The crossing to Trinidad is very smooth and fast. It is still quite a distance of over 500 miles, but due to the fact that a large part of the time there is a strong current (the Guyana current of such...
The Surinamese interior
What a great decision to include Suriname in our travel planning. The country has a rich and beautiful tropical rainforest, very green, a beautiful river with very clear water, beautiful villages along....
Holidays in Paramaribo
Suriname and Paramaribo exceed our expectations, it's fun and weird to hear Dutch so far away from home, because that's just the native language of Suriname, just like the Netherlands, but much more relaxed, very nice and ...
The second part of the Atlantic crossing to Suriname
The previous report ended after 7 days and about halfway across the crossing. In this report we pick up the thread there again. A few more hours and then we sail up the Suriname River; the end of the more than two...
Almost halfway across the Atlantic!
After exactly 7 days of sailing we are still about 200 miles away from the halfway point to Suriname. We had honestly expected that after 7 days we would be at half. That was also...
Dear class 6E
Today we are on our way to Surinam. It is two weeks sailing but we think two days longer. We have already caught a lot of fish. And the Barbarossa and the Valentine too. The bait has been bitten off by a giant...
Dear class 5E
We've been at sea for two weeks now for suriname. We've been at sea for six days. It's very hot here. But Eline and I aren't sick. We're having a good time here. We're having the...