We have the World Center for Birds of Prey here in town, and one of the coolest animals there is the Harpy Eagle. So, when I found out they came from Suriname, I talked to the WCBP people and asked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Peace Corps
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My homestay in Paramaribo was frightening. The scary part was how dirty it was. Pink eye? Check. The lady was nice enough, but it was just sooo gross! My friends came to visit me one day…and never came back again.
In Suriname, cokes come in bottles. But you never actually get the bottle. When you order a coke, they pour it into a sandwich baggie and stick a straw in it. I’d never seen that before. Ice? Please. EQUATOR. No[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Life on the equator is pretty constant. It’s like the line from “Good Morning Vietnam.” What’s the weather like? Hot, damn hot, real hot. What’s it going to be like tonight? Hot and wet. Nice if you’re with a lady,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was a guy in my group (SUR3) who we were convinced was in the WitSec Program. He was an attorney or something. He always wore a shirt and tie. Mind you, it was a BILLION degrees with 5000% humidity.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sranan Tongo training meant learning a lot of conversational phrases. The people there are VERY concerned about sleep. I imagine it has a lot to do with Malaria’s prevalence. So, here’s a typical conversation: ‘Sup? I’m going well How’d you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Government never taught me Dutch, it was something I taught myself in preparation for heading to Suriname. I am VERY glad I did! One of the phrases I learned before the trip was “De tuin is mooi.” I remember[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before leaving the US, I was learning how to play the piano. I decided to teach myself the National Anthem for Suriname. I learned that Anthems are pretty universal in that they are “Anthem-y.” When I arrived at the training[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I cannot tell the difference between 2 or 3 in Dutch. Not a chance. No matter how hard I listened, or how certain I was that it was one or the other, I was always wrong. I learned to just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love foreign money. It is always so bright and colorful. Well, Surinamese Guilders are exceptional. They have a bunch of jungle stuff, and that one swimmer guy that went to the Olympics (Anthony Nesty?). So, there I was, less[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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