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By guest blogger, Wendy Innes
"8 miles past the bridge" was about the extent of our knowledge of where we were going as we ventured up the Suriname River. How do you find yourself about to explore a country you know nothing about nor have even ever heard anything about? You simply sail there.
Do you know where Suriname is? I'll be honest in saying that before this trip, despite studying the world map on numerous occasions, I'm not sure I could have told you. To me it was some exotic place - somewhere out there. But it isn't just somewhere and it isn't just out there. It's a beautiful country on the northern coast of South America, nestled between French Guiana and Guyana. It was the country the Dutch traded for New York and was known as Dutch Guiana until its independence in 1975.....
Read the full story on the OceanGybe website.
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