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In January 2012 we caught a glimpse of Amazonia. Suriname provides an easy and save access to the rivers of the rainforest.

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1/38: Domburg
2/38: Some of these pass frighteningly close to the anchorage in Domburg
3/38: Paramaribo
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6/38: Colonial style town center
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9/38: Wooden Peter and Paul Cathedral
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12/38: Outside the neatly renovated center...
13/38: Environmental awareness still needs to be developed. Litter everywhere...
14/38: Multi-cultural cuisine influenced our cooking aboard
15/38: Got stuck up the track to Brownsberg.
16/38: Brokopondo lake is supposed to be there somewhere.
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19/38: Illegal gold mines destroy the forest
20/38: Up the Perica River
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24/38: The last anchorage was too close to shore. The current pushed Pitufa's stern into the overhanging trees.
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26/38: Dinghy excursion into the Solitude Creek
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28/38: We dared to go swimming. It was lovely but a bit scary considering the snakes, caimans, etc.
29/38: Collecting rain water. We had plenty of occasions to fill our tanks.
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31/38: Getting our two Genoas finally dried before unrigging them. The next passage will be with the wind abeam.
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36/38: Fishermen in the Commewijne River
37/38: The delta of the Suriname river is wide, but...
38/38: ... very shallow (depth under keel).