Riddle me this, riddle me that...

A small riddle a 9 year old told me today:

99 Men are in a boat, when the boat capsizes...how many man are left in the boat?

(The answer is 66 men in total...)

More stories to tell, more pictures to show...

Where to begin?! First a nice tropical rainy day, which resulted in....flooded streets for a big part of the city, which of course resulted in some creative driving. There where so many places where you could not define the end of the street and the beginning of the canal. This is called "driving on memory". Remember where the roads and canals are and, don't forget, remember where the potholes in the streets are, especially for the people on bikes.

The flooded canals are still not down to the normal level, that will take a few days...till then I just have to trust my memory, ahum...

This morning a little tour in town, to the daily market and some shopping: gold and silver, clothing, if you like fake designer stuff... Here an impression of the historic inner city of Paramaribo, which is on the list of Unesco World Heritage ("gradual fusion of European architecture and construction techniques with indigenous South America materials and crafts")

Spoiled? Yes.

After having spent six months in the cold, way too much snow and many American miles driving over icy and slippery roads in Colorado, I am very hard trying to spoil myself with a sun and heat overloaded break in South America. Which, concluding from the photos below, I am doing a pretty good job trying, if I may say so...

Roomies

Let me introduce you to my new roommates for the next few weeks... The biggest is called Redi (Red in Sranantongo) and we do need some help to find a name for the little one...any suggestions???

Four seasons in one day...

That is what happens if you go to San Francisco, for a day of playing the game: I am a tourist... But it was great and I will go back very soon. Everything we could visit and do in one day, has been done, with getting the full San Francisco weather on top. Maybe not long enough, but that gives me a good reason to go back, soon. Riding the famous Cable Car, by boat to see the Golden Gate and Alcatraz from up close, Fisherman's Wharf, China Town, Lombard Street (famous from a few movies, we walked from the bottom to the top...) and Russian Hill to name a few! First night dinner in, I may say, the best Supper Club in town, Bix. Hard to find, it is in a small alley on the foot of the Transamercian Pyramid. Great food, brilliant service and excellent life jazz music!!! You could wonder back to the early 1900....

My next visit will be longer, to spend some more time there...you gotta feel the vibe, man!

The first picture is a detail from the Argonaut Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf, highly recommended.... Second is taken from standing at the entrance of the Transamerican, a landmark which you can see from every angle in the city. The Golden Gate does not really need an introduction I think... Last picture is taken from the top of Lombard street, just to show off how steep it is to walk up the hill:)