Suriname rocks! The people are just too relaxed here, something that you will not find in Europe. One example: yesterday I went running with the 'Hash House Harriers', an international running-club with teams in many countries, that try to combine running with drinking beer; first running, then drinking. Every week someone has to set a route, which 'tricks'you into taking the wrong way. Becasue of this, the fastest runners have to return to the original route much more often and thus no matter how fast you go, you arrive at the same time as the slower runners or walkers. A beautiful run through (ahem burning) woods, jungle and lakes. At the cafe we drank a couple of 'djogos' (litre bottles of Surinam beer) together. Fantastic! Of course I did not bring along the camera while running, a pity...
Furthermore, today we have made a fieldtrip to areas where geology and geophysics were combined for exploration of drinking-water. I bought the students some lunch, for which the were disproportionaly happy. They like me now, but what after their test-exams ;-)
A waterpump is instelled in an borehole for drinking water purposes.
Of course, my students are extremely interested in the water pumping tests. Hey of course, I taught them!
At the next location, teachers and students from the VU (Amsterdam,NL) showed how they could find fresh drinking water at approximately 80 m depth.
On the way to Tamaredjo (East of Paramaribo) they sold all types and sizes of woks (or 'wadjans'). The smallest student had the honour of posing in front of the biggest wok.
A piece of wok-art in Tamaredjo...
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