Tricksters, Swindlers and Bad Soughts in Paramaribo!! Today is my first day in Paramaribo and luckily I have organized to meet up with a local to show me around. CJ headed off to work at 7am and as his apartment is secured like Fort Knox I could not leave or enter without him and his biometric fingerprint. At 11am CJ returned and let me out of the building and I made my way into the city for my first look around. The architecture is certainly the highlight of the...

Cayenne to Paramaribo!! Waking up to rain again and 100s of itching mosquito bites is a good sign its time to get moving again. After thanking Nico, his son and Nicola; I gathered the last of my things and readied myself for the long trip to Suriname. Unfortunately it was raining heavily and I was meeting my carpool lift at the end of Nicos street - only a 10 minute walk but with torrential downpour and having all my things would make for a small challenge. Lucki...