Welcome to Thunderdome!

Let me give a big welcome to all the new volunteers, welcome to Thunderdome! Or as the name most people know of it by, Suriname! As I write this, the new group, the SUR 17’s have already been in the country; for what is it now… 4 months. So, what can I say, I’m a bit late for this welcome in blog land, but not to worry, I was there in person the night they arrived, so no hurt feelings…

But there are hurt feelings, sad but true, time to play the world’s smallest violin…when one group comes ones leaves, and since my last post all of the SUR 15’s have taken off back home to the New World, America. I’ve got to say it was great knowing them; we had some good times, well a bit more than some. We’ll meet again…on the flip side, seriously, it will be the flip side…how about that, anyway, much love going to the 15’s, have a great start on the rest of your life!

Yep, let’s see; once again months have passed since my last blog post, which was posted only a couple days after the new group arrived back in May, 4 months ago. So… what’s been going on down here in Thunderdome, I mean Suriname, well, a little…and a lot.

You might ask yourself, how it could be both, I’ve asked myself that question, and here’s what I’ve come up with…lot’s of waiting while at the same time making the most of the waiting. Huh? What? Still doesn’t make sense does it, well, let me clarify…So if we divide my time between official Peace Corps activities and other, I’m waiting on the Peace Corps activities. You remember, in my last post I had mentioned all those projects that I was working on or intended to start working on. Well, all that has been going; going well, but going slowly. Nothing anyone can do about that, it’s just the natural pace of life down here. This means that with my waiting around on these activities I’ve had some free time, well a little more than some, and to make the most of it I’ve been doing a lot when it comes to experiencing the life of Suriname. I won’t go into detail here, it’ll be too much writing, and instead, I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. Go on, have a look…