!! Today I am off to the local Couchsurfing Ambassador: Elly's house. At around 11:30 CJ came back from his job and let me out of his house and I made my way towards the central market. It was good staying with CJ but we are very different people in that he likes late night partying and spending money where as I prefer early mornings and meeting locals. As I had all my things today I stood out a lot more and it was far more obvious I was a tourist. I ...

What to Do?? Today I had to figure out what the hell I am going to do as I don't have a host in my next country and city. First thing I did was organize to stay the weekend here in Suriname which will give me the chance to find a host in Georgetown. Luckily Elly a local girl I had been in contact with answered my message and confirmed I could still stay with her over the weekend. CJ had gone to work early and wasn't coming back until 3pm so I had to figure a way ...

Pepermont Plantation & Nature Reserve!! Today I had organized to meet up with Dana again and go and visit The Pepermont Nature Reserve on the far side of the river. In the morning I sleapt whilst waiting for CJ to return at 11am and let me out of the apartment. I headed straight for the market and brought some avocados, some more smoked Chinese chicken and some smoked and dried codfish for myself and CJ tonight. I then rushed over to the other side of the cit...