Dominica

2022 Suriname

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Paramaribo

The Mighty Suriname River

Fort Zeelandia

Fort Zeelandia

Outside Fort Zeelandia

Presidential Palace

Colonial-era Finance Ministry building

Johan Adolf Pengel Colonial-Era Prime Minister 1963-1969

St Peter & Paul Cathedral (~1885)

St Peter & Paul Cathedral (~1885)

St Peter & Paul Cathedral interior Note the fine wooden roof

Octagonal Centrumkerk (~1835)

Octagonal Centrumkerk (~1835)

Mosque + Synagogue

Neveh Shalom Synagogue (1842)

Mosque Keizerstraat (1984) A Mosque of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement.

Central Bank of Suriname

Dutch Colonial era buildings

Dutch Colonial era buildings

Dutch Colonial era buildings

"Baba en Mai" "Monument van de Hindoostaanse Immigratie" (1993)

Surinamese Korean War Veterans monument

1980 "Sergeants' Coup" Monument

Simon Bolivar monument

Brownsberg and Brokopondo

Brownsberg

Wildcat Gold Miners On the road to Brownsberg

On the ascent road up to Brownsberg Macheting through a roadblock

Abother, smaller, blockage on the road

Cloudy view from Brownsberge

Brownsberg forest

Brownsberg: Leoval Fall

Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo

Suriname River, 500 meters North of Afobaka Dam

Breakfast beside the Suriname River With guide Arafat

Afobaka dam On the Suriname river, below Lake Brokopondo

Top view of Afobaka Dam

Boat for Lake Tour

Lake Brokopondo Water level was very high.

Into a seasonal creek

Some of the many dead tree trunks Left from when the lake filled up

Fresh vines on an old dead trunk And birds's nests too.

Eerie dead tree trunks

Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads

Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)

Guide + Dyeing Poison Frog

Graham + Dyeing Poison Dart Frog Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)

Guide + Harlequin Toad Hoogmoed Harlequin Toad (Atelopus hoogmoedi)

Harlequin Toad

Harlequin Toad

Three-Striped Poison Frog (Ameerega trivittata)

Well camouflaged leaf frog (?)

Unidentified flattish frog

Tree Frog at night

Tree Frog at night

(Alleged) Suriname Toad at night

(Alleged) Suriname Toad

Three-Striped Poison Frog at night

Kabalebo Nature Resort

My flight to the Kabalebo Nature Resort

Over Paramaribo

Well-manicured Kabalebo Airstrip

Kabalebo Resort HQ

Boat Dock

Down the river we go...

Side-by-side Tow Home After we lost our propeller

Notice something wrong here? No propeller!

Back out on the river...

Macheting into a narrow creek This got us into the Frog Hike

Distinctive tree roots

A little land crab

Moi-Moi Waterfall

With a napping Cayman

Tree buttresses

Night Hike: Large centipede

Night Hike: Well camouflaged stick insect

Night Hike: Unknown small mammal

Night Hike: Lurking spider

Very distant Howler Monkeys

Extravagantly buttressed tree

Very distant Toucans

Baby Anaconda

A glimpse of a Very Giant Anaconda (Look behind the yellow leaf)

Time to fly back!

Tour to Nieuw Nickerie

We passed the hamlet of Hamilton Site of 19th c Scottish-owned Plantation

Totness Church

Totness: Inscrutable local art

Totness: Distant Scarlet Ibis

Totness: Distant Scarlet Ibis

Onee of Nieuw Nickerie's many rice farms

Nieuw Nickerie Church

En route to Bigi Pan: Port portage ramp

Canal to Bigi Pan

Bigi Pan Lake The South End has many small cafe/social huts on stilts

Bigi Pan: Distant flock of Scarlet Ibises

Bigi Pan: Distant flock of Scarlet Ibises

Nieuw Nickerie Markt: Real yellow bananas

Fishing pier on Nickerie River

Gutted fish, ready for smoking

Seawall on Courantyne River Estuary With hazy glimpses over to Guyana

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