SURINAME!!!

Vacation it is. Not your normal run of the mill vacation, but one that takes you on a journey with your colleagues. Pretty much 5 nights and 5 days in close confines. Sharing everything - including an experience I'll never forget. But, when opportunity knocks, you take it. So, let me tell you how it went.

We met at my house as a departure point for pick up in the bus. We headed out in good spirits sometime after midnight for the looooong journey there. Of course it's quicker to fly, but it's cheaper by bus. And we needed to save our dollars for other things...

We got to Immigration in Guyana (some 4-5 hours later)... Quickly changed some money, and headed through to the Ferry. After a short ferry crossing we went through Immigration in Suriname, then back into the bus for another few hours. 

Waiting to get unto the ferry...

Just the scenery from the bus

And they're Dutch speaking, remember?

Digicel is just EVERYWHERE.

So, after a long night - and day... we got to the hotel. Now, most of my peeps back home in Jamaica would know how we do hotels - tourism country that we are. But, things are a little different this side of South America. Still, we were able to rest our heads and get refreshed.

Can anyone say why the shower just seems an extension of the bathroom floor???

 Now  most important to note is the little "shelf" inside the toilet. Why OH WHY would anyone want to "catch" the things that are falling into the toilet on this little shelf, before they are flushed away down the hole?

Not the greatest invention - I think...

 Anyhow, that's just the beginning of our trip. Things got better as we went along... Or did they? Stay tuned to see...