Saturday, February 7. Back on Surinamese soil, I face renewed visa fees (USD 80) for a multiple-entry visa. After a drive toward Paramaribo—during which beautiful scarlet ibises are spotted in the swamps, where we are bitten all over by mosquitoes—peace…
Collapsing plantations and chaotic Guyana
Monday, February 2. Back on the coast, the base of operations shifts to the historic plantation at Peperpot Nature Park. The adjacent nature park proves to be a wildlife-spotting paradise, home to agoutis, squirrel monkeys, and brown capuchin monkeys. A…
The remote interior of Palumeu
Thursday January 29. Last night I arrived from Chili on the airport of Paramaribo, Suriname where Jeroen – who arrived earlier from the Netherlands – already arranged a rental car. Today the trip kicks off in the historic city center…