back from Suriname

[tarcan]

Hello everyone, Amanda and I been back for a little more then a week, did not get around to do a little picture thread, so here we go.

1. our flight to Suriname from Trinidad got cancelled, so we got stuck in Trinidad for a whole day. Was quite the mess... after much waiting, our plane was finally there!

2. waterkant in Paramaribo

3. the bridge crossing Suriname river

4. Presidential residence (the president refuses to live in it)

5. road to the airport

 

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1. bridge crossing the Saramaca river

2. me happy because I killed one of 600 million horse flies

3. having fun on the Suriname Highway

4. cool caterpillar

5. unknown funky spider!

 

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1. armadillo hole

2. lovely bridge at Witagron, crossing the Copename river, was scarry...

3. Amanda and I on the bridge crossing the Copename river

4. some kind of mygalomorph

5. tasty grub

 

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1. some kind of assassin bug I think

2. misc. lizard

3. one of our friends the horse flies

4. bird of prey

5. cool wasp like creature

 

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Some more pictures, we found plenty of amblipygids, was quite fun, they are always a treat to observe in nature.

 

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Plenty of those big black scorpions as well, just like in French Guyana

 

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Some kind of lynx spider I think and a cool pink caterpillar, was quite weird.

 

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A nice little juvenile Avicularia sp.

 

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Bothrops atrox (I think) stalking some kind of Leptodactylus frog...

 

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Phoneutria sp.

Ephebopus murinus burrow

 

[Phil Hall]

Fantastic images Tarcan ! Thanks for the insight into a magnificent fauna explosion!

:clap:

 

[tarcan]

One of the highlight of the trip, we had the chance to find a sloth

 

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At one point we took a day off and went to the Parbo zoo. A small facility, but I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised of the quality of the enclosures, everything was quite clean.

A nice little sandwich accident on the main road!

 

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1. Monument commemorating the arrival of some Dutch people, theyw ere dropped there and they pretty much all died

2. I do not know why, but I was fascinated by the phone booths there! LOL

3. Amanda and I being funeral dirrectors, it is hard to not take pictures of cemetery, I will spare you the douzens we took, will only share that one, an old jewish cemetery, very well maintained compared to some other cemeteries we have seen there.

4. Waterkant, the water taxis to cross the Suriname river

4. Back of Fort Zealandia, I think it is Queen Beatrix statue that was moved there on the night of the revolution.

 

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The synagogue and right beside the mosqué

The Suriname flag

A mygalomorph with abdominal parasite

And to finish for all scolopendra lovers, a nice big one, not sure what it is, could it be S. viridicornis?

I hope you enjoyed

Martin & Amanda

 

[Blaster]

This was AWESOME!!! :O Lucky You!

 

[Androctonus_bic]

Is the las pictures a picture of a S. viridicornis isn't it?

Nice trip!

Carles

 

[Crotalus]

Great stuff! Looks like a awesome trip!

 

[ChrisNCT]

Very nice...I envy you guys that take these trips!

 

[syndicate]

awesome pics guys!must of been so cool finding that sloth haha