Before leaving the US for Suriname, we read packing suggestions from the SUR1 Volunteers. We then made a list of things for people to ship us if they wanted to send us something. And we got a LOT of packages. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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One of the other volunteers told us about a food called TVP. It looked like cat food, little dried pellets. When hydrated and mixed with other food, it tasted like sausage or mushrooms. Textured Vegetable Protein is actually pretty tasty. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We had two kinds of chickens running around. One kind looked normal and the other variety, which fared a LOT better, were featherless.
For Diabla’s birthday, we made a bunch of food (spicy beans) and some lemonade. She made sure that our Brazilian guest got lemonade made from unfiltered river water from the Tapanahone. He spent quite a bit of time in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We had gotten word that a linguist was going to be staying with us. I was super excited because I could ask him all my grammar/vocabulary questions and really start making myself some language learning materials. One morning, he came[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tunga penetrans, the Sand Flea, likes to hang out by the water (in the sand). It’s a tiny little thing and when it doesn’t bite, and it’s on say, your toes, you have no idea it’s even there. It finds[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tunga penetrans is the official name of these little bastards. Everything about them is awful. They’re these tiny little flies that bite and itch. Mosquitoes weren’t as harassing!
I just wanted another opportunity to showcase Dr Legiman and his fantastic bedside manner, “Ha ha! You have a disease!”
One day, my friends and I decided to visit the Paramaribo Zoo. It was loads of fun. Afterwards, we hitched a ride from a stranger in his van. While we out and about, my friend was really sweaty and not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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