The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
 

2022 Suriname

Dominica  
  Paramaribo   Brownsberg   Frogs   Kabalebo   Nieuw Nickerie

Paramaribo

The Mighty Suriname River, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
The Mighty Suriname River
Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Fort Zeelandia
Outside Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Outside Fort Zeelandia
Presidential Palace, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Presidential Palace
Colonial-era Finance Ministry building, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Colonial-era Finance Ministry building
Johan Adolf Pengel Colonial-Era Prime Minister 1963-1969, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Johan Adolf Pengel
Colonial-Era Prime Minister 1963-1969
St Peter & Paul Cathedral (~1885), Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
St Peter & Paul Cathedral (~1885)
St Peter & Paul Cathedral (~1885), Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
St Peter & Paul Cathedral (~1885)
St Peter & Paul Cathedral interior Note the fine wooden roof, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
St Peter & Paul Cathedral interior
Note the fine wooden roof
Octagonal Centrumkerk (~1835), Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Octagonal Centrumkerk (~1835)
Octagonal Centrumkerk (~1835), Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Octagonal Centrumkerk (~1835)
Mosque + Synagogue, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Mosque + Synagogue
Neveh Shalom Synagogue (1842), Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Neveh Shalom Synagogue (1842)
Mosque Keizerstraat (1984) A Mosque of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Mov, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Mosque Keizerstraat (1984)
A Mosque of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement.
Central Bank of Suriname, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Central Bank of Suriname
Dutch Colonial era buildings, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Dutch Colonial era buildings
Dutch Colonial era buildings, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Dutch Colonial era buildings
Dutch Colonial era buildings, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Dutch Colonial era buildings
"Baba en Mai" "Monument van de Hindoostaanse Imm, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
"Baba en Mai"
"Monument van de Hindoostaanse Immigratie" (1993)
Surinamese Korean War Veterans monument, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Surinamese Korean War Veterans monument
1980 "Sergeants' Coup" Monument, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
1980 "Sergeants' Coup" Monument
Simon Bolivar monument, Paramaribo, 2022 Suriname
Simon Bolivar monument

Brownsberg and Brokopondo

Brownsberg

Wildcat Gold Miners On the road to Brownsberg, 2022 Suriname
Wildcat Gold Miners
On the road to Brownsberg
On the ascent  road up to Brownsberg Macheting through a roadbl, 2022 Suriname
On the ascent road up to Brownsberg
Macheting through a roadblock
Abother, smaller, blockage on the road, Brownsberg, 2022 Suriname
Abother, smaller, blockage on the road
Cloudy view from Brownsberge, 2022 Suriname
Cloudy view from Brownsberge
Brownsberg forest, 2022 Suriname
Brownsberg forest
Brownsberg: Leoval Fall, 2022 Suriname
Brownsberg: Leoval Fall

Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo

Suriname River, 500 meters North of Afobaka Dam, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Suriname River, 500 meters North of Afobaka Dam
Breakfast beside the Suriname River With guide Arafat, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Breakfast beside the Suriname River
With guide Arafat
Afobaka dam On the Suriname river, below Lake Brokopondo, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Afobaka dam
On the Suriname river, below Lake Brokopondo
Top view of Afobaka Dam, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Top view of Afobaka Dam
Boat for Lake Tour, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Boat for Lake Tour
Lake Brokopondo Water level was very high., Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Lake Brokopondo
Water level was very high.
Into a seasonal creek, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Into a seasonal creek
Some of the many dead tree trunks Left from when the lake fille, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
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., Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Fresh vines on an old dead trunk
And birds's nests too.
Eerie dead tree trunks, Afobaka Dam and Lake Brokopondo, 2022 Suriname
Eerie dead tree trunks

Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads

The definite high point of my Kalabelo trip was definitely the many exotic frogs and toads.
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius), Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
Guide + Dyeing Poison Frog, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Guide + Dyeing Poison Frog
Graham + Dyeing Poison Dart Frog Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendr, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Graham + Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
Guide + Harlequin Toad Hoogmoed Harlequin Toad (Atelopus hoogmo, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Guide + Harlequin Toad
Hoogmoed Harlequin Toad (Atelopus hoogmoedi)
Harlequin Toad, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Harlequin Toad
Harlequin Toad, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Harlequin Toad
Three-Striped Poison Frog (Ameerega trivittata), Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Three-Striped Poison Frog (Ameerega trivittata)
Well camouflaged leaf frog (?), Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Well camouflaged leaf frog (?)
Unidentified flattish frog, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Unidentified flattish frog
Tree Frog at night, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Tree Frog at night
Tree Frog at night, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Tree Frog at night
(Alleged) Suriname Toad at night, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
(Alleged) Suriname Toad at night
(Alleged) Suriname Toad, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
(Alleged) Suriname Toad
Three-Striped Poison Frog at night, Kabalebo: Frogs & Toads, 2022 Suriname
Three-Striped Poison Frog at night

Kabalebo Nature Resort

My flight to the Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
My flight to the Kabalebo Nature Resort
Over Paramaribo, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Over Paramaribo
Well-manicured Kabalebo Airstrip, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Well-manicured Kabalebo Airstrip
Kabalebo Resort HQ, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Kabalebo Resort HQ
Boat Dock, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Boat Dock
Down the river we go..., Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Down the river we go...
Side-by-side Tow Home After we lost our propeller, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Side-by-side Tow Home
After we lost our propeller
Notice something wrong here? No propeller!, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Notice something wrong here?
No propeller!
Back out on the river..., Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Back out on the river...
Macheting into a narrow creek This got us into the Frog Hike, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Macheting into a narrow creek
This got us into the Frog Hike
Distinctive tree roots, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Distinctive tree roots
A little land crab, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
A little land crab
Moi-Moi Waterfall, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Moi-Moi Waterfall
With a napping Cayman, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
With a napping Cayman
Tree buttresses, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Tree buttresses
Night Hike: Large centipede, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Night Hike: Large centipede
Night Hike: Well camouflaged stick insect, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Night Hike: Well camouflaged stick insect
Night Hike: Unknown small mammal, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Night Hike: Unknown small mammal
Night Hike: Lurking spider, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Night Hike: Lurking spider
Very distant Howler Monkeys, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Very distant Howler Monkeys
Extravagantly buttressed tree, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Extravagantly buttressed tree
Very distant Toucans, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Very distant Toucans
Baby Anaconda, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Baby Anaconda
A glimpse of a Very Giant Anaconda (Look behind the yellow leaf, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
A glimpse of a Very Giant Anaconda
(Look behind the yellow leaf)
Time to fly back!, Kabalebo Nature Resort, 2022 Suriname
Time to fly back!

Tour to Nieuw Nickerie

A rather unexciting tour along the coast to Nieuw Nickerie and back.
We passed the hamlet of Hamilton Site of 19th c Scottish-owned, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
We passed the hamlet of Hamilton
Site of 19th c Scottish-owned Plantation
Totness Church, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Totness Church
Totness: Inscrutable local art, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Totness: Inscrutable local art
Totness: Distant Scarlet Ibis, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Totness: Distant Scarlet Ibis
Totness: Distant Scarlet Ibis, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Totness: Distant Scarlet Ibis
Onee of Nieuw Nickerie's many rice farms, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Onee of Nieuw Nickerie's many rice farms
Nieuw Nickerie Church, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Nieuw Nickerie Church
En route to Bigi Pan: Port portage ramp, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
En route to Bigi Pan: Port portage ramp
Canal to Bigi Pan, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Canal to Bigi Pan
Bigi Pan Lake The South End has many small cafe/social huts on, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Bigi Pan Lake
The South End has many small cafe/social huts on stilts
Bigi Pan: Distant flock of Scarlet Ibises, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Bigi Pan: Distant flock of Scarlet Ibises
Bigi Pan: Distant flock of Scarlet Ibises, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Bigi Pan: Distant flock of Scarlet Ibises
Nieuw Nickerie Markt: Real yellow bananas, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Nieuw Nickerie Markt: Real yellow bananas
Fishing pier on Nickerie River, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Fishing pier on Nickerie River
Gutted fish, ready for smoking, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Gutted fish, ready for smoking
Seawall on Courantyne River Estuary With hazy glimpses over to, Tour to Nieuw Nickerie, 2022 Suriname
Seawall on Courantyne River Estuary
With hazy glimpses over to Guyana

    Dominica